A Black Hole.

The opening scene of Christopher Nolan's latest film introduces us to this Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy). But now that Oppenheimer has fallen out of fa-vor - both with Strauss and many of the country's cold warriors - Strauss finds himself under the gun, interrogated by a panel of senators. Strauss may have had Oppenheimer in his sights in 1954, but now the committee members have Strauss in theirs. As Bohr observes in the film, invoking the myth, Oppenheimer has helped create not just a new weapon but a frightening new world - one that now has the power to destroy itself. [Extracted from the article]