Best of: Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Black Holes

What is a black hole? On this mashup of StarTalk's best explanations of black holes, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice take us through all you need to know about black holes, featuring Janna Levin.

What happens if you fall into a black hole? We explore spaghettification, high gravity, and how we know if something orbits a black hole. How big is the black hole at the center of our galaxy? Find out about the Copernican principle and how many galaxies have black holes. Discover Hawking Radiation, quantum physics, antimatter, and what goes on at the event horizon. What does a black hole look like inside the event horizon? Is there a loss of information? All that, plus, are there wormholes inside black holes? Is it all an illusion?

00:00 What is a Black Hole?
02:32 The Center of a Black Hole
05:47 Hawking Radiation and the Event Horizon

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[StarTalk]

Raise your hand if you’re such a big StarTalk fan that you already knew everything in this video🙋

[simon-white]

We need more Janna Levin collabs, she's a stellar science communicator.

[ThatNerdChris]

Black holes are so cool! Hard to believe something like that actually exists.

[crithon]

"I can't let Chuck Nice lose a brain gasket here, I need him for another show."

[HilariousGameEdits]

When I sit thru a high school science class all I ever learned was how long a minute could feel. When i watch 5 minutes of star talk I wonder how school got it so wrong. I love you guys and truly appreciate the everything you guys give us. Please please don’t stop <3

[caveman]

“Once you go black, you never go back.” - Neil deGrasse Tyson, 2021

[jae]

We need more cosmic queries!!! Also more Chuck Nice.

[shawndorkoff]

I never miss a show. Thank you guys for all u

[dustinpaulson]

I heard that if you threw Eminem into a black hole, you'd get to witness the first "Mom's spaghettification".

[TheRabbitRonin]

1:36 I like when they have animations to show/explain what they're talking about. I wish they would do that more often.

[James-Lee-Smith]

Chuck Nice is probably the most scientifically literate non-scientist on YouTube.

And, I agree with whomever commented below that we need more Janna content. She is fantastic.

[christophero]

Jesus Christ, he’s recited his spiel about spaghettification so many times he’s starting to turn it into a poem 🤣

[jimmybrungus]

Lofi background is a nice touch. Then again lofi goes good with almost anything.

[Lee-ngeq]

Love love love when Janna Levin is on Startalk. An incredibly clever woman. I could listen to NDT, Chuck and Janna forever, probably about any subject!

[TheOkieLife]

This is the only science show I can watch without cool graphics and not even once think of changing to the next video.

Thank you, from a 7 year fan!

[andersonbroxson]

i've been waiting for something like this!

[MikeJamesMedia]

You had me at "Janna Levin". Please have her on the show more. She's informative and fun at the same time. And... Somebody please get Chuck a mic that doesn't distort so much. :)

[dezaraydunigan]

This brings me joy. I'm very happy to watch! 💖

[TheRealLifeMods]

A photon is it's own anti-particle?! Damn that's so cool

[erikhendrickson]

The more I learn about black holes the more fascinating they become!