First Image of a Black Hole!

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
  • The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration observed the supermassive black hole at the center of M87, finding the dark central shadow in accordance with General Relativity, further demonstrating the power of this 100 year-old theory.
    To understand more about why the shadows look the way they do, check out: • How to Understand What...
    I will continue updating this description with more links.
    Event Horizon Telescope collaboration: ve42.co/EHT
    Animations and simulations with English text:
    L. R. Weih & L. Rezzolla (Goethe University Frankfurt)
    • Accretion flow onto a ...
    Video of observation of M87 courtesy of:
    C. M. Fromm, Y. Mizuno & L. Rezzolla (Goethe University Frankfurt)
    • Using VLBI to create a...
    Video of observation of SgrA* courtesy of
    C. M. Fromm, Y. Mizuno & L. Rezzolla (Goethe University Frankfurt)
    Z. Younsi (University College London)
    • Using VLBI to create a...
    Video of telescopes in the array 2017:
    C. M. Fromm & L. Rezzolla (Goethe University Frankfurt)
    • Telescopes in the Even...
    Animations and simulations (no text):
    L. R. Weih & L. Rezzolla (Goethe University Frankfurt)
    • Accretion flow onto a ...
    Special thanks to Patreon supporters:
    Donal Botkin, Michael Krugman, Ron Neal, Stan Presolski, Terrance Shepherd, Penward Rhyme
    Scale animation by Maria Raykova

Комментарии • 25 тыс.

  • @alexanderlaurin4293
    @alexanderlaurin4293 5 лет назад +17306

    For everyone who complains about it being so blurry.
    You realize how far away it is right?

    • @Roboprogs
      @Roboprogs 5 лет назад +414

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airy_disk
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_interferometer
      I remember how amazed I was to see images of the red giant star Betelgeuse back in the 90s.

    • @DailyDoseofShortsVideos
      @DailyDoseofShortsVideos 5 лет назад +1426

      Mad Pyer honestly the farther the better

    • @Roboprogs
      @Roboprogs 5 лет назад +195

      And Betelgeuse is about 1000 times wider in terms of angular diameter (50 milliarcseconds vs micro)

    • @syedmdabdullah3052
      @syedmdabdullah3052 5 лет назад +383

      They should have used p30 pro ( joke) 😂😂😂😂

    • @howardm.burgers
      @howardm.burgers 5 лет назад +182

      I don't see anyone complaining about that.

  • @jeff2424
    @jeff2424 5 лет назад +760

    Great job illustrating what micro arc-seconds looks like. Thank you.

    • @MrMaiiis
      @MrMaiiis 5 лет назад +1

      Yup

    • @caad5258
      @caad5258 5 лет назад

      ditto

    • @Youwood667
      @Youwood667 5 лет назад +9

      Flat earthers will say "WHY HE USE 180 DEGREES IF THE EARTH IS ROUND"

    • @davidjacobs8558
      @davidjacobs8558 5 лет назад

      are there any nearby stars that have big enough apparent size to resolve details?

    • @Youwood667
      @Youwood667 5 лет назад

      @13randon 13axter yes, i am actually glad and happy to be born in this time of history. We might evolve in something so good, through knowledge and love of knowledge. We need to stop being materialistic cunts all over the world. Damn if i had the power to make it change. Fingers crossed for the future !

  • @Timocracy
    @Timocracy 5 лет назад +335

    Came home after a grueling day at work, absolutely exhausted.
    Yet, the release of all this research and the image have wonderously lifted my spirit. What a time to be alive.

    • @powderwigwoodenteethmf5037
      @powderwigwoodenteethmf5037 5 лет назад +6

      These videos are relaxing for me after a 12 hour shift and a 2 hour gym session. Going to bed in an hour to do it all again tomorrow

    • @ryanpitre1593
      @ryanpitre1593 5 лет назад +1

      It’s weird to think we are seeing this thing 10’s of millions of years ago I wonder if we are dead yet lol like what

    • @MikoGarrido
      @MikoGarrido 5 лет назад +3

      This. Pulling 80/90 hour work weeks is worth it when I think about the privilege of being alive in this moment of history.

    • @SalmanAzizOfficial
      @SalmanAzizOfficial 5 лет назад

      My movie Lost in the Black Hole is much more than this

    • @shahrikamin4699
      @shahrikamin4699 5 лет назад

      @@ryanpitre1593 wait wdym?

  • @TechnologistAtWork
    @TechnologistAtWork 3 года назад +1913

    I think it's more impressive that Einstein came up with the general relativity without even having access to any of this tech we have today, he just mathematically predicted its existence. The man was a living super computer.

    • @amitbanerjee6021
      @amitbanerjee6021 3 года назад +42

      Well actually Einstein disproved the existence of true mathematical black holes

    • @TechnologistAtWork
      @TechnologistAtWork 3 года назад +227

      @@amitbanerjee6021 doesn't matter, he predicted the possibility of its existence.

    • @amitbanerjee6021
      @amitbanerjee6021 3 года назад +6

      @@TechnologistAtWork wrong

    • @TechnologistAtWork
      @TechnologistAtWork 3 года назад +67

      @@amitbanerjee6021 oh so you're right because you said "wrong"? What a jackass.

    • @MrScrofulous
      @MrScrofulous 3 года назад +45

      He didn't even have a ball-point pen.

  • @daisyyg
    @daisyyg 5 лет назад +16565

    i wanna go in creative mode and explore space

  • @ivansidorov6391
    @ivansidorov6391 4 года назад +3942

    Light: Travels 54 million light years across the space
    Humanity: Forms itself, develops technology and catches it at the last moments
    Internet: It's blurry doe

    • @goutamboppana961
      @goutamboppana961 3 года назад +54

      oof

    • @memati7199
      @memati7199 3 года назад +49

      The last moments !! Are you referring to the dilation of the cosmos ? Or to the life expectancy of a black hole ?

    • @PioneerOcean十
      @PioneerOcean十 3 года назад +61

      That pretty much sums it up lol hail the tiktok generation

    • @jackyourmotherisapussyassc164
      @jackyourmotherisapussyassc164 3 года назад +52

      @@PioneerOcean十 yea these punk zoomers are ridiculous

    • @nikotakai8796
      @nikotakai8796 3 года назад +4

      The last moments of what?

  • @simoncowell1424
    @simoncowell1424 5 лет назад +590

    This is a historic moment. This image will now be used in the science books for schools and colleges as the first image of a black hole

    • @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245
      @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 5 лет назад +22

      Simon Cowell if such thing as updated textbooks in this day and age, it would be on the cover most likely

    • @AlisonBryen
      @AlisonBryen 5 лет назад +9

      Yes...I was thinking that myself earlier! It's like the photograph of the Earth taken from the moon, or the picture taken of the astronaut during the first spacewalk in 1984, or the Pale Blue Dot. They are iconic images that appear in so many textbooks and encyclopedias and are now part of the visual record of our space exploration history. This image is up there with those!

    • @magmafang7187
      @magmafang7187 5 лет назад +1

      Not enough real/truth information for it to be included. Yet

    • @_AriseChicken
      @_AriseChicken 5 лет назад +2

      No it won't, information of this magnitude is kept secret from the general population. It's a control method. Schools and colleges are designed to brainwash.

    • @Antzy0001
      @Antzy0001 5 лет назад

      Why so many animations along with image?

  • @forbes7410
    @forbes7410 3 года назад +3039

    Man, It’s sad how Stephen hawking never got to see this.

    • @Cybernaut551
      @Cybernaut551 3 года назад +34

      Same.

    • @diamond-heart21
      @diamond-heart21 3 года назад +54

      Benjamin S. this reminds me of the “enjoy your meal! you too” meme lol

    • @runa9306
      @runa9306 3 года назад +5

      @@diamond-heart21 oh yea haha good one

    • @diamond-heart21
      @diamond-heart21 3 года назад +3

      The Joke Ruiner why? I just said what I thought

    • @neildown7231
      @neildown7231 3 года назад +20

      Hawking was a stooge and said the dumbest crap imaginable like the Universe starting from an infinitely hot spaceless point🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @cosmopolitan4598
    @cosmopolitan4598 5 лет назад +282

    First "... the gravity of the situation..."
    Now, in 4:25, "... same ... features confirming beyond a SHADOW OF DOUBT.."
    He's a real comedian.

