Sagittarius A*: The Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole

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@geographicstravel
@geographicstravel 2 жыл бұрын
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@bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132
@bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132 2 жыл бұрын
wait wait wait . . . isn't our supermassive blackhole THE heart / anchor point of milky way ??? supermasive black holes DO control the structure of galaxies to some extent . and the 2 are connected in more that one way . . so doesn't that make supermassive black holes the central "cores" of galaxies in a way ???
@alexnorth2452
@alexnorth2452 2 жыл бұрын
Correct me if I misunderstood what you said, but surfshark hacks databases to search for my passwords and other info right? Again correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't hacking considered a crime? Even if it's hacking criminal computers, it's still unauthorized access, if you kill a murderer, the fact that they are a murderer doesn't change the fact that you committed a crime, if you are going around hacking looking for info, you are just as bad as the criminals with the info to begin with
@namename-tr8il
@namename-tr8il 2 жыл бұрын
@@alexnorth2452 e
@streamer_services
@streamer_services 2 жыл бұрын
Is our solar system spinning into the black hole in the middle of our galaxy or is it getting thrown away from the center of the Galaxy?
@kevint1910
@kevint1910 2 жыл бұрын
Black holes are the result of a misapprehension by astronomers about the nature of gasses. mainly that they can NOT self compress under their own gravitation the math that claims that gases can self compress produces an infinite result from a finite set PERIOD! you can class this failure how ever you wish call it a violation of thermodynamics or a failure to adhere to proper unit rules the fact remains that you are producing something from nothing at some point in that model and it is BULLSHIT and you damn well know it.
@randomobserver8168
@randomobserver8168 2 жыл бұрын
All those references to "OUR" supermassive black hole were making me feel quite possessive and fond of the old boy. Knowing that it also has indigestion only intensifies the feeling of kinship.
@nodrogdivad
@nodrogdivad 2 жыл бұрын
I think it's safer to say that "WE" belong to IT.
@Countcomfortable
@Countcomfortable Жыл бұрын
@Falcon_by_the_lake no. You are the least productive species in the entire Milky Way
@fireofviper
@fireofviper Жыл бұрын
But it was really your mum
@aaronjennings8385
@aaronjennings8385 Жыл бұрын
Old girl. It's a She.
@acefreak95
@acefreak95 Жыл бұрын
Speaking of indigestion im watching this at the toilet so my sensecof kinship is rather strong 😂😖
@The-D33J
@The-D33J 2 жыл бұрын
The slow build up to the "your mum" joke @21:30 was just sublime, bravo Simon
@richardhobbs7360
@richardhobbs7360 2 жыл бұрын
the one time in the vid I wasn't prepared for it
@MrSharpshot
@MrSharpshot 2 жыл бұрын
"Yo momma" joke made me rewind and listen to it a few times. Simon's flow caught me off guard too. Fact boi is a legend. Had to make sure someone had commented on it too.
@benheisenberg2633
@benheisenberg2633 2 жыл бұрын
I fuckin died
@TJ24050
@TJ24050 2 жыл бұрын
I still think it could be B…
@just_kos99
@just_kos99 Жыл бұрын
I made up "Yo' momma so fat, if she put on one more pound she'd collapse into a black hole" years ago.
@thechrononaut1
@thechrononaut1 Жыл бұрын
"More like a fat, contented cat napping peacefully in a sunbeam." That's adorable. And horrifying.
@resileaf9501
@resileaf9501 2 жыл бұрын
We may not be able to explore space in this generation, but we will pave the way for space explorers to do so. I wish our descendants the best of luck out there, I wish I could be there with them.
@joshuaperry8729
@joshuaperry8729 2 жыл бұрын
Unless puttin ends the world first haha
@runadaisuke
@runadaisuke 2 жыл бұрын
@@joshuaperry8729 or TikTok developers. Oh wait...
