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The Real Science of the EHT Black Hole
So, how do you take a picture of a black hole? The beast in question is the supermassive black hole in the center of this – the M87 elliptical galaxy. It has an estimated mass of several billion times that of the Sun, which gives it an...
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Black Holes Explained: What Is a Black Hole? How They Form?
A black hole is a celestial body or simply a place in space where the gravitational pull is so high that nothing, not even light can escape it. This is why it's completely black, and hence it's called a black hole. A black hole's...
American Museum of Natural History
Distant Quasars: Shedding Light on Black Holes
How can scientists study a faraway black hole that emits no light? By observing its quasar. As objects get pulled onto the accretion disk orbiting a supermassive black hole, friction creates a bright light known as a quasar. In this...
American Museum of Natural History
When Black Holes Collide - AMNH SciCafe
When black holes collide, the energy of the event generates intense gravitational waves. These waves were predicted by Einstein in his theories, but scientists have only recently been able to detect them experimentally. In this SciCafe,...
World Science Festival
WSU Master Class: Illuminating Black Holes with Veronika Hubeny
Theoretical physicist Veronika Hubeny explores the fundamental nature of spacetime using the gauge/gravity duality in order to develop a deeper understanding of black holes and their mysterious links to quantum information theory. This...
World Science Festival
WSU Master Class: How Black Holes Became Real with Priyamvada Natarajan
Astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan explains the science of supermassive black holes from their birth to how they impact the development of their galaxies. Explore the cutting-edge research being done to better understand these...
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What happens if you fell into a black hole
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fall into a black hole? Astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, who is the director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University, New York, and author of "The Copernicus Complex,"...
American Museum of Natural History
Black Holes with Saavik Ford and Barry McKernan
Astronomers Saavik Ford and Barry McKernan talk about black holes, and the future of research into these mysterious objects. Original Facebook Live recorded on January 18, 2017. #blackholes #scientists #FacebookLive #astronomers For more...
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Albert Einstein: Genius, Humanitarian, and Scientific Pioneer
Step into the world of Albert Einstein at the largest exhibit of its kind in New York City's American Museum of Natural History. Explore the genius of Einstein's theories on light, gravity, and time through interactive displays and rare...
World Science Festival
WSU Master Class: The Monster at the Heart of our Galaxy with Andrea Ghez
2020 Nobel Laureate astrophysicist Andrea Ghez describes her search for the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, and the role of black holes in the formation and evolution of galaxies. Watch the master class or take...
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Was There a Universe Here Before Ours? The Big Bang vs the Big Bounce
The universe might’ve started with a bounce instead of a bang, but what exactly would this bouncing universe look like? These New Black Holes Challenge Our Theories of Galactic Evolution - https://youtu.be/W60OqAbtv3U Read More:...
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WSU: Fundamental Lessons from String Theory with Cumrun Vafa
Cumrun Vafa, together with fellow world-renowned string theorist Andrew Strominger, developed a new way to calculate black hole entropy in the language of string theory. Follow Vafa as he guides you through some of the more incredible...
World Science Festival
School’s Out, but Science Never Stops: Live Discussion with Brian Greene
#briangreene #livestream #science School’s out, but science never stops. High School students around the world: bring your curiosity and your questions for a live Q+A with Brian Greene covering black holes, time travel, the big bang, the...
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Spotlight: Things That Are Really There
Strip away the trimmings of a traditional science presentation, add cocktails, and you have WSF Spotlight. Here, astrophysicist Mario Livio, from the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute, takes us on a tour of the cosmos in all its...
American Museum of Natural History
Science Bulletins: Gravitational Waves Detected
LIGO sensors picked up tiny ripples in space-time caused by a black hole merger that took place 1.3 billion years ago. It was the first direct evidence of gravitational waves, one century after they were predicted by Einstein’s theory of...