The Race To See The Black Hole At The Center Of Our Galaxy

We've never observed a black hole directly, but with a wild collection of telescopes, these astronomers are determined to be the first.


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Are Black Holes Real?
"Today, there is wide scientific consensus that black holes are real. Even though they can't be observed directly-by definition, they give off no light-astronomers can infer their hidden presence by watching how stars, gas, and dust swirl and glow around them."

Why the coldest place in the universe is so special
"[Boomerang Nebula] is one of the most bizarre and mysterious objects in the universe. Here, within the gas streaming outwards, astronomers have found that the temperature drops as low as half a degree above absolute zero."

Black Hole Hunters
"Known as the Event Horizon Telescope, named after the point of no return in a black hole, its job was to see what has been until now unseeable: an exquisitely small, dark circle of nothing, a tiny shadow in the glow of radiation at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. It is there that astronomers think lurks a supermassive black hole, a trap door into which the equivalent of four million suns has evidently disappeared."

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[LgmD]

If anyone is wondering why they re-uploaded check 5:05.
The last video said the "center of our universe" Now it says the "center of our galaxy".
Correcting those small errors. Good Job DNews!

[TraceDominguez]

WE FIXED IT!!! There was an error at 5:05 where our VO person misspoke, saying center of the UNIVERSE rather than GALAXY. It's all better now, and thanks for keeping a watchful eye on us, y'all!! <3!!!

[SeanLumly]

I really like this bite-sized documentary format! Way to go, DNews!

[MultiSaffran]

Damn solid video. It's TV quality

[zachcrawford]

Wow, this was a lot like what discovery used to be like. Nice.

[arthur]

I think this is my favorite DNews video. More in this style please.

[brandonhall]

I really like the documentary style and the production value. More of this please!

[pouned]

Says this isn't a race to see who can find out more about black holes. Names video "The Race to find out more about black holes"

[aneetaakhurst]

Hey DNews fans! We had to make a small correction to the video, so yes, this is a re-upload. But our crew went all the way to Chile just to bring you this video and we think it's awesome! So even if you watched it once, maybe show it some love and watch a second time...or a third...fourth... Thanks! :)

[LEVITINMUSIC]

yet they are using dell computers from the 2000's

[Krispi-Kat]

Her voice is perfect for this kind of video. The video quality was amazing. Good job!

[The_Jzoli]

The reupload seems to be because in the original video they accidentaly said, at one point, "center of our universe" instead of galaxy.

[athanoslee]

the featured astronomer is really handsome!

[FNevisonAndrews]

The repload is because they changed "centre of our universe" to "centre of our galaxy" at 5:07

[jasonbowles]

Yet we don't know how many lucks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop.

[kevinportillo]

My dosis of curiosity for astronomy has been satisfied for the day. Thank you Dnews.

[notswazo]

What if the black hole at the center of our galaxy went poof would we still rotate around it for 30, 000 years

[ezez]

Question:

How do they know that the telescopes provide an error-free image of whatever they are looking at? I mean, how can they be sure that the information they get from object at massive distance from us is not incorrect because of a telescope failure (maybe when it was built, maybe mechanical failure, maybe software error...)

[dinorawrar]

I Like "Black Holes" If you Know what i mean....

[AndissKevlar]

Excellent, excellent video.. Expertly produced.. Love it... More like this please...