@alrightydave
@alrightydave 2 жыл бұрын
We’ll be exploring our solar system this century in our life time Going back to the moon this decade and Mars in the next Possibility of going to Callisto/Titan/Venus also in 2040’s
@TheCriticalPigeon
@TheCriticalPigeon 2 жыл бұрын
If russian nuclear war doesn't end us first
@sentryogmixmaster
@sentryogmixmaster 2 жыл бұрын
human race has 40ish more years.....then we do this all again with tweaks
@chroniccycles9424
@chroniccycles9424 2 жыл бұрын
We need a behind the scenes you and your team is just amazing with content I just don’t understand how you do it but thank you 🙏
@zachsmith8633
@zachsmith8633 2 жыл бұрын
They did one on today I found out years ago
@mattsmith5421
@mattsmith5421 2 жыл бұрын
It's simple he gives someone money they do all the work he reads out there work and the takes all the glory and money
@Resurgam1981
@Resurgam1981 2 жыл бұрын
@@mattsmith5421 lol....you would have the same audience if you simply 'paid others'?
@mattsmith5421
@mattsmith5421 2 жыл бұрын
And it would be about 9 hours long if he made one for all his 254 channels
@mattsmith5421
@mattsmith5421 2 жыл бұрын
@@Resurgam1981 no I wouldn't I don't have such a glorious beard
@mtbass3413
@mtbass3413 2 жыл бұрын
I watch a lot of black hole videos and a lot of “Simon” videos. This is really an exceptional production. A big part of Simon and his staff’s class is making stale topics fresh. This is an oversimplification but you know what I mean. Great job, everyone 😎
@CFG-eb3my
@CFG-eb3my 2 жыл бұрын
stale?
@bekka4621
@bekka4621 2 жыл бұрын
First of all blackholes are never a stale topic and actually thats all I really had to say
@danielleriley2796
@danielleriley2796 2 жыл бұрын
Exceptional except for the errors I suppose. Simon states that the Sag A* has a radius of 22 million km and then states that Sag A* would extend to Mercury in our solar system…. Sun to earth is 1.5 million km so the distance to mercury is way less than that. Also nothing except research papers are a product of physics. Physics describes nature so things are a product of nature such as Sag A*. Also all black hole leak and the leaking stuff is Hawking Radiation and overtime they can leak away completely if no new matter is accreted. So given that what Simon is describing is jets of matter shot out the poles of the black hole because of magnetic fields and charged particles. Anyway he’s just listing facts and reading a script with absolutely no understanding of the topic. So that makes it a crap delivery.
@κεηγση
@κεηγση Жыл бұрын
@@bekka4621 idk... my black hole says it's 10 x10^4 Billion years past expiration...is it stale or not? I'm scared to go near it
@semaj_5022
@semaj_5022 2 жыл бұрын
As a junkie for space and astronomy stuff I've gotta say this video was incredibly well done. Great job Geographics team!
@davedavies8002
@davedavies8002 2 жыл бұрын
Do you watch "sea" his videos are amazing!! Seriously impressive :) he only makes one per month but there really good quality and the visuals are great 🖒
@semaj_5022
@semaj_5022 2 жыл бұрын
@@davedavies8002 Oh yeah! His videos are amazing and so well done. They could air on cable and people would think a whole big budget production team is behind them. "Astrum" is another great channel along the same lines, though he explores a few more varied space topics, but his visuals an narration are crazy good. If you haven't watched him, I strongly recommend it! PBS Spacetime is my other go-to, for more high level astrophysics stuff.
@davedavies8002
@davedavies8002 2 жыл бұрын
@@semaj_5022 awesome :D thank you for the recoms 🖒
@semaj_5022
@semaj_5022 2 жыл бұрын
@@davedavies8002 Of course! Hope you enjoy em as much as I do :)
@caesarshotdogchampion8738
@caesarshotdogchampion8738 2 жыл бұрын
You should do the Boötes Void. I find the theories/conspiracies behind it super interesting
@--enyo--
@--enyo-- 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds interesting
@davedavies8002
@davedavies8002 2 жыл бұрын
Hes done it already :)
@the_once-and-future_king.
@the_once-and-future_king. 2 жыл бұрын
Is that where individual socks disappear into for no apparent reason?
@alexandruboghean5826
@alexandruboghean5826 2 жыл бұрын
@@davedavies8002 where?
@YOUNGPADAWON
@YOUNGPADAWON 2 жыл бұрын
Do more space Shit Simon!!! We LOVE IT!!
@Lazbotable
@Lazbotable 2 жыл бұрын
His video about Challenger and its crew was pretty good
@AI-hx3fx
@AI-hx3fx 2 жыл бұрын
Lowkey need a separate channel for Simon on Space!
@Lazbotable
@Lazbotable 2 жыл бұрын
@@AI-hx3fx Spaceographics?
