What Most People Get Wrong About Black Holes

You might have heard that black holes suck, like literally. It's certainly a funny joke, but it isn't true. Black holes aren’t even that weird if you're far enough away. I correct this and other misconceptions with this video.

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TIME CODES

00:00 Cold Open
00:36 Myth 1: They're Big
01:25 Closest Black Hole
02:21 Myth 2: Ultimate Suction
02:49 Stars Orbit Black Holes
03:17 Myth 3: Infinite Density
03:59 Singularities
04:42 Myth 4: Why They're Black
05:38 Redshift
06:07 Myth 5: Spaghettification
07:10 Closing Thoughts
07:23 Featured Comment

[ArvinAsh]

Great video Nick. Congratulations! Debunking the singularity was the best part.

[fpostgate]

I am so glad you exposed the difference between mathematical model and the definition of black holes. So many people just throw those singularity and infinite words around pretty clumsily.

[mrwillard]

Great video and I know this is a small thing but I really appreciate putting a countdown timer of the sponsored segment makes it a lot easier to skip it and I wish more youtubers did this.👍

[gonegahgah]

At 4:33... I actually like that you don't define a black hole as a singularity. Really nice to hear.

[thingsiplay]

No clone was harmed during the filming of this episode.

[Sepracia]

Subscribing for 2 reasons ;

- I like your content

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[oldieman]

Thanks for always making the topics easy to understand for those of us who didn't get to college or University. Loving the humour. I wish Science classes were this entertaining, I might have learned something while being engaged with the topic.

[thezood]

Getting a physical model for black holes that actually explain them in our lifetime would be so awesome. It's up there with finding life beyond earth. Hopefully we don't have to expend any clones in the process.

[MissFoxKat]

My seven-year-old daughter loves to listen to your videos at bedtime! You're awesome. We really appreciate all the hard work you put in to these.

[Lucky]

4:41 For some reason, I find the idea of defining a black hole as "someone dividing by zero" absolutely hilarious!

[hopolo]

thank you for making this intellectually stimulating lecture also densely laden with original humor.

[ionutungureanu]

Thank you for this episode Nick!
A big Salut from Romania!🫡

[geneticjen]

Another myth I see a lot: bigger black hole is scarier to be near.

The smaller, the more extreme the tidal forces

[YounesLayachi]

This is the kind of education videos that helps push forwards science discussion on the internet ! Thank you !

[harthur]

Great video! Loved the “Pool of speculation” thing. Going to use that sometime. Wonder about the Hawking radiation part though, I thought it hasn’t been observed yet. Also wondering if the “black hole baby talk” is ……. foreshadowing 😊

[ninadgadre]

Nick, you and your better half are one of the cutest couple on YouTube, just allround wholesome and knowledgeable folks. Stay blessed and happy!

[FalconFetus]

Congrats on the sponsorship! And thanks for putting a timer on it!

[wally_g]

"so curved that all futures point inward" Very nicely put, thank you!

[entropyachieved]

Thanks for the vid. Helped re enforce the concepts

[unvergebeneid]

When you make comparisons with the size of the moon, is it the diameter, the cross-section or the volume you're comparing? Because it looks like the diameter in the graphics and that's two dimensions off of the actual size when we're talking about 3D objects.