Scientists say supermassive black hole spins fast enough to warp space-time

Scientists say Sagittarius A, a supermassive black hole 26,000 light years from Earth, spins so fast it warps the fabric of space-time around it. Astrophysicist Dr. Paul Sutter joins NBC's Ellison Barber to explain the discovery.

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[enigmalfidelity]

She is 100% interested, and educated about the topic.
This is a great segment.
Keep it up!

[AndrewMilich]

This is great. This should be what is shown on the news! Real experts passionate about what they do.

[lethanosjames]

There's a calming feeling listening to someone talk about what they are passionate about, especially when it involves these bigger than life scientific discoveries

[purefoldnz]

not only does it warp space time but it also plays Hans Zimmer 24/7

[its.Lora.]

The news should always be like this. Smart reporters with topic expertise, interviewing other experts and people who arent all for drama and immaturity. So tired of the soap-opera style of news reporting.

[ZmannR]

She is so awesome. Such a rarity in the news to actually be this engaged and smart on such a complex topic.

[stevenanderson]

0:25 whoever did that animation needs a raise immediately

[fcisjoe]

Thank you for taking the topic seriously! Far too often reporters act childish over science news and... worse.. act like regular folks do not know basic Astronomy. For example, as regular folks, space news is part of our family's daily news coverage. Even my youngest kid knows basic facts about Black Holes. Every day I gather science topics from YouTube and we watch as a family together after dinner. That is normal for all responsible parents.

[tonyfan]

The reporter’s questions were well matched for the level of information and she had real interest in it. Great exchange

[DiverseLA]

I’m not an astrophysicist but given my understanding of the theory of relativity — I thought all massive objects warp spacetime to varying degrees. Especially black holes given its incredible density. Saying this supermassive black hole warps spacetime is like saying “this star gives off energy from nuclear fusion reactions” as if it’s unique

[KoalaT]

Today for lunch i had turkey, mash potatos and corn. I had a diet coke to drink with it. It was ok. 3/5

[iFNhU]

I flew by it once and its an amazing feat of nature.

[crow]

Basically the black hole would stretch your body into pieces across time ... scary

[Nimbus]

It's great that a news channel did an educational segment like this. It inspires the masses to take interest in things outside themselves for a change

[kalismols]

Can it spin fast enough to dry my laundry in 1 minute? Is the REAL question

[niniyb]

Does that mean that the black hole can essentially erase our ability to choose the reality we live in? (as defined by time)it can alter our choices or options?

[jeffreybeecham]

Black holes, the speed and the expansion of the universe, and recent photos from the James Webb telescope make for interesting conversations of how little we know about our universe. Fascinating stuff.

[kcseteg]

everything with mass warps space time....

[Ssjcloud]

Like said in the movie Lucy, after a certain speed, time disappears and appears elsewhere. it's just reflecting coordinates of that time and space to begin and end it, like a hole horizon of time and space,  spinning past time to a certain time. Like when you lose a sock in the dryer and don't know where it went.

[Jesse-cwpv]

This title is idiotic. All black holes, even a theoretical black one with no spin would warp space-time. All massive bodies do. We tested it decades ago by sending radio waves near the sun and measuring how much they slow down from the sun's gravity. If you want to learn more about spinning black holes, check out PBS spacetime's video on naked singularities. It talks about the math of spinning black holes and asks if you could spin a black hole fast enough to expose the singularity