Cosmic Journeys - Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy

Feel the pull of the largest object in our galaxy, a supermassive black hole. Astronomers are discovering its properties by probing the objects that are buzzing around it at mind-boggling speeds.

From a distance, our galaxy would look like a flat spiral, some 100,000 light years across, with pockets of gas, clouds of dust, and about 400 billion stars rotating around the galaxys center. Thick dust and blinding starlight have long obscured our vision into the mysterious inner regions of the galactic center. And yet, the clues have been piling up, that something important, something strange is going on in there. Astronomers tracking stars in the center of the galaxy have found the best proof to date that black holes exist. Now, they are shooting for the first direct image of a black hole.

[DIGITALSCREAMS]

Brothers and sisters - its an honour to live on planet earth with you. What a ride!

[drippytv]

i love the phrase "space dust", in reality this "dust" can range from the size of a molecule to a fricking asteroid. But in relativity to the size of the universe, it makes sense to call something the size of an asteroid dust.

[veritasphoto]

Now _this_ narrator is one of the first I have heard on similar YouTube documentaries that has truly earned his pay! Superb voice, and wonderful pace! Love it!

[MrHealth]

How utterly smart these scientists are, thank you for this presentation

[africah]

you made me get excited for nothing. I've seen this 20 times already. oh well. I guess I will watch it again. you guys make the best space docs ever.

[chrisbrown]

We must Iearn to "love everyone" because our life does require it. Love is the best thing in our Universe. We MUST love one another, there is no other choice.

[harrietharlow]

This is a wonderful documentary. I really marvel at the wonder of the intellect of scientists who use that intellect to puzzle out and solve cosmic mysteries such as black holes. This is science that enriches us all.

[VladStoian]

THERE'S NOTHING MORE AMAZING THAN THESE SPACE DOCUMENTARIES

SPACE RIP SAVED MY LIFE <3

[echoromeo]

Andrea Ghez won the nobel prize in physics for her work in identifying and studying sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. She's a bad ass.

[Eugwel]

Don't try to develop your own theories based solely on the information you might learn from watching a video. You must do the hard work of research by reading the comment section first.

[TheRealSkeletor]

Yes! Was waiting for another one of these fine documentaries. Thank you SpaceRip!

[BorosTheGamer]

The person that's narrating these videos has like the perfect voice for it

[emiliospowerballer]

This video was published in 2015. its 2019 and we officially have the first picture of a black hole

[Kayuubi]

Black Holes really are destructively fascinating

[bonita]

Watched this 5 years ago and here I am again 😅🌌

[Great_America]

What we’ve learned since this video was made:

1) Sagittarius A is indeed a super massive black hole and that it has several giant stars orbiting it in highly eccentric orbits

2) Sagittarius A is in fact beginning to increase in mass after being observed as stable since it’s initial observation

3) Gravitational waves have been detected coming from Sagittarius A

4) The Milky Way is actually a bar spiral galaxy

[brianmcnellis]

Humanity is the most advanced species throughout all time and space.


We are capable of infinite knowledge and love even while in human form..

[lazybryan]

im 14 years old and i have been working of the same thing since the last 4 years ive made my own telescope and been upgrading it myself and now im trying to make a small outer space telescope and im going to send it straight there to see much closer the black whole

[MarcMelo]

Another wonderful and interesting video. Thanks so much

[CloneShockTrooper]

We are insignificant in comparison to the events going on in our universe.