The other end of a black hole – with James Beacham

What would happen if you fell into a black hole? Join James Beacham, particle physicist at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, as he explores what happens when the fabric of reality – physical or societal – gets twisted beyond recognition.

James Beacham searches for answers to the biggest open questions of physics using the largest experiment ever, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. He hunts for dark matter, gravitons, quantum black holes, and dark photons as a member of the ATLAS collaboration, one of the teams that discovered the Higgs boson in 2012.

In addition to his research, he is a frequent keynote speaker about science, innovation, the future of technology, and art at events and venues around the world, including the American Museum of Natural History, the Royal Institution, SXSW, and the BBC, as well as private events for companies and corporations, including KPMG, Bain, Dept Agency, and many others.

This talk was recorded at the Royal Institution on 28 October 2021.

1:11 What causes gravity?
4:19 What is space?
7:55 The flow and mobility of space causing black holes
14:33 How do we know black holes really exist?
19:58 How to make a black hole
26:08 Could we be living in a giant black hole?
31:26 The universe-in-a-black-hole idea
36:44 Why the large hadron collider could only make a miniature black hole
45:04 Building a big bang machine in space
47:25 Journey into a black hole
52:41 Our societal black hole

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[kindredwolves]

This guy is one more acid trip away from going full mad scientist. I like him.

[MrMh]

I've done a fair amount of studying on black holes and astronomy/cosmology in general and I had 2 penny-drop moments during this lecture. Outstanding.

[Necca_UK]

As soon as you were born you passed the event horizon, there is no going back. And when you pass away you will experience singularity no space and time.

[rushmank]

18:51 this dude has been keeping an apple in his back pocket for nearly 19 minutes for thats lol

[pecan]

I love the way some of these present day physicists are incredibly good presenters, and explain it so well to us laypeople

[andydonnelly]

Wow, the concept that the universe is the interior of a black hole has just floored me.

[lightingnabottle]

I've listen/veiwed many physics lectures on youtube. Mr.James Beacham just gave one of the best I've heard.
Especially the importance of us, the responsibility of us. THE DARE to Value the future of our species, and our place in it . A new way of being, one that's not just a mediocre existence.

I hope for this future. THIS INCREDIBLE WORLD, THIS MAGNIFICENT UNIVERSE WE ARE BLESSED to be an observer and participant of.

THANK YOU MR.JAMES BEACHAM FOR THIS LECTURE.

🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️.

[InfoWithheld]

Well....that took a turn there toward the end.

[LMoose]

God what I would have given to witness this lecture live in person man. People complained about him stumbling over his words but I think he did a phenomenal job and couldn’t applaud him enough. And I hope he does plenty more lectures like this. He could make it basic and more so general knowledge and talk to children about this stuff and have them understand or he could talk to doctorates about the more intricate and in depth concepts. I’m rambling now but I just fully believe he could stand in front of anyone to give a lecture. Well done 10/10 will watch another

[dadotopic]

The lecture was very interesting and full of brilliant ideas,
Delivery was powerful with enormous courage, passion and skill on display. Very much appreciated.

[usmccoop]

So glad I found this! This lecture is just what the doctor ordered for explaining the advanced theoretical concepts of what's occurring in astrophysics today in plain language. Thanks for posting!

[viveksv]

I wish my teachers were so engaging. Not for a second did I look away or felt bored. Very engaging and informative!!

[DrJeeps]

Another home run by the RI! Thank you Dr. Beacham for a fascinating and powerful lecture.

[EricHorchuck]

This is the first time I understood how we could possibly be living in a black hole. Simple, to the point, explanation. Bravo!

[.-]

James Beachem you are the consumate Physicist, walks and talks the talk of Physics so coolly. I like it!

[expatexpat]

I though this might be a rehash of the usual black hole videos on YT, but happily I was disappointed in this as James gave a fresh view on the topic - very entertaining and informative.

[kevinmueller]

Well that took an unexpected turn! This may be the best royal institute lecture I have ever seen on YouTube!

[shamorezegaming]

Greatest 1 hour lecture on black hole I have ever listened

[sridharannarasimhan]

In India, we have a vedic saying: " No whys if you are wise. Just surrender"

[Wajiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Such a charismatic speaker. I could listen to his stories forever. Thanks, Royal institution. Please bring on Dr. James Beacham as often as you can. Beacham could be our next Brian Greene.