    • @Rabahke628
      @Rabahke628 5 лет назад

      instagram.com/p/BwAiR49HDJc/?igshid=n03bhzlkcgx1

    • @alex0589
      @alex0589 5 лет назад +2

      It sucks everything in, even doubt.

  • @ponkumaran6930
    @ponkumaran6930 5 лет назад +1208

    A big round of applause for all those scientists in that picture and many others who contributed to this!

    • @fahadbhutta3164
      @fahadbhutta3164 5 лет назад +5

      👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

    • @parkerpeter1795
      @parkerpeter1795 5 лет назад +6

      Pon Kumaran lol scientist study on finding the black hole that wont hurt us because it’s far away from us and thr image blurred like raw krispy kreme donut..boi i would have give the biggest applause of my life to the scientist that has cure for cancer..not for blackhole bcuz its useless to humanity tq

    • @cometmace
      @cometmace 5 лет назад

      Here's one of those contributors from two years ago : ruclips.net/video/BIvezCVcsYs/видео.html

    • @parkerpeter1795
      @parkerpeter1795 5 лет назад

      Meh K cancer hasn’t even exist that day

    • @utkaaaaa
      @utkaaaaa 5 лет назад

      let's watch friends now!!

  • @shubhamjha868
    @shubhamjha868 5 лет назад +788

    Your previous video got me 1000x more excited for this

    • @NatteLatteMusic
      @NatteLatteMusic 5 лет назад

      Shubham Jha same here!

    • @ahgflyguy
      @ahgflyguy 5 лет назад +5

      Like you wanted something with a higher resolution and less fuzziness to match up with being able to see the higher-order mirror reflections around the edge? Agreed, it would be cool, but if we could do it at that resolution now, we would have come up with a really fuzzy one a decade or four ago.
      Check out the Diffraction Limit, see also Airy Disk. We will get better resolution when we have linked radio observatories deployed in high Earth orbit, then at the Earth - moon Lagrange points. And then at the Earth-sun Lagrange points. Diffraction-limited astronomy is expensive to improve upon when you're already using an Earth-sized aperture.

    • @brunocilio223
      @brunocilio223 5 лет назад +3

      How people can dislike this?! Like who can dislike knowledges?!!!

    • @toosavageforaname2767
      @toosavageforaname2767 5 лет назад

      @@brunocilio223 people like flat earthers

  • @mizukuruma9483
    @mizukuruma9483 3 года назад +77

    This is actually how it looked like 53.5 million years ago, the black hole may not be looking like this in the present, but still fascinating :o

    • @ROZWAY_II
      @ROZWAY_II 3 года назад

      Man using this kind of process I hope aliens are taking pictures of Dinosaurs that used to live in our planet millions of years ago.

  • @e10byagrue
    @e10byagrue 5 лет назад +628

    4:24 "confirming beyond a *shadow* of a doubt"
    WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS?

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  5 лет назад +143

      e10byagrue I’m a dad now.

    • @spencestep1998
      @spencestep1998 5 лет назад +6

      Veritasium dad jokes ftw

    • @duchi882
      @duchi882 5 лет назад +2

      *Veritasium,* no wonder

    • @scottmaxwell1927
      @scottmaxwell1927 5 лет назад +4

      @@veritasium congratulations for your efforts on both the dad joke front and in providing intellectual nourishment.

    • @micanikko
      @micanikko 5 лет назад +1

      @@veritasium Congratulations!

  • @entrippyZ
    @entrippyZ 5 лет назад +614

    The fact that It looks dead on what we predicted makes me proud to be a human

    • @BeltofOrion
      @BeltofOrion 5 лет назад +22

      Agreed you beautiful kitty cat

    • @williammurphree6594
      @williammurphree6594 5 лет назад +4

      Soup time

    • @Tumbledice11
      @Tumbledice11 5 лет назад +3

      Soup time

    • @Levitiy
      @Levitiy 5 лет назад +7

      Actually, this is a bad thing.
      We don't learn anything new without the universe throwing us a curve ball.

    • @danilejai7801
      @danilejai7801 5 лет назад +2

      I was thinking the same thing.... how could it be SO exactly as predicted?

  • @tigdogsbody
    @tigdogsbody 5 лет назад +655

    The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration Team should get a Nobel Prize !!!

    • @grahammilne6998
      @grahammilne6998 5 лет назад +28

      Unfortunately only 2-3 people can get it. It can't be given to a team.

    • @tigdogsbody
      @tigdogsbody 5 лет назад +12

      Graham Milne That is unfortunate.

    • @chrisoakleyfx
      @chrisoakleyfx 5 лет назад +31

      @Thomas Lucas why would they be given a Nobel Peace Prize lol (he said, facetiously) They have other awards :D

    • @aymanmiazi2579
      @aymanmiazi2579 5 лет назад +29

      @Thomas Lucas there are more than just the peace prize, it could be the physics prize

    • @tigdogsbody
      @tigdogsbody 5 лет назад

      Thomas Lucas Yes, you are correct, it might bring about world peace, what a nice thought, thank you.

  • @dhoom-z7221
    @dhoom-z7221 3 года назад +29

    That is such an insane amount of zooming to see the blackhole, these explanations made me really appreciate their work on a personal level

  • @bguzewi0
    @bguzewi0 4 года назад +6346

    I remember when the image first released to the public, and people were complaining at how blurry it was. I don’t think they appreciated how incredible it is that we could take a picture of any one thing from over 50 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY. Idiots.

    • @karonsimmons3239
      @karonsimmons3239 4 года назад +290

      Yeah. It’s as far as you can go. And if you could go farther, you’d have to have AMAZING technology... which we don’t have...

    • @TheGamingNorwegian
      @TheGamingNorwegian 4 года назад +484

      @@karonsimmons3239 Yet*

    • @honestyfenix530
      @honestyfenix530 4 года назад +62

      We all wish we were as smart and wise as you Mr....whatever.

    • @garrettwilson2626
      @garrettwilson2626 4 года назад +25

      People say it as a joke

    • @blacklyfe5543
      @blacklyfe5543 4 года назад +8

      You're a idiot its not our fault we didn't see it

  • @JamesBrown-zp9xe
    @JamesBrown-zp9xe 5 лет назад +229

    you can literally hear the enthusiasm and excitement in his voice :D
    great video

  • @IcarusGravitas
    @IcarusGravitas 5 лет назад +203

    I'm a high school astronomy teacher and you are my new best friend. Thank you for this!!!

    • @AriahFN
      @AriahFN 5 лет назад +23

      Matthew Amoroso you have an astronomy program at your high school? That’s awesome! I wish we had one :/

    • @maurostrachwitz747
      @maurostrachwitz747 5 лет назад +1

      ¿What inspired you to study astronomy?

    • @Lurod_
      @Lurod_ 5 лет назад +17

      @@maurostrachwitz747 Astronomy is truly out of this world.

    • @adsc4257
      @adsc4257 5 лет назад +1

      I want an astronomy teacher :(

    • @ariochiv
      @ariochiv 5 лет назад +1

      Fight the good fight, Mr. Amoroso.

  • @theoverseer393
    @theoverseer393 3 года назад +15

    The fact that we have a photo of a black hole, as well as gravitational waves, is IMMENSELY incredible

  • @martinblake2278
    @martinblake2278 5 лет назад +227

    Einstein's theory is becoming more and more concrete as time moves forward. Just shows what a special mind he truly has.

    • @pcbatube
      @pcbatube 5 лет назад +22

      *had

    • @billsmiley6305
      @billsmiley6305 5 лет назад +4

      smh fricking time travelers again

    • @saitama5219
      @saitama5219 5 лет назад +3

      @@pcbatube has*

    • @saitama5219
      @saitama5219 5 лет назад +1

      @justsomeguy hes made ideas about them helping people learn more about the black holes.

    •  5 лет назад

      So special that he asked for his math teacher to solve the theory of relativity

  • @kaleb5265
    @kaleb5265 5 лет назад +612

    Never in my life have I been so enthused by a blurry photograph.