@bobfg3130
@bobfg3130 2 жыл бұрын
@@AI-hx3fx He has enough already.
@JustAnotherAccount8
@JustAnotherAccount8 2 жыл бұрын
@@AI-hx3fx Don't give him any more ideas
@pyrethorn
@pyrethorn 2 жыл бұрын
It never fails to warm my heart to know that my favorite constellation Sagittarius has a super massive black hole in it. I love astronomy. It's so fascinating! Was watching another documentary lately and learned that our galaxy has eaten a lot of smaller ones. We apparently have a a sphere of the remnants of them surrounding our galaxy. Space is crazy. I love it!
@semaj_5022
@semaj_5022 2 жыл бұрын
At the risk of sounding super pedantic(sorry lol) the black hole isn't so much in the constellation as in the _direction of_ the Sagittarius constellation. Though one thing I find super cool is that our solar system is located in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way. I don't put any stock in zodiac signs, but I've always liked that I'm a Sagittarius so when I learned the name of our supermassive black hole and our solar system's location I was pretty stoked. Sagittarius is by far the coolest constellation. Also, most large galaxies do sometimes "hit" other, smaller galaxies and often even cannibalize them, taking in their stars and gas; the Milky Way is no exception. Some of these galactic remnants around our galaxy appear as sort of little smudges in the outskirts of the Milky Way. We've also got a few small satellite galaxies like the small and large Magellanic Clouds which are super fascinating in their own right.
@pyrethorn
@pyrethorn 2 жыл бұрын
​@@semaj_5022 I was unaware that we lived in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way. That's really neat! I'll be the first to admit that I am not overly knowledgeable about astronomy. I just really enjoy learning about it. I appreciate the correction, thx for sharing =)
@semaj_5022
@semaj_5022 2 жыл бұрын
@@pyrethorn hey that's totally okay. I don't know a whole lot myself, though I really love learning about the universe and especially our place in it. I'm glad you found the info cool :)
@ugaladh
@ugaladh 2 жыл бұрын
@@semaj_5022 yES, I agree with your first sentence and it was bothering me that he ( or the writers) kept referring to the constellation of Sagittarius as a location. I came to the comments to see if someone else pointed this out.
@dbmail545
@dbmail545 2 жыл бұрын
I was born in December so I love hearing that the Sagittarius constellation is in any way special.
@gazs7237
@gazs7237 2 жыл бұрын
I see Simon so much on KZbin I feel like I will bump into him in my local supermarket sometimes
@ryshow9118
@ryshow9118 2 жыл бұрын
The successful deployment of the JWST is the most excited I've been since my son was born. I'm so excited for mid-June when we start to get some images back!
@floramew
@floramew 2 жыл бұрын
Idk, black holes fit almost every major point of eldritch elder gods except for being sentient/ sapient-- and somehow that utter inability to care about things bc it's not sapient makes the idea of black holes that much more terrifying imo
@--enyo--
@--enyo-- 2 жыл бұрын
Pretty much
@cdfdesantis699
@cdfdesantis699 2 жыл бұрын
One of the most interesting things about studying black holes is finding out just how much we DON'T know about the universe. There are things in space that simply defy the laws of physics & reality as we understand it - LIKE dark matter & where black holes really come from. More alarming is the fact that rogue black holes exist, not tied to any 1 position, but roaming freely through space, grazing on stars, planets, whole galaxies, & anything else they come upon. And we're still not really sure how physics works, or even if it DOES, inside a black hole. Who knows what else is out there that we can't even conceive of?
@ryleecaton1804
@ryleecaton1804 2 жыл бұрын
The universe is so mind boggling
@cdfdesantis699
@cdfdesantis699 2 жыл бұрын
@@ryleecaton1804 Isn't it? There's no way we can even wrap our heads around how BIG it is! I mean, when we look at the stars, we're actually looking back through time, because they're so far away. Billions of them may not even EXIST any more, but their light is just now reaching earth. Thanks for your comment.
@jamx02
@jamx02 2 жыл бұрын
The main reason why physics breaks down is because singularities don’t make sense. They defy the Pauli Exclusion Principle which is a quantum mechanical theory, due to relativity. Singularities have no dimensions, just points of mass. Quantum physics hates this. Which is why relativity and quantum mechanics do not work together.
