The Map of Black Holes | Black Holes Explained

This is the Map of Black Holes which isn’t a map of where all the black holes are in space, it’s a concept map of the subject of black holes: laying out our current knowledge of them. Their structure including Schwarzschild radius or event horizon, the singularity, photon sphere, innermost stable orbit, accretion disk, Hawking radiation and the difference between rotating and non-rotating black holes. I also look at the evidence for their existence, the many ways we have detected them though x-ray astronomy, gravitational wave astronomy and radio astronomy. Then the many outstanding mysteries still to be solved including wormholes, the holographic theory and information paradox. They are very fascinating objects indeed.

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--- Chapters ---
00:00 Intro
01:32 Curvature of Spacetime
05:05 Black Hole Creation
07:39 Black Hole Classification
09:25 The Anatomy of Black Holes
14:35 Evidence for Black Holes and Observation Techniques
19:13 Theory of Black Holes
21:01 The Mysteries of Black Holes
25:37 Sponsor Message

[andyk]

This better not be a video of you folding a map in half and poking a pencil through it!

[David-bhhs]

I am very pleased that you took a realist, observationalist perspective when it comes to astrophysics. Too many science "educators" only want to hype up a crowd, instead of telling them what we actually know. That is the wrong way of reaching to the public, over promising the actual knowledge in the scientific lexicon is a quick way to ruin someone's trust in scientists. The fact that you have the guts to say "this makes no sense, so it probably isn't true, we just need to find out why" is amazing. Too many people go "science is WACKY! Isn't that cool!" and in doing so destroy the credibility and tradition of years of scientific research.

[antonkucera]

The way he conveys this information in such a fascinating and engaging way is worthy of global recognition
Keep up the great work Dom!

[upandatom]

Your breadth and depth of knowledge is so impressive 🤩

[saikashyap]

The smile at the end .I can see fear in it

[carlosmadriaga]

This is perfect because I'm about to study black holes for my astrophysics course next month.

[Hulululul]

we need more chanels like dos, kurzgesagt, veritasium, pbs spacetime, numberphile, science asylum and vsauce.

[dibeos]

All these maps that you make are useful, because they give a general picture of each subject. I remember when I just entered in college to study physics, and for me there were so many distinct attractive areas that it was hard to decide which one I would focus my carrier on. If I had one of your maps back then, i’m sure that my process of decision would have been smoother. Just want to encourage you to continue “mapping” ONTO the whole realm of science and math haha. Great job!

[danielpirone]

Fantastic video - thanks for sharing! Also the dudes pruning trees in the background was amusing

[hdxk]

I hope the devs will eventually fix this "Black Hole" bug, it crashes the game if you get succed in. But jokes aside this was the most informative video on black holes I've seen so far. Can't imagine how much work and time it was to make this.

[valeriag]

I just love the posters. There's something about the design, the details, EVERYTHING.
These are such high quality videos

[bastiaanwilliams]

Only clear and no nonsense video on YouTube about black holes. Thank you.

[sebastianclarke]

More black hole mysteries to ponder:
How do gravitational waves interact with frame dragged space time?
Does a black hole block gravitational waves passing through it and absorb its energy?
Or would they pass right through, possibly extracting information?
What would a black hole merger with a white hole look like?

[viewedharbor]

Omg Professor AstroCat was my childhood. I never knew one of my favourite channels made the books that got me interested in space and science.

[aniruddhamrao]

Making a concept flowchart in the form of maps is way better than making complicated notes

[cheaterxl]

Im about to learn about Black holes in about two years for school so this video is perfect for having a huge headstart.

[GrandAdmiralMitthrawnuruodo]

It always delights my heart, when you say: „This is still active research“, it gets me very excited for my future! 😃

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[KalebPeters]

Fantastic as always! Man, black holes are crazy. There's something oddly satisfying about the no hair theorem haha

[nannaz]

Omg, If this is poster which is available definitely I need it