    • @elcarlos8905
      @elcarlos8905 5 лет назад

      Ill bill facts

    • @zariski
      @zariski 5 лет назад +2

      your neighbors must have been ugly.

    • @zariski
      @zariski 5 лет назад

      ​@rpbsjy he seems the Harry type.

    • @kwisatzhaderach1458
      @kwisatzhaderach1458 5 лет назад

      Cuz you're low energy

    • @kaleb5265
      @kaleb5265 5 лет назад +1

      @rpbsjy That's a close contender...

  • @happyarewewhosmile
    @happyarewewhosmile 5 лет назад +703

    0:33 anyone else realize the back of Yu-Gi-Oh cards got the shadow-realm 100% right

  • @drummerman1206
    @drummerman1206 3 года назад +7

    Only 2 videos in from this channel and I’m already blown away enough to sub to it. I can’t wait to binge this channel this weekend. :)

  • @MonsterKing-ux4mp
    @MonsterKing-ux4mp 5 лет назад +1528

    I’m so happy I am one of the people to witness this great discovery

    • @BeltofOrion
      @BeltofOrion 5 лет назад +4

      Ikr same

    • @PabloEscobar-yt9fs
      @PabloEscobar-yt9fs 5 лет назад +13

      I Am GROOT u probably gay

    • @XDKvlogs
      @XDKvlogs 5 лет назад +59

      it sounds stupid but this discovery legitimately brought me to tears because of the sheer magnitude of it. too many people will think it's 'just a photo' and never wrap their minds around the fact that we may have just experienced as big an event as newton's apple, if not bigger. This is a colossal leap for humanity and my brain is going crazy right now trying to grasp the scale of this

    • @fmnbanjo4450
      @fmnbanjo4450 5 лет назад +4

      Alex K It’s something to remember for sure

    • @Evalan321
      @Evalan321 5 лет назад

      everyone will witness this from now on

  • @Resonate911
    @Resonate911 5 лет назад +5285

    later at year 4152
    *REAL BLACK HOLE TEST AND UNBOXING, GONE WRONG!*

    • @victorjimenez8394
      @victorjimenez8394 5 лет назад +71

      Resonate YT comment of the day!

    • @rinagrace856
      @rinagrace856 5 лет назад +60

      3000 years only and it will go back to 0 year

    • @danielepson6219
      @danielepson6219 5 лет назад +191

      Black holes react to RUclipsrs reacting to first image of black hole
      My morning routine (Spring update) | Black Hole
      BOWLING BALL Vs. BLACK HOLE from 45m!
      Black hole does my make-up

    • @Vignesh_Baiju
      @Vignesh_Baiju 5 лет назад +35

      Legend has that this guy is an actual Time traveller

    • @alienes6533
      @alienes6533 5 лет назад +74

      @@danielepson6219 1000°C Knife vs Black Hole 😂

  • @ArchFundy
    @ArchFundy 5 лет назад +210

    Many ppl have mentioned Einstein and Hawking, but I'd have liked to have heard Feynman's take on this. Congrats to the whole team.

    • @AUXdrone
      @AUXdrone 5 лет назад +4

      Canuck Fundy all the cool kids would love to hear Feynman’s thoughts on this for sure. Preferably while he plays bongos at a bar while chasing some tail.

    • @2QRh6g1I
      @2QRh6g1I 5 лет назад +2

      @@AUXdrone Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!

    • @medexamtoolscom
      @medexamtoolscom 5 лет назад

      @@AUXdrone Chasing some tail? I don't think Feynman was a player. Not that I heard at least.

    • @lads.7715
      @lads.7715 5 лет назад +1

      Canuck Fundy Feynman was rumored to be a fun loving, party dude, to put it mildly

    • @Bacopa68
      @Bacopa68 5 лет назад

      @@medexamtoolscom Between the death of his first wife in the late 40's and his remarriage to settle down as a family man, Feynman was a player. He played bongos in bars while drinking 7-Up. No booze as he was a recovering alcoholic.

  • @goosieroll
    @goosieroll 3 года назад +140

    it amazes me every time whenever i realize that things like this ARE real, its literally so cool. like how dinosaurs are real, and how people find fossils of their bones, and teeth and what not, and how they even get a glimpse of this black hole. and its even more amazing how there could be more creatures out in the ocean that has yet to be discovered

    • @jamostudios7596
      @jamostudios7596 3 года назад +5

      Life’s beautiful isn’t it ?

    • @blacktoo
      @blacktoo Год назад

      It is also so important to think about the great creator "Allah" who created all of this, we should know about him, why he created us? , why he has sent to us messenger? what is the message ?what after life?

    • @adithyavraajkumar5923
      @adithyavraajkumar5923 Год назад

      I hate that black holes exist. It terrifies me a little that there are regions of space-time from where not even light can escape. I kinda wish Einstein had been right.

  • @jaydutta7711
    @jaydutta7711 5 лет назад +652

    I'm glad that I could witness this amazing discovery of black hole. My respect to the scientists & engineers who have made this possible by their dedication of hard work on this matter.
    Thank you all. Keep exploring the Universe.

    • @Acacian141
      @Acacian141 5 лет назад +5

      You didnt witness anything lol. You were shown a presentation by "scientists" I wouldn't trust with a potato gun.

    • @gomezaddams9221
      @gomezaddams9221 5 лет назад +3

      Fuq exploring the universe! ! Smoke weed and fuq bitches all day!!

    • @cataclysmal777
      @cataclysmal777 5 лет назад +3

      @Justin Torres how are you so sure that you're Justin?

    • @cgn1351
      @cgn1351 5 лет назад +3

      Indeed, this is a true marvel of modern technology and science. I did a school project about the EHT a few weeks ago. And I see it turned out a lot better than I hoped. It's crazy. Everyone who worked hard on it is completely amazing. Some may say it was pointless, but they typically don't care much for physics. But in reality this is completely monumental. It keeps relativity together, which I believe also allows for relativistic quantum mechanics. I too am glad to be here for a discovery such as this.

    • @davinonnenmacher7272
      @davinonnenmacher7272 5 лет назад +3

      @@Acacian141 So many people involved in the process it is highly unlikely to be false. Howevet, you can always check the petabytes of data that were released and get your own conclusions...

  • @Akula114
    @Akula114 5 лет назад +101

    Stunning. Being born in 1955, I've seen the launch of Sputnik, Mercury 1 with Cdr. Alan Sheppard, men walking on the moon, the landing of spacecraft on Mars, an Asteroid and one of our craft (Voyager 1) actually traveling beyond the outermost reaches of our Solar system. Now, images that prove the existence of Black Holes.
    What a ride...

    • @spaceman4330
      @spaceman4330 5 лет назад

      Imagine being duped since 1955 and feeling good about it. What a sad ride.

    • @Akula114
      @Akula114 5 лет назад +2

      @@spaceman4330 That would be funny. But, I'm a fan of Stanley Kubrick's films. If anyone could pull off a fake moon landing, he could have. Maybe we just need to look at all the footage from the space program and look for his tell-tale "Easter Eggs."
      BTW, I admire your name. Is it Romanian? I had a housemate from Cluj, and she was one of the dearest people I ever knew.

    • @Akula114
      @Akula114 5 лет назад +3

      @@_blank-_ Well, Kim, there's one more good thing about being young, you don't have to learn so damned much history! Cheers.

    • @tanupriyagoel920
      @tanupriyagoel920 5 лет назад

      Yeah, that's great

    • @Erebus-PCFX
      @Erebus-PCFX 5 лет назад

      Boomers are quite gifted indeed.

  • @ThZuao
    @ThZuao 5 лет назад +346

    "Any number of experiments cannot prove me right. But a single one can prove me wrong."
    Going strong so far, Mr. Einstein.

    • @entrippyZ
      @entrippyZ 5 лет назад +9

      That's an epic quote

    • @chillysam1526
      @chillysam1526 5 лет назад

      Confirmation bias explained. Genius!

  • @ArchangelExile
    @ArchangelExile 3 года назад +37

    2:37
    Derek: Its size is 40 microarcseconds
    Thumbnail: Its size is 50 microarcseconds

    • @saemstunes
      @saemstunes 3 года назад

      Still, he is correct. When you put a meter rule against an object for size comparison, that object doesn't automatically become 1m long. He put up the measurement of 50 microarcseconds as a side comparison of how long 40 microarcseconds is.
      But good observation, though now you can stand corrected.

