The Largest Black Holes in the Universe

Our Milky Way may harbor millions of black holes... the ultra dense remnants of dead stars. But now, in the universe far beyond our galaxy, there's evidence of something far more ominous. A breed of black holes that has reached incomprehensible size and destructive power. Just how large, and violent, and strange can they get?

A new era in astronomy has revealed a universe long hidden to us. High-tech instruments sent into space have been tuned to sense high-energy forms of light -- x-rays and gamma rays -- that are invisible to our eyes and do not penetrate our atmosphere. On the ground, precision telescopes are equipped with technologies that allow them to cancel out the blurring effects of the atmosphere. They are peering into the far reaches of the universe, and into distant caldrons of light and energy. In some distant galaxies, astronomers are now finding evidence that space and time are being shattered by eruptions so vast they boggle the mind.

We are just beginning to understand the impact these outbursts have had on the universe: On the shapes of galaxies, the spread of elements that make up stars and planets, and ultimately the very existence of Earth. The discovery of what causes these eruptions has led to a new understanding of cosmic history. Back in 1995, the Hubble space telescope was enlisted to begin filling in the details of that history. Astronomers selected tiny regions in the sky, between the stars. For days at a time, they focused Hubble's gaze on remote regions of the universe.

These hubble Deep Field images offered incredibly clear views of the cosmos in its infancy. What drew astronomers' attention were the tiniest galaxies, covering only a few pixels on Hubble's detector. Most of them do not have the grand spiral or elliptical shapes of large galaxies we see close to us today.

Instead, they are irregular, scrappy collections of stars. The Hubble Deep Field confirmed a long-standing idea that the universe must have evolved in a series of building blocks, with small galaxies gradually merging and assembling into larger ones.

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[MegaParrotMan]

Space is incredible. Our minds can’t comprehend the sheer size, mass, energies or distances involved. We are so used to having understanding of the world we live on that it’s humbling when we look out at the reality of our existence and the limits of our understanding.

[Cmm]

These types of vids are so soothing and tranquil at night in a dark room before bed =)

[marlonbe]

Whoever appointed this voice actor, did a good job!

[hanieldarrison]

me: trying to sleep
spacerip: *heavy rock music to indicate what i’m watching is cool*

[masterx]

One of the most well crafted, well edited, and all around well made documentaries I have ever seen! Absolutely amazing! I love it so much

[OAleathaO]

Just remember that most of the black holes and galaxies discussed in this documentary occurred millions or billions of years ago and because we can only observe events and objects at the speed of light, we currently have no idea what state these objects are in now. What our telescopes allow us to see is the history of these events and objects.

[joshyboss]

Yo that music when he started talking about the largest black holes 😂😂 they introduced them like the baddest anime villain with that riff lmao

[DB-pifs]

I love it . These theorie are amazing, to try to comprehend. It makes. Me feel how utterly unimportant daily conflicts in life are. All I want is more videos. Thank you

[stevenkrasner]

I really enjoyed listening to these excellent documentaries. I especially like the narration done by Mr. Dick Rodstein. What a voice!!

[Mitrh]

I'm a wholehearted christian who loves science and absolutely adores everything about space and physics, and I'm currently studying Biomedical analytics, plus a bit of Hebrew and some Bible-studies in my free-time. And although I don't necessarily agree with everything that most scientists teaches, I can certainly agree with a lot and really enjoy videos like this.
*I just see no problems with believing in both science and Jesus ^^*

[shoaibsbucket]

Raise your hand if you come here before sleep 🙋‍♂️

[harrys.]

The universe is an amazing place. If you think about what was before it and how it came into being, your mind begins to hurt

[tylerbarrett]

These videos are absolutely amazing. Keep them coming. Also the narrator is fantastic.

[thaibinh]

Many people are getting this in their recommendations.
I saved this one to watch later 6 years ago and finally decided to watch it.

[hyperacid]

This video was my childhood
It’s a weird feeling knowing nothing about anything he is talking about in 2012 and now in 2020 I’m understanding it now :)

[Brandon]

How can the universe be so massive? It's so incredible yet scary thinking about it's scope. To think that light traveling at lightspeed still takes millions upon millions of lightyears to reach us. And it's seemingly infinite. I wouldn't mind if the universe is actually our "heaven", and after we die our souls are allowed to roam it endlessly. That would be awesome.

[BezzyBee]

Wtf is up with this music tho lmaooo

Got me head banging to science videos

[SNLGUY]

The scary thing about black holes is that they move! I thought dark matter was fascinating until I started researching dark energy which is a total mind blower!

[User-zkn]

The great mystery of the universe never fails to remind me how much my job does not matter.

[lghtdmn]

“We’ve never seen them directly”
Event Horizon Space Telescope: “Are you sure about that?”