@FatLikeKessel
@FatLikeKessel 2 жыл бұрын
Simon, I’d like to thank you for putting out great content. I listen to The Casual Criminalist religiously when I’m at work. When people ask me what I’m listening to, why I’m so pale and gaunt , I tell them it was the tea I’ve had , or maybe the sandwich at lunch didn’t sit right. Hang in there fact boy. I’ve used up my comma quota for the year in this very comment . Cheers
@danabell2709
@danabell2709 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! You answered the one question I haven't heard explained in any other video or article I've read until now. What the * in Sagittarius A* was there for! Awesome job :)
@Irdanwen
@Irdanwen 2 жыл бұрын
This video I found to be of an exceptional quality. I usually like most videos of this channel and its sister channels, but this one I thought was even better. Well done. I wish you good health and much energy to continue doing this work. I appreciate your every effort.
@MrTexasDan
@MrTexasDan 2 жыл бұрын
It was terrible. Most of the graphics had nothing to do with what was being said ... just random spacey pictures. And the narration ... every 1st year astronomy student cringed.
@supermatt87
@supermatt87 Жыл бұрын
@@MrTexasDan Ok "Mr. Texas" I bet you're super educated based on your state's education system...yikes. imagine being from a redneck shithole like Texas and thinking you ever get to talk down to someone about science.
@manchesterbadger
@manchesterbadger 2 жыл бұрын
I love the way you sneaked in Doctor Who story titles in the chapter headings - e.g. ' The Sun Makers' 'The Armageddon Factor' 'State of Decay' !
@russellbrooks3622
@russellbrooks3622 2 жыл бұрын
A different topic for your channel, but very interesting. Excellent show, as usual.
@matgeezer2094
@matgeezer2094 2 жыл бұрын
Photographing the Super Massive Black Hole at the centre of the Milky-way, is equivalent to photographing an object 1cm across at a distance of 28,000 km (approximately). Pretty amazing!
@VosperCDN
@VosperCDN 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing that something so far away has been researched this thoroughly ... love science.
@kokorolex
@kokorolex 2 жыл бұрын
Karl is such a Chad writing about black holes when they were just a mathematical theory while being accurate and while getting shot at in the trenches.. what a Mad Lad.
@semaj_5022
@semaj_5022 2 жыл бұрын
Not to mention Penrose! Who just finally received his Nobel prize for his work defining black holes through the math of Einstein's theories.
@thespazdragon
@thespazdragon 2 жыл бұрын
Loving the "your mom" jokes! Brilliant!
@ignitionfrn2223
@ignitionfrn2223 2 жыл бұрын
1:30 - Chapter 1 - The creature of the pit 5:40 - Chapter 2 - Invisible enemy 10:15 - Mid roll ads 11:30 - Chapter 3 - State of decay 16:05 - Chapter 4 - The sun makers 20:05 - Chapter 5 - The armageddon factor - Chapter 6 -
@jeancaton6281
@jeancaton6281 2 жыл бұрын
These are all Dr. Who episodes…
@thejudgmentalcat
@thejudgmentalcat 2 жыл бұрын
I love astronomy. So, it goes that Simon will start YET ANOTHER channel. So we need to suggest names. Mine: Stars & Shit That's Cool
@bobfg3130
@bobfg3130 2 жыл бұрын
He won't. He needs research for this. And the information might not be enough on some planets or stars.
@ChristophersMum
@ChristophersMum 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video Simon...you put it together so well...very, very interesting...
@ProffesionalZombie12
@ProffesionalZombie12 2 жыл бұрын
Despite how wildly terrifying our galaxy's supermassive black hole is; I actually like to think of it as the glue that keeps the galaxy together. I find that bizarrely comforting.
@nappssnapps2891
@nappssnapps2891 2 жыл бұрын
Technically they are the glue. Without them, we may not have been here
@RejectedInch
@RejectedInch 2 жыл бұрын
@@nappssnapps2891 without a spinning blackhole nothing would have rotation, orbits, therefore no gravitational pulls, therefore everything would stand still, lifeless. Is an interesting and scary paradox though.
@nureinezufalligeperson4594
@nureinezufalligeperson4594 2 жыл бұрын
Considering that there are galaxies with black holes of dozens of BILLIONS sun masses in their center, it's unlikely. Here come the theories about dark matter into play.
@jamx02
@jamx02 2 жыл бұрын
Nothing in our galaxy is gravitationally bound to Sgr A*. It could disappear right now and nothing would change within our galaxy, ever. Besides a few stars launched out.
