NASA discovers farthest black hole discovered yet

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a massive black hole more than three billion lightyears away from Earth. Astrophysicist Paul Sutter explains how the discovery could help astronomers learn more about how the universe was formed.

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[tcos]

The fact that we are alive on this random planet in the middle of an insanely unimaginably large universe of emptiness just makes no sense. Wish I was born 5000 years in the future when we have more answers.

[homoblogicus]

A light year is a measure of distance and not time.

[tylerscudder]

Space is truly insane and mind boggling

[robertfender]

I bet the absolute magnitude of the accretion disc of that black hole must be a lot for it to be visible from so far. Imagine it was only 100 light years away .☠️

[EricAllen]

The images are from the past due to speed of light limits... 😭

[ecpmath]

Thanks nbc for my daily dose of existential dread

[Jsse]

I like how he has his books propped up in the back, i'm gonna look them up now.

[FlagTheRef]

I wonder if black holes are transport portals to other destinations in the galaxies for souls in the afterlife. If not, what goes in has to come out somewhere else at some point in space or time.

[korkalba]

If they ever need a Guinea pig to travel through it sign me up... end up in Howard the ducks living room.

[willowwisp]

Isn"t TON 618 the furthest black hole 18 billion light years away?

[USABrazil]

Around 0:23 " Formed 470 Million light years after The Big Bang. "
I think she might 470 years.

[Jsse]

Ever since i took Astronomy in community college i became scared of space and black holes.

[masamunemanga]

Any news on the closest one? That’s what I’m worried about.

[regmiles]

I looked at the images but can't understand how they can determine it to be a black hole from the visual blur of light in the photo. Nor can I understand how they can express the enhanced images of its supposed look, without any actual closer examples to draw accurate imagery from.

[fcisjoe]

It was idiotic to describe what a Black Hole is, because everyone over 5 (who is not mentally impaired) knows what a Black Hole is. Much of this video treats basic science like it is something not known by the average elementary school child. NBC needs to do better and hire better reporters - who treat science like the serious topic that it is!!!

[fredstone]

I went inside a black hole once, I’ll never make that mistake again. My Curiosity has scarred me for the rest of my life.

[Peter-foec]

Not only is the universe expanding day....

[Helicopterpilot]

If you want to visualize a social version of a black hole; imagine political parties or Taylor Swift fans. The gravity pulling people towards the focal points, under the assumption they know what they're focusing on without knowing it's true state.

[dank]

Im sayin it, wormholes are the freeways of the galaxy. We just don't know how to subscribe to em

[JTSunriseMusic]

8billion people on a ball of rock in the middle of space, insignificant