  • @ViperDivinity
    @ViperDivinity 4 года назад +1382

    This black hole was in the past, so you currently seeing is 52 million years ago!!!!
    Wow!

    • @lukee4066
      @lukee4066 4 года назад +28

      woah

    • @DB-xv3kz
      @DB-xv3kz 4 года назад +237

      because it is so far away, the light took 52 million years to get to the telescope

    • @abasis.baruti9819
      @abasis.baruti9819 4 года назад +10

      Amazing

    • @topic260
      @topic260 4 года назад +255

      Wow, so much ping

    • @Mark-Wilson
      @Mark-Wilson 4 года назад +66

      the coolest thing is that it's probably not a quasar anymore wow

  • @circli
    @circli 5 лет назад +581

    At 1:47 minutes I acquired the ultimate loading animation. Will use on some sites... Many thanks!!!

    • @scrappydvg4090
      @scrappydvg4090 5 лет назад +2

      What do you mean?

    • @RS-ho7of
      @RS-ho7of 5 лет назад +59

      @@scrappydvg4090 when a webpage is loading, you get that rotating circle.....this is a cool alternative for development of a webpage.

    • @marcelliino
      @marcelliino 5 лет назад +33

      Alto Bluedot if the loading animation itself is a black hole, then the page would never loaded 😂

    • @sumanrai8921
      @sumanrai8921 5 лет назад +5

      Alto Bluedot genius😃😃
      Aliens want to know your location😂😂

    • @Krokoklemmee
      @Krokoklemmee 5 лет назад +5

      turn it into an SVG and share it :P

  • @Cookie_Joe
    @Cookie_Joe 5 лет назад +3033

    Black Hole looks like the back of the Yu gi Oh cards

    • @Ramenudes
      @Ramenudes 5 лет назад +21

      Cookie Joe 😂😂😂😂 you right

    • @jendacayacap7411
      @jendacayacap7411 5 лет назад +6

      Youre right look like yu gi oh card.

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair 5 лет назад +54

      I can never see the world the same again

    • @ianhargis182
      @ianhargis182 5 лет назад

      Haha I forgot about that

    • @jubusch
      @jubusch 5 лет назад

      He looks like the black hole from super Mario galaxy2

  • @ICEcoldAryan
    @ICEcoldAryan 3 года назад +29

    Feels like it was tomorrow but can't imagine 2 years have been past. Time is really going fast

  • @iliaossadze6971
    @iliaossadze6971 5 лет назад +366

    It is fascinating.
    There you see what is possible when people want to work and cooperate as a team.
    A world full of engineers, it only needs to be connected.

    • @TheCimbrianBull
      @TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад +18

      Agreed. But unfortunately scientists and engineers rely on them bastard politicians.

    • @MultiBeast301
      @MultiBeast301 5 лет назад +5

      @@TheCimbrianBull We would've had this a long time ago if it wasn't that our governments are so focused on unnecessary issues. Corruption as well

    • @mr.cringekid5117
      @mr.cringekid5117 5 лет назад +3

      69th like

    • @timmykirls2352
      @timmykirls2352 5 лет назад +2

      Why do the smartest scientist have to all work for the government :( instead of together like these wonderful people to do whatever they want smh

    • @josepesos
      @josepesos 5 лет назад +1

      and politics ruins everything...

  • @joythegeek4571
    @joythegeek4571 5 лет назад +349

    The telescope called Event Horizon took the first picture of a black hole.
    Perfection.

    • @pinkharmonica1312
      @pinkharmonica1312 5 лет назад +27

      I have a feeling that was the point...
      It was a collaboration between many different radio telescopes across the globe that were already established. They needed a telescope the size of the Earth, and this was their way to do it.

    • @dwm1156
      @dwm1156 5 лет назад +21

      B Xo
      What is it then? Here’s a definition of picture:
      A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
      ---
      It doesn’t say “photo”, it says “picture”. Get that? All photos are pictures, but not all pictures are photos.
      Any questions?

    • @arycogito
      @arycogito 5 лет назад

      @@dwm1156 what's a photo ?

    • @idklol4190
      @idklol4190 5 лет назад +1

      Ordin Ary a picture taken from a camera, a picture is a general, as this guy said, “representation of anything” using photos etc.

    • @prismations
      @prismations 5 лет назад

      *Irony*

  • @clown445
    @clown445 5 лет назад +4433

    Isn’t it incredible that we can take a photo of something light years away?

    • @JH-yj4fb
      @JH-yj4fb 5 лет назад +346

      No it's not incredible. I can use my phone to take pics of stars which also million ly away.

    • @allrounder4677
      @allrounder4677 5 лет назад +617

      @@JH-yj4fb u r high nigga

    • @Mazirati-hehe
      @Mazirati-hehe 5 лет назад +50

      Free Fire for life maybe he high but he is right if u zoom really close u can see parts of the moon for example, plus there was 8 telescopes around the world making it a telescope as big as the earth, plus it took years to make that photo

    • @allrounder4677
      @allrounder4677 5 лет назад +40

      @@Mazirati-hehe after all they are telescope .. its their alignment that makes this possible. But what he is talking about is shear stupidity

    • @humairakhurram3615
      @humairakhurram3615 5 лет назад +3

      I'm not a fan of technology, but your right.

  • @legendarybro2455
    @legendarybro2455 3 месяца назад +2

    Watching this again 5 years later. Still gives me goosebumps

  • @TheSinghisking4ever
    @TheSinghisking4ever 5 лет назад +357

    4:26 "Confirming, beyond a shadow of a doubt..." I see what you did there Derek.

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez 5 лет назад +13

      Well, he's trying to Enlighten us to this Matter of the utmost Gravity and show us a new Perspective.

    • @ilirgorani4261
      @ilirgorani4261 5 лет назад +9

      He just wanted to emphasize the Gravity of this discovery.

    • @marcelofesta1290
      @marcelofesta1290 5 лет назад

      we have a sherlock holmes here

  • @ProCenb
    @ProCenb 5 лет назад +1133

    Warning : The picture of Sagittarius A* in this video is not an actual picture but a simulation, according to comments on the corresponding video linked in the sources, comments made by someone from the RelAstro Group.
    This is probably gonna be drowned under the other comments here, but it's still worth mentionning.

    • @allajunaki
      @allajunaki 5 лет назад +42

      The video does say “image reconstructed” for Sagittarius A.

    • @Meta11axis
      @Meta11axis 5 лет назад +28

      Gave my upvote to improve the visibility of your comment amongst all the other generic and childish comments that have no reason to exist. I also made a similar comment 10 minutes ago and got buried beneath "I'm sad Steven Hawking didn't get to see this" and "why is this blurry" type garbage comments.

    • @jerm_
      @jerm_ 5 лет назад +9

      He mentions this in the video did you even watch it?

    • @pafnutiytheartist
      @pafnutiytheartist 5 лет назад +8

      @@jerm_ The video is titled "First Images of Black Holes", but only one was imaged so far so i think this is worthy of correction.

    • @Meta11axis
      @Meta11axis 5 лет назад +15

      @@allajunaki M87 image is also reconstructed, but it's real, not a simulation. Sagittarius A* is a simulation

  • @hassanhaider2380
    @hassanhaider2380 5 лет назад +1212

    1948: I bet there'll be flying cars in the future!
    2019: We've got something even better....

    • @jojogang1012
      @jojogang1012 5 лет назад +26

      Flying cars would probably come around in 2078

    • @jvaughn1945
      @jvaughn1945 5 лет назад +16

      @@jojogang1012 id say around 2050

    • @anonagain
      @anonagain 5 лет назад +16

      They promised me a flying car, and all I got was this lousy drone.

    • @julesquintero1435
      @julesquintero1435 5 лет назад +9

      @mrmiura story Flying cars? we already have them

    • @wyattb3138
      @wyattb3138 5 лет назад +1

      3019: Humanity eradicated from Gamma ray burst.

  • @Dude-etiquette
    @Dude-etiquette Год назад +3

    I love the passion of these scientists. Thank you recognising their achievements, hard work and dedication

  • @devU_69
    @devU_69 5 лет назад +635

    Congratulations to humanity.
    This day is historic for all of us.

    • @redhotbits
      @redhotbits 5 лет назад

      Dev Upadhyay sad day because they are faking it

    • @SpecialistBR
      @SpecialistBR 5 лет назад +26

      I somehow don't believe the entirety of humankind deserves congratulation on this.

    • @pluto8404
      @pluto8404 5 лет назад +1

      Over rated.

    • @SuperCatTime
      @SuperCatTime 5 лет назад +1

      @@DarkVitamins yes, yes. Big congrats all around! Keep those taxes comin'!

    • @pendiicorn
      @pendiicorn 5 лет назад

      Most obvious bait troll I’ve ever seen

  • @mrlordsaif5708
    @mrlordsaif5708 5 лет назад +1749

    2019: Humans capture the first image of a Black Hole.
    2046: Black hole captures first image of a human.

    • @xplosionslite6439
      @xplosionslite6439 5 лет назад +11

      No more landfill

    • @ShizukaKaguya
      @ShizukaKaguya 5 лет назад +4

      F

    • @devangib3968
      @devangib3968 5 лет назад +5

      Wtf

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel 5 лет назад

      "In the year ... 2525 ... if man is still alive ....." Watching the end of "Black Hole" on PBS got me here. They started talking about Black Holes getting bigger by gobbling up stars that got too close. Saying the star would start to spin around the Black Hole before going in. Then before they said it, I said "yeah, but the star would become deformed and get squashed and break apart a bit before it got sucked inside the black hole.". Then the show said pretty much just that, and had animation of star getting deformed.

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel 5 лет назад +3

      @Xiao Da NO, not simulated. Pieced together and cleared up. But still it is blurry. Some of what is shown here is simulated, animated, but not the first actual image of the black hole.

  • @blevenzon
    @blevenzon 5 лет назад +350

    What a time to be alive. Makes me feel like a spec of dust on a grand scheme of things

    • @planesimple8619
      @planesimple8619 5 лет назад +33

      Imagine what bacteria feels like

    • @labledoutcast
      @labledoutcast 5 лет назад +12

      Turns out we're not as important as we thought.

    • @dream8870
      @dream8870 5 лет назад +13

      @@labledoutcast yea but given some time humans will evolve into something greater as we learn to adapt, improvise, and overcome things, the future generations will mostly likely be interstellar travelers

    • @accomplisheddiplomat4091
      @accomplisheddiplomat4091 5 лет назад +1

      Well the universe isn't conscious (as far as we know) and cannot value things differently, we are however, and we value ourselves a lot, meaning we are pretty important (from that point of view).

    • @littlesheeple6171
      @littlesheeple6171 5 лет назад +1

      We are nothing to this universe. When/If our species dies off the universe will go for Quadrillions of years like if nothing ever happened. We are in the very beginning of the universe.

  • @Hi_itsRaph
    @Hi_itsRaph 3 года назад +8

    exploring & expanding our knowledge of the universe i personally and wholeheartedly think is the greatest thing humankind can achieve.

  • @HiyaKaia
    @HiyaKaia 4 года назад +2915

    I don't remember this picture being a year old
    edit: 2 year ig?

    • @ybsanpablo
      @ybsanpablo 4 года назад +124

      Same dude like wtf time goes fast

    • @alejandrohumbert1956
      @alejandrohumbert1956 4 года назад +121

      That's because time is relative and 2020 sucks balls

    • @ImShelly.
      @ImShelly. 4 года назад +85

      well actually, this picture is 54 million years old. that is how long it took the light in this photo to get from the black hole to the telescopes.

    • @HiyaKaia
      @HiyaKaia 4 года назад +43

      @@ImShelly. man time flys

    • @brewse64
      @brewse64 4 года назад +1

      do do do do, do do do do *twilight zone music*

  • @zXarianCzar
    @zXarianCzar 5 лет назад +294

    *Got to respect the hardwork of all the scientists involved in this project* hats off🙏🙏

    • @a.ortega4505
      @a.ortega4505 5 лет назад +1

      Yash Pratapwar you mean the guys that make this up on a computer

    • @zXarianCzar
      @zXarianCzar 5 лет назад +2

      @@a.ortega4505 yeah including them and all the people who have made this possible, like all the people involved in making, designing, and installing the telescopes all over the world! In very remote areas, and after all their hardwork we got to see the first image of the Blackhole... We should not forget the hardwork put by everyone, even the janitor's help in making the life of the scientists easier 😊

  • @equation2764
    @equation2764 5 лет назад +2356

    2019: released a black hole image
    2099: opens a McDonalds in the black hole

  • @monitor-mindtheover-void6712
    @monitor-mindtheover-void6712 3 года назад +14

    This is a truly historical image.

  • @harmonylee9898
    @harmonylee9898 5 лет назад +731

    This is actually so amazing. People assumed that black holes might have not existed, the picture we are seeing is technically a new discovery. It just blows my mind

    • @bfap7209
      @bfap7209 5 лет назад +35

      And there are people saying this image is fake

    • @peacelovingmusicwarrior5823
      @peacelovingmusicwarrior5823 5 лет назад +2

      Have u saw the front cover of the album Superunknown with the song called black hole sun in it? Would love to know everyones thoughts?

    • @peacelovingmusicwarrior5823
      @peacelovingmusicwarrior5823 5 лет назад +2

      They probably would have need a telescope double the size of earth or just use large ones peppered all over the world and at certain points of origin.Who knows ?@Noartist

    • @peacelovingmusicwarrior5823
      @peacelovingmusicwarrior5823 5 лет назад

      Great answer.Im open to anything.
      @Noartist

    • @Drawin-Circles
      @Drawin-Circles 5 лет назад

      Imagine what this thing could do to matter

  • @Killerean
    @Killerean 5 лет назад +607

    Scientists: "You can't see black holes."
    Other scientists: "Hold my beer."

    • @rr____7-j4y
      @rr____7-j4y 5 лет назад +11

      Telescope*

    • @SoccerBoyAP
      @SoccerBoyAP 5 лет назад +31

      You still can't see black holes, but we can now see the effects of a black hole.

    • @BAITHOVEN_
      @BAITHOVEN_ 5 лет назад

      We haven't seen one yet and most likely never will, we just visually observed one.

    • @vinnregi4882
      @vinnregi4882 5 лет назад +10

      You still can't see it. You just see what's around it

    • @VIZOR_AxK
      @VIZOR_AxK 5 лет назад

      We can see the accretion disk anyways, so as the video explained, its constantly feeding. The orange yellow gliw is the natter crushed into a disk.

  • @rainaamolak4350
    @rainaamolak4350 5 лет назад +1144

    For those who say the image is blurry....take a f*king space trip with a DSLR

    • @allenqueen
      @allenqueen 5 лет назад +83

      Or their iPhones which DUAL camera lens

    • @deltamark6950
      @deltamark6950 5 лет назад +5

      Exactly! Thank you!

    • @m.a4491
      @m.a4491 5 лет назад +61

      They expect cameras to have 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000X zoom 🤣

    • @rainaamolak4350
      @rainaamolak4350 5 лет назад +3

      @@allenqueen with apple watches to just see the time

    • @rainaamolak4350
      @rainaamolak4350 5 лет назад +2

      @@deltamark6950 you're welcome!

  • @nebula8611
    @nebula8611 3 года назад +33

    Imagine if the first image of a black hole had a mouse cursor over it

  • @Kiran-xt4xl
    @Kiran-xt4xl 5 лет назад +872

    This black hole light travels millions of light years...
    Via empty space...
    Via solar system...
    Via earth...
    Via telescopes...
    Via internet...
    Via phones...
    And finally to our eyes.
    Just WOW

    • @techrabbit6575
      @techrabbit6575 5 лет назад +7

      It not light!!!!
      LIGHT cannot escape BLACKHOLE!!!!
      Instead its the data given by the blackhole formed into an image by the scientists.

    • @lunkel8108
      @lunkel8108 5 лет назад +59

      @@techrabbit6575 Data gathered by collecting the light from the accretion disk of the black hole

    • @randomaccessfemale
      @randomaccessfemale 5 лет назад +11

      Blind person: ???
      Light: Am I a joke to you?

    • @mqh8879
      @mqh8879 5 лет назад +10

      light doesn't travel through internet buddy

    • @Kiran-xt4xl
      @Kiran-xt4xl 5 лет назад +11

      Miguel Quévillon. Off topic. Ever heard of fiber?

  • @cyancyborg1477
    @cyancyborg1477 5 лет назад +158

    Hey it may be blurry, but it's at least better than the first image of pluto. That thing was like ten whole pixels.

  • @shortjohnsilver4605
    @shortjohnsilver4605 5 лет назад +405

    "beyond a *shadow* of a doubt"
    That's a pretty harmless pun. *Relative* to the ones I have seen

    • @zeke2095
      @zeke2095 5 лет назад +5

      Cringe

    • @nomanm.5884
      @nomanm.5884 5 лет назад +1

      r/punpatrol here to help

    • @borpie
      @borpie 5 лет назад

      The username and profile pic check out

    • @jongyon7192p
      @jongyon7192p 5 лет назад

      The harmful puns, otoh, are the ones made by the conspiracytards.

    • @vinnregi4882
      @vinnregi4882 5 лет назад

      lol i am holing

  • @Cobin9923
    @Cobin9923 2 года назад +9

    If this is not exciting enough, I can’t imagine what future generations will know. ❤️

  • @xPulsarr1
    @xPulsarr1 5 лет назад +3502

    Well the quality is still better than ufo sightings.
    Edit: im not complaining the quality is bad, this was a joke, chill ffs

  • @JohnGetchel
    @JohnGetchel 5 лет назад +107

    I've been watching a ton of videos on this announcement and I wanted to say thank you for your last couple videos. Very well explained and helpful!

    • @Q_QQ_Q
      @Q_QQ_Q 5 лет назад

      yes he is good .

  • @usamabinmuzaffar692
    @usamabinmuzaffar692 5 лет назад +6180

    And here people are still thinking the earth is flat... 😐

    • @mobious01
      @mobious01 5 лет назад +126

      Well there are scientific theories that the universe is flat and everything is a hologram.... watch the videos very interesting stuff

    • @Filo181.
      @Filo181. 5 лет назад +1194

      Hahaha they are just a few idiots everyone knows earth is square...

    • @wiswc
      @wiswc 5 лет назад +43

      Well what proof do we have either that the picture isn't faked

    • @ronocordera
      @ronocordera 5 лет назад +26

      Looks like the eye of Sauron in the movie Lord of the Rings!

    • @blueey2938
      @blueey2938 5 лет назад +282

      "do your research" is the same as "watch some youtube videos" for flat brainers lmao all their "science" comes from videos uploaded by mentally disabled people

  • @joaquincardona8256
    @joaquincardona8256 3 года назад +3

    You could have showed how blurring the simulated black hole, you get practically the same picture they took, it's just a flex on how f*king good their calculations are, and I love it

  • @TauGeneration
    @TauGeneration 5 лет назад +228

    You predicted it very precisely
    Also that was a pretty great achievement

    • @Rajat-Sharma1
      @Rajat-Sharma1 5 лет назад +1

      Exactly

    • @jenm1
      @jenm1 5 лет назад +6

      The power of mathematics

    • @Joyexer
      @Joyexer 5 лет назад +22

      You could also say, he predicted it relatively precisely.

    • @MrEmrys24
      @MrEmrys24 5 лет назад +7

      He did not predicted it, it's just he understands it so well to be able to explain what was expected of how it would look like. He even mentioned the image rendered by a simulation used in the movie Interstellar.

    • @linecraftman3907
      @linecraftman3907 5 лет назад +1

      Definitely an educated guess

  • @strxnqer788
    @strxnqer788 5 лет назад +390

    “Should I tell them I took pictures of a blurry donut”

    • @caeserbro7584
      @caeserbro7584 5 лет назад +12

      CharlesTheGamer nah just let them be happy for now

    • @trgtheredstoneguy3990
      @trgtheredstoneguy3990 5 лет назад +11

      A glowing donut?

    • @sathesh_coimbatore
      @sathesh_coimbatore 5 лет назад

      Actually ithu vanthu nammaluku BINARY CODE LATHA KEDAIKU.Thn atha vanthu IMAGE AH EDIT PANUVANGA.Apdetha intha pictr um nammaluku binary la irunthu image ah convert Pani potrukanga.OTHERWISE THIS IS NOT A REAL IMAGE OF BLACK HOLE.8 Telescopeklal edukapatta BINARY DATA avlothan.

    • @thelaughter9267
      @thelaughter9267 5 лет назад

      I saw about black hole on news paper, and Donut came into my mind.

  • @GoinSolo
    @GoinSolo 5 лет назад +3010

    The sad thing about this is that Steven Hawkings died after studying his whole life to find an actual black hole...

    • @oleksiikhomenko5150
      @oleksiikhomenko5150 5 лет назад +308

      This photo wasn't made by some random photographer. There was preparations for years so i think Hawking knew about it. He just didn't see actual photo of Black hole (It is also possible that he did see attempts to make a photo, so he could see failed photo, so he was sure there is black hole)

    • @nexus4151
      @nexus4151 5 лет назад +34

      Elon musk: *Am i a joke to you?*

    • @Soapra
      @Soapra 5 лет назад +5

      true

    • @ixion_cons
      @ixion_cons 5 лет назад +2

      F

    • @cheetosarenice4088
      @cheetosarenice4088 5 лет назад +47

      @Butterball The Clown wow that's really rude why would you say that

  • @RocketEcho745
    @RocketEcho745 7 месяцев назад +1

    This is a monumental achievement for science. Can't wait to see what other mysteries of the universe we'll uncover next!

  • @auradragon1904
    @auradragon1904 5 лет назад +1067

    Scientists: *release Black hole image*
    Everyone: MEME IT!

    • @worm3165
      @worm3165 5 лет назад +30

      What if we kissed on M87?

    • @yyano0
      @yyano0 5 лет назад +6

      scientists looking at camera with that look, and the bottom of screen saying like
      "NI**A"

    • @Vanalos
      @Vanalos 5 лет назад

      So you haven't seen the Goatse one yet.

    • @donutello_
      @donutello_ 5 лет назад +5

      I mean there are already black hole lewds

    • @thelastcube.
      @thelastcube. 5 лет назад +2

      seems about right

  • @omarmaher3695
    @omarmaher3695 5 лет назад +2047

    Year 2098: We took the first image of inside the black hole!
    Inside the black hole
    *blackness*

    • @TheBoogeyMan.
      @TheBoogeyMan. 5 лет назад +67

      *Darkness*

    • @jeffvader811
      @jeffvader811 5 лет назад +25

      You could still see inside a black hole, looking out of the event horizon you would see a lot of blue light, because the gravity would doppler shift the EM radiation. Looking into the black hole you would see nothing.

    • @collinward2707
      @collinward2707 5 лет назад +4

      cant get the camera out tho XD

    • @numankhan1466
      @numankhan1466 5 лет назад +1

      Things about of speed light can pass through the black hole which is impossible... At the aall universe things will be absorb by B. H

    • @SuperZura91
      @SuperZura91 5 лет назад +4

      @Yama Kazoo A reasonable explanation would be that they don't get enough light from a good source to see them, since they're pretty far away from the sun and there isn't another star near us. Someone should correct me on this if I'm wrong.

  • @bigmonke1532
    @bigmonke1532 5 лет назад +114

    Blackhole: I can warp space and time
    People: Hey let’s take a picture of this thing lol
    Blackhole: *Am I a joke to you?*

    • @sonicobolt
      @sonicobolt 5 лет назад

      Yea

    • @JGHinton1989
      @JGHinton1989 5 лет назад

      Lol, the makeshift telescope we set up to do it is our selfie stick in this situation.

  • @The33e33
    @The33e33 2 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for explain this so well to a complete newbie!

  • @mrspidey80
    @mrspidey80 5 лет назад +471

    "It takes about two days for the plasma to complete one orbit."
    Two days for an orbit around an event horizon that is as large as our solar system.
    Let that sink in for a moment. The speed must be insane.

    • @prezas13
      @prezas13 5 лет назад +34

      Relativistically fast !

    • @rxonmymind8362
      @rxonmymind8362 5 лет назад +5

      Give me Shaggies surf board! Cowabunga!!!

    • @mercuryblack
      @mercuryblack 5 лет назад +5

      Is it the speed of light?

    • @MrInstantRamen
      @MrInstantRamen 5 лет назад +1

      It might even be on the outer part of plasma ring, meaning it's even faster..

    • @halcyonsandiego
      @halcyonsandiego 5 лет назад +15

      @@mercuryblack It is faster than ludicris speed, but not as fast as Plaid.

  • @grenaders3895
    @grenaders3895 5 лет назад +925

    If Hawking was still alive.... I legit think he'd shed a tear of joy at the sight of such a horrific yet beautiful thing that he had dedicated a part of his life to..
    Edit: I wish i was able to disable and delete all the replies under my comment considering all the arguing on religion, atheists, and what-not. I'm a Christian myself and i believe god gave us space to explore and conquer. he gave humanity a sandbox to discover things in. Believe what you want but do not blaspheme the greatest creation given to us that we learn much from, you do not even need to believe to understand this. Hawkin was gifted with greater understanding of Space and time than most of us.

    • @V3rP
      @V3rP 5 лет назад +89

      You would think wrong. Hawking had already seen this in his head.
      All his work was done for us, so we could see it as well.

    • @TristanSune
      @TristanSune 5 лет назад +45

      This was done in 2017 but published now. Presumably Stephen Hawking would've had been read in.

    • @dimfuturefilms9070
      @dimfuturefilms9070 5 лет назад +68

      @Adam Fullhan you still believe in mainstream religion? Stfu troll

    • @ThePedro8161
      @ThePedro8161 5 лет назад +19

      @@V3rP You have that all wrong. Just because you can imagine it doesn't make the real thing any less valuable. The fact that you can see it with your eyes and have actual evidence is an amazing feat and any scientist would be astonished. You just make him sounds like an egotistical prick.

    • @mrmisterman999
      @mrmisterman999 5 лет назад +52

      @Adam Fullhan go back to fortnite low IQ child

  • @diorprester1781
    @diorprester1781 5 лет назад +95

    Matter:
    Blackhole: Im about to end this whole mans career.

  • @rohitkesarwani2397
    @rohitkesarwani2397 3 года назад +5

    I've been watching space videos a lot in recent weeks. And the more I am watching/understanding, the respect of Earth is getting more and more. How good the Earth is, giving comfortable atmosphere to live with. Earth is just ONE among the millions among the surrounding space stuffs.

  • @ajithan6407
    @ajithan6407 5 лет назад +2685

    The image was 54 million light years ago. To get the current image we have to wait for another 54 million years.

    • @goodassjob7714
      @goodassjob7714 5 лет назад +247

      Light years is a distance, not time

    • @ajithan6407
      @ajithan6407 5 лет назад +723

      @@goodassjob7714 light years is distance. But it's the distance light travels in one year on earth.For 365 days on earth light reaches a distance of 1 light year. 5 light years means light travels 5 earth years. So 54 million light years means 54 million earth years time on earth. Any correction?

    • @ajithan6407
      @ajithan6407 5 лет назад +237

      @The Truth Do you think the image of black hole is fake?

    • @ajithan6407
      @ajithan6407 5 лет назад +303

      @The Truth It's not the image taken by a single camera. In fact it was an image formed by taking many images and club them together.

    • @hithere4289
      @hithere4289 5 лет назад +235

      The Truth I can imagine it and its totally possible, like do you know how light works???

  • @sbgirl54
    @sbgirl54 5 лет назад +166

    The image of Sagitarius A* is a simulated one. Only the image of M87 has been released today.

    • @bigpompano1659
      @bigpompano1659 5 лет назад +10

      sbgirl54 yeah that’s what I was trying to confirm. I didn’t hear anything about sgt A photo being released.

    • @watermelonrock5549
      @watermelonrock5549 5 лет назад

      How Was the Photo taken and with what was it taken thx for any answers

    • @LeomoLeite
      @LeomoLeite 5 лет назад +9

      @@watermelonrock5549 with an iPhone Xs

    • @bigpompano1659
      @bigpompano1659 5 лет назад +8

      Watermelon Rock they used different telescopes from all over the world to create an array that basically measured radio waves coming off of the black hole. each telescope compiled all their information on hard drives and all of them were sent to the US where they could all be analyzed into a single image. Over 5 petabytes of information was used in creating this single picture. What you’re seeing is a picture in the radio spectrum, not actual visible light

    • @andreylucass
      @andreylucass 5 лет назад +1

      I believe Vox has a video showing/explaining how the astronomical illustrations are designed

  • @roxxiline6956
    @roxxiline6956 5 лет назад +140

    dude. my teacher showed us this live!!! hes the best science teacher lol

    • @raymond4955
      @raymond4955 5 лет назад

      I dont have science this semester rip

    • @halcyonsandiego
      @halcyonsandiego 5 лет назад +2

      Yay!

    • @daddytachanka8076
      @daddytachanka8076 5 лет назад +1

      we need more science teachers like that

    • @daddytachanka8076
      @daddytachanka8076 5 лет назад

      @@angelsphere a long time ago but in the same galaxy we're in...

    • @jcrossan1351
      @jcrossan1351 5 лет назад

      Your in school now I have 2 weeks off for the eater holidays

  • @Obtite
    @Obtite 3 года назад +5

    this is the kind of scientific events that makes living thrilling

  • @alexanderwright2846
    @alexanderwright2846 5 лет назад +878

    engineers: how far do we need to zoom?
    telescopes all over the globe: **yes**

    • @SiloTheatrix
      @SiloTheatrix 4 года назад +7

      *zoom*

    • @picassoboy52
      @picassoboy52 4 года назад +2

      Not clever

    • @alanmaclaren4118
      @alanmaclaren4118 4 года назад +20

      Nooooo you can’t just observe a black hole 52 million light years away that’s a waste of time!
      Scientist: haha telescope go zoom zoom

    • @rubenanthonymartinez7034
      @rubenanthonymartinez7034 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/L0LW6s0_1MQ/видео.html

    • @jamostudios7596
      @jamostudios7596 2 года назад

      “That’s impossible!”
      “No, it’s necessary.”

  • @dongurudebro4579
    @dongurudebro4579 5 лет назад +708

    What an astonishing achievement of mankind!
    It just makes me sad that Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, Karl Schwarzschild and so many other great scientist didn't get to see this.

    • @tanmaypanadi1414
      @tanmaypanadi1414 5 лет назад +11

      But really I feel they already saw it happening and just the mere physical manifistation didn't make any different

    • @aitorjara100
      @aitorjara100 5 лет назад

      They will know more now than before, don't be sad

    • @redhotbits
      @redhotbits 5 лет назад +1

      Don Guru de Bro its all fake dont be a fool

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 5 лет назад

      Some womankind were also involved, I'm positive.

    • @k1ry4n
      @k1ry4n 5 лет назад +6

      @@redhotbits Please stop writing your nonsense under every comment. You're just showing how ignorant you are.

  • @danedickerson
    @danedickerson 5 лет назад +791

    “With a size only 40,000,000 times that of our sun”
    Me: *humf* “puny”

  • @shashwath100
    @shashwath100 3 года назад +3

    Congratulations for the team

    • @Tkcb2799
      @Tkcb2799 3 года назад +1

      @Poseidon What's so funny?

  • @SirMelvinBuracho
    @SirMelvinBuracho 4 года назад +968

    Stephen Hawking has seen this many times in his mind.

  • @marxmaratpaine
    @marxmaratpaine 5 лет назад +931

    "Once you go black, you never go back" - Albert Einstein 1915

  • @NetBood
    @NetBood 4 года назад +398

    Actually a great image for our distance and technology we have, I’m impressed

    • @lilquincy6292
      @lilquincy6292 4 года назад +14

      Well this only took 54 million years to get here

    • @mythicxd1459
      @mythicxd1459 3 года назад +4

      Yes no wonder why PUBLIC ALWAYS COMPLAINS ABOUT IT BEING BLURRY.

    • @dunkinmonke1380
      @dunkinmonke1380 2 года назад

      you are in no place or authority to be impressed please close thou mouth, you do not look smart saying something like "wow I'm impressed some of the smartest people did something smart, I thought I was too good for them I'm very impressed" quit being a smartass dumbass

  • @jimmyvien3094
    @jimmyvien3094 Год назад +1

    The fact that we can even still see an image of it even when it is so far away from us is mind blowing. Just shows how we can’t really comprehend how big the universe is

  • @CryinOverSpilledTea
    @CryinOverSpilledTea 5 лет назад +1018

    nobody:
    flat earthers: how did 8 telescopes around the world look at the same object simultaneously?

    • @michaelmcdonagh3464
      @michaelmcdonagh3464 5 лет назад +31

      Magical

    • @rogersowers9837
      @rogersowers9837 5 лет назад +70

      Because the earth is flat of course, (what flat earthers don't know won't make then any smarter).

    • @weasle2904
      @weasle2904 5 лет назад +100

      It was at slightly different times, but collected the same relativistic data while calculating the distance between the telescopes. And they also did extended exposures to get a different perspective as the earth rotates. The telescopes were also on the same side of the earth
      ik this is a joke, but just in case someone was wondering

    • @danieljensen2626
      @danieljensen2626 5 лет назад +20

      Because they were all on the same side of the Earth.

    • @Guimaster127
      @Guimaster127 5 лет назад +12

      @@weasle2904 Thanks fam, I was actually wondering how they had managed to pull that off.

  • @nafen7158
    @nafen7158 5 лет назад +1428

    I don't like the wording "Almost pointed directly at us"

    • @srujanaswamy4537
      @srujanaswamy4537 5 лет назад +63

      ikr !! its creepy

    • @TrizhaKyleOLiz
      @TrizhaKyleOLiz 5 лет назад +5

      same

    • @TheHermitHacker
      @TheHermitHacker 5 лет назад +9

      Perhaps that's how earth was born.

    • @TheRealBoof
      @TheRealBoof 5 лет назад +95

      @Honudes Gai It's not particularly surprising. There's a jet on either side of the black hole, and if we estimate the angular deviation of the jet from Earth for it to still be "creepy" or unusual as ~20 degrees, then the chance of a jet being unusual is 20/180 ~ 10%. A one out of ten chance is not very low and it only goes up if you still find it unusual at larger angles.
      I guess it's also a perspective thing. We don't really know the angle that beam is pointing at, even though it has the illusion of pointing at us. Imagine if the jet were flat on the image and instead moving out 90 degrees away from us.

    • @FakeyLive
      @FakeyLive 5 лет назад +34

      Boof u say a lot of words me brain 🧠 =🥔

  • @Zilkenian_Davenport
    @Zilkenian_Davenport 4 года назад +845

    I've been interested in space since I was a lil' kid. Being able to see a black hole for the first time..... I can't explain it.

    • @ruinerofjokes1418
      @ruinerofjokes1418 4 года назад +30

      It truly is magnificent.

    • @Just_Sara
      @Just_Sara 4 года назад +27

      You don't have to. Many of us here probably feel the same way. I feel like we found a way to photograph a ghost - it seemed so impossible!

    • @Zilkenian_Davenport
      @Zilkenian_Davenport 4 года назад +8

      @@Just_Sara Right??

    • @xlantboi
      @xlantboi 4 года назад +2

      I show it many times in movies and it's the same so what's different it's the same no difference😑

    • @Lavenderainn159
      @Lavenderainn159 4 года назад +22

      @@xlantboi the difference is when that it's not real when it's being shown in movies.

  • @leeeverett2946
    @leeeverett2946 Год назад +1

    That blurry image was the best achievement ever accomplished by humanity

  • @quincysbusstop1729
    @quincysbusstop1729 5 лет назад +506

    *The most knowledgeable contents in RUclips has the most hilarious comments*
    ~Fact~

    • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
      @MAGGOT_VOMIT 5 лет назад +3

      *Veritasium: "Please Note that SgrA is a Simulation, not real Data".*
      *WOW faked discovery again?!!*
      *LOL I expected nothing REAL from Evo-Bang-Bang-Tards anyway.*

    • @quincysbusstop1729
      @quincysbusstop1729 5 лет назад +2

      MAGGOT VOMIT, ahahahaha true...

    • @stilickoh
      @stilickoh 5 лет назад +1

      MAGGOT VOMIT what about the m87 black hole?

    • @CyanideOwl
      @CyanideOwl 5 лет назад +1

      Dude this guy says that we just discovered black holes. Did I switch dimensions or what?

    • @stilickoh
      @stilickoh 5 лет назад +1

      Koniaczek Koń too bad we don’t get to actually study them up close

  • @UsuarioRDP
    @UsuarioRDP 5 лет назад +88

    There are no words to describe how amazing this is... what a time to be alive indeed

    • @mattstanislen3165
      @mattstanislen3165 5 лет назад

      ...well it looks like you just used 7 words to describe how amazing you think this is.....

  • @imicrowaveforks-110
    @imicrowaveforks-110 5 лет назад +1028

    Scientists: We have taken the first picture of a black hole!!!!
    People: why is it so blurry
    Scientists: *quits job*
    sO MaNy lIkeS!

    • @kwt8371
      @kwt8371 5 лет назад +78

      Scientists: Am I a joke to you?

    • @retnavyhm1
      @retnavyhm1 5 лет назад +37

      Because it was taken 50 million years ago. Our equipment wasn't technologically advanced then. We perfected it now due to all of the selfies.

    • @breakingstuff4939
      @breakingstuff4939 5 лет назад +10

      @@retnavyhm1thats right its a picture from far away and light has to travel, maby its 3 times at big now

    • @SrmthfgRockLee
      @SrmthfgRockLee 5 лет назад +2

      XD. ce ns0red

    • @ovencake523
      @ovencake523 5 лет назад +8

      Considering that the LIGHT from the black hole took years to get here, the black whole could've changed by now.

  • @UncleGino66
    @UncleGino66 3 года назад +2

    Huge props to the cameraman for travelling to space to take this picture

  • @bradygibson6132
    @bradygibson6132 5 лет назад +786

    We didn’t get a pic of a black hole today we got a pic of a black hole from 54 million years ago! 🤯🤯

    • @yure.i
      @yure.i 5 лет назад +44

      50 million light years means distance

    • @ruthwikrao9603
      @ruthwikrao9603 5 лет назад +38

      Time Dilation🤫

    • @lyon9580
      @lyon9580 5 лет назад +170

      @@yure.i Means both. Distance and time

    • @qodeee
      @qodeee 5 лет назад +70

      jayro regalado yeah but also the time that takes light to travel that distance, so technically it is 53 million years old

    • @lancelott9171
      @lancelott9171 5 лет назад +51

      jayro regalado it also means how long it took for the light to get to us, so yeah, the light we’re seeing is 50+ million years old.

  • @nadiadesiana9127
    @nadiadesiana9127 4 года назад +335

    Wow, it's almost 2 years ago. Time flies so fast

    • @RolaiEckolo
      @RolaiEckolo 3 года назад +24

      Unless you're orbiting that black hole in the photo haha

    • @nadiadesiana9127
      @nadiadesiana9127 3 года назад +6

      @@RolaiEckolo good one😂

    • @anuragnaidu7517
      @anuragnaidu7517 3 года назад

      Yep I forgot about it until I got this in my recommendations.

    • @Oripave
      @Oripave 3 года назад +1

      @@RolaiEckolo good one my man😂

    • @LordNicht
      @LordNicht 3 года назад +3

      Are you sure Time can fly?🤔
      Do they have wings? Or do they float?
      Man what is happening to my brain after watching all these videos...

  • @alexanderkazarinhelboe1294
    @alexanderkazarinhelboe1294 4 года назад +2571

    Black Hole: You cant take pictures of me its literally impossi-
    Humans: Haha camera go brrr

  • @aaryapotdar
    @aaryapotdar 3 года назад +2

    I hats off to all people who worked day and night to capture the black hole 🙏🏻💯