@jamx02
@jamx02 2 жыл бұрын
@@nappssnapps2891 This is not true.
@vasilerogojan4520
@vasilerogojan4520 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of many reasons why science is so captivating.
@sirecarrot9124
@sirecarrot9124 2 жыл бұрын
I'd love a lot more cool scientific stories like this or biology. You could have a bunch of stuff about stars, planets and what not. There is a world where you can make a proper 20 minute capsule on various animals/plants/other.
@belindal4206
@belindal4206 2 жыл бұрын
This episode is so well written and presented!
@peter.wilson
@peter.wilson 2 жыл бұрын
This was one of your best videos... well done.
@giveemdasauc3531
@giveemdasauc3531 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video, beard looking majestic as always
@gove4103
@gove4103 2 жыл бұрын
A non-spinning black hole would have an accretion disk as well. The disks arise from the conservation of angular momentum of the matter falling into the black hole. So, as long as the material has angular momentum, it will form an accretion disk for any black hole.
@pimenel
@pimenel 2 жыл бұрын
Scientists describing science equipmet: "a revolutionary piece of technology, light years ahead of its tme" Simon describing science equipment: "one big ass telescope" ...and...subscribed.
@FatManWalking18
@FatManWalking18 2 жыл бұрын
the radio space telescope located in Green Bank, WV is named for Janksy. it is so sensitive, no wireless devices are allowed within miles of it- no cell, no wifi, no garage door openers, no radio emitting anything. it can even pick up the collars on the local flying squirrels.
@jdiluigi
@jdiluigi 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. Been diving heavily into dark matter/energy theories recently.
@JimBobe
@JimBobe 2 жыл бұрын
What have you learned?
@UnknownSoulGuy
@UnknownSoulGuy 2 жыл бұрын
You uploaded that the momment I was reaching the center of milky way in my space game Elite Dangerous. You're a magician lad
@BardovBacchus
@BardovBacchus 2 жыл бұрын
Executive: "Don't bring me problems, bring me solutions!" Science, after it gets done laughing: "You don't want solutions. You want critics to shut up."
@resileaf9501
@resileaf9501 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine, this is all we've found of our universe while stuck on our little planet. Imagine what we'll discover when we can finally spread among the stars.
@RejectedInch
@RejectedInch 2 жыл бұрын
may the human race not find any other life form EVER. If there is a small and hyper voracious blackhole that is surely the human race.
@kezza6133
@kezza6133 2 жыл бұрын
Was waiting for Simon to break into song with muse 👌
@timmotel5804
@timmotel5804 Жыл бұрын
Another Excellent! Thank You Simon. I love your coverage of Space. Very interesting and Educational.
@RobertRodneyUplinger
@RobertRodneyUplinger 8 ай бұрын
1.) S-2 would not orbit "clouds of dark-matter" in any way similar to its observed behavior. 2.) When we are able to calculate initial collapse phenomena, we will also be then able to back-fill/map most of the history to find its long-lost intervened progress as CMB-projection. 3.) Watch for "amazing" & "never-guessed" (etc.) 'excessive' lensing 'fairly centered along gallactic-arm (expansion-) filaments.., which we actually orbit. 4.) 'Betcha' a quid...
@jacksonstarky8288
@jacksonstarky8288 2 жыл бұрын
It will be very interesting to see what the JWST finds when it looks in this direction.
@BaioWithMayo
@BaioWithMayo 2 жыл бұрын
While I'm not 100% and could be very wrong, I think the JWST won't do great on this because of the sheer amount of light between us and the center. Its also more tuned for redshifted waves that no other telescope was able to see, meaning its better at super far stuff rather than visible light. Still extremely powerful, but the wrong tool for this job
@mattsmith5421
@mattsmith5421 2 жыл бұрын
Lots of gas blocking the view
@nappssnapps2891
@nappssnapps2891 2 жыл бұрын
@@BaioWithMayo actually the JWST is an infrared telescope so it can peek through alot of the dust and stuff. That's what makes it so special
@BaioWithMayo
@BaioWithMayo 2 жыл бұрын
@@nappssnapps2891 oh thats awesome then! out of curiosity since im not fully educated on this, I did see that it has less visibility for higher frequency light than Hubble, so for things closer wouldnt that make it harder to see/not functional for JWST? the flip side I guess would be that it can see the light regardless, and IR is better to see more specifics clearly?
@DJLuckeyLu
@DJLuckeyLu Жыл бұрын
"or B) your mom." I died lmao well played.
@ZEROninja0
@ZEROninja0 Жыл бұрын
As a Doctor Who fan, I appreciated the in video titles all being classic Doctor Who serial names.
@mikevoisine2886
@mikevoisine2886 2 жыл бұрын
Thank God for Simon!!!
@nachoisone
@nachoisone 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you fact boy! 🙏🏾🙌💯
@dominykaszakrys3373
@dominykaszakrys3373 Жыл бұрын
How can they see or know how does the black hole behave if a given moment travels 26K years to reach us
@waltwright84
@waltwright84 2 жыл бұрын
And now I have to listen to Muse's "Supermassive Black Hole" on repeat.
@888johnmac
@888johnmac 2 жыл бұрын
lol , that song was rolling around my head as well
@fumanpoo4725
@fumanpoo4725 2 жыл бұрын
There is a giant brown hole squatting over my toilet...emitting gas and dark matter.
@coronnation8854
@coronnation8854 2 жыл бұрын
I was looking for something to name my latest plant breed after, and I thought the name of our local Supermassive Black Hole would be cool. Crazy that I found this video just 2 days after it was released.
@SaVaGeGmYbEaR
@SaVaGeGmYbEaR 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. Gotta say, the your mom joke was so good, you should have just mic dropped and walked away right there. well done!
@justinhorn2395
@justinhorn2395 11 ай бұрын
51 Peg, Sag A Star, IC1101, Vela Pulsar always gets my clicks 😂
@boarbark
@boarbark 2 жыл бұрын
solid video, i enjoy these
@daskalman
@daskalman 2 жыл бұрын
The best compliment I can give Simon especially when he produces such great content is that his videos are very reminiscent of "Hey! VSauce Here!"... To me at least. And if you only knew how many times I binge watched not just Vsauce but also VSauce 2 channels, you'd know just how much of a compliment this comparison actually is...
@SuperpowerBroadcasting
@SuperpowerBroadcasting Жыл бұрын
Man, this was cool. Simon you should do a video on the Triangulum galaxy
@Seeker52
@Seeker52 2 жыл бұрын
Holy hell, cracking a yo momma joke, that made me scream!
@tootallforyou112
@tootallforyou112 2 жыл бұрын
There can be no creation without destruction
@Zach-ku6eu
@Zach-ku6eu 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe do one on the two telephone physicists who discovered the cosmic background radiation field next?
@OkLikeWhatever
@OkLikeWhatever Жыл бұрын
Mr. Fred Rogers "You can never go down the drain." Sagittarius A "Hold my beer!"
@MaleRainbowAction
@MaleRainbowAction 2 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to point out a few things. When we are looking through space we are also looking back through time. The quasars that are seen are black holes that were active because their galaxies were still in their early days of formation, therefore the gas and dust in its proximity had yet to be corralled into the disk shaped spiral galaxies we see today. When a galaxy is forming most begin as just dense pockets of gas and dust but thanks to inertia and the conservation of energy most objects in space (... okay probably all objects in space) begin to rotate. In a galaxies infancy it’s elliptical and many spiral galaxies that collide also tend to form an elliptical galaxy as well (mainly due to the effects of those two galaxies and their gravitational stress they exert on one another). Elliptical galaxies are where there is small amounts of rotation but since they are generally primitive (again elliptical galaxies are very far away, the further we can see, the longer ago that structure existed) the galaxy we see very red light, hence why they look orange (and redshift). In a spiral galaxy that central black hole blasts those super heated x-ray beams and matter at its poles, further compressing the gas in the galaxy into a disk spaced spiral galaxy, starting a swath of new stars to be created, making the spiral look blue and bright because it’s creating very massive stars that have very short lives but emitting very bright blue light and of course many sun like stars but primarily red dwarfs (which is why spirals have so many colors compared to elliptical galaxies). Elliptical galaxies are often called "red and dead" because they lack that star forming pressure those polar jets centralized supermassive black holes create. No jets, no centrally compressed spiral, few new stars, few huge blue super giant stars (they live for a very short amount of time; millions of years instead of billions like our sun, and then of course the trillions of years red-dwarfs will fuse for), more lower mass red-dwarf stars that will exist far longer than their larger siblings... hence why elliptical galaxies are aptly called red-and-dead.
@mattg2106
@mattg2106 2 жыл бұрын
Using Gravitational Waves to study black holes has a limitation - size of hole to be studied is proportional to length of detector, so LIGO & GEO can only study black holes a few tens of the size of the sun. We will need massive solar system sized space based detectors to study the largest black holes. Great video on this by Dr. Becky
@andreschusan6086
@andreschusan6086 2 жыл бұрын
Wicked! Just subscribed👍🏻
@flashyasfeck166
@flashyasfeck166 2 жыл бұрын
Unsolicited "your mom" joke killed me😂
@staytuned2L337
@staytuned2L337 2 жыл бұрын
I am all about these space episodes 💜
@machineelf9459
@machineelf9459 2 жыл бұрын
18:55 - “only one theorized object was capable of being so dense” …. Simon Whistler 😂
@randalscott7224
@randalscott7224 2 жыл бұрын
CYG X-1 is shorthand for Cygnus X-ray Source 1, so named for the constellation Cygnus the Swan it lies in the direction of.
@astrosquirrel5038
@astrosquirrel5038 2 жыл бұрын
And Rush made an awesome two-part song out of it too!
@BBulletin
@BBulletin 2 жыл бұрын
I hadn't heard about the dark matter speculation. It would be very interesting if Sagittarius A* turns out to be a huge hunk of dark matter!
@JamesFleming888
@JamesFleming888 2 жыл бұрын
Nice one. I liked this! Thanks!
@nerdomic996
@nerdomic996 2 жыл бұрын
“Or… your mom.” Lol 😂
@641199
@641199 2 жыл бұрын
I died lol
@stellarwind1946
@stellarwind1946 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe the reason they’re at the center of most galaxies is that supermassive black holes are wormholes to other galaxies.
@steven95N
@steven95N 2 жыл бұрын
4:30 I never pass up a chance to use the term "Astrophysical Jets" in conversation, even more so when explaining the Phenomenon of Black holes. I guess Burps/belching works too.
@jobanpreetsingh8978
@jobanpreetsingh8978 2 жыл бұрын
Now we have first image of Sagittarius A* how cool is that
@jpsimmonds-au
@jpsimmonds-au 2 жыл бұрын
I just love that throw-away "ya mum" joke
@invader_jim2837
@invader_jim2837 2 жыл бұрын
Mum jokes. It's this sort of high quality content that keeps me coming back to your videos.
@jmanj3917
@jmanj3917 2 жыл бұрын
4:08, *Holy F'n Shit!* A non-science KZbinr finally described Sag A* correctly: "...as things fall in.." rather than the usual, ignorant "...monster that gobbles (or vacuums, or sucks) up anything that wanders too close". Good show, Sir!
@jacobprice2579
@jacobprice2579 2 жыл бұрын
God I live the space videos! Thanks fact boy!
@danielduncan6806
@danielduncan6806 2 жыл бұрын
Every video they have made for all of their channels has been about space. You are in space right now. You were born in space, you will live your entire life in space, and you will die in space. You are a classic case for not being able to see the forest for all the trees.
@jacobprice2579
@jacobprice2579 2 жыл бұрын
@@danielduncan6806 now don’t be pedantic. It’s quite obvious what I meant.
@corkbulb2895
@corkbulb2895 2 жыл бұрын
I am no theoretical physicist, but I do have a theory about what black holes are. Physics seems to break down and not work the same in and near black holes, and time and space are all kinds of messed up. There is a lot about black holes that doesn't make sense, or add up, and much is unexplained. So, when the universe was created and particles were being formed, all the subatomic particles settled into their lowest energy state and are stable, except the Higgs boson. The Higgs boson assigns mass to all the particles, and without it, the universe as we know it would not exist. Particles would interact completely differently, if at all, and physics and chemistry would be completely different. The Higgs field settled into a "valley" and requires some energy to jump out and drop to a lower energy state. If that happens, it would be known as vacuum decay, or a true vacuum. What if black holes are a collapsed Higgs boson field? The Higgs field is stable for now, but what if the massive gravity and energy of a black hole could cause the Higgs field to collapse? Some scientists say that it would continue collapsing and spread out a the speed of light and destroy everything in it's path, but I don't believe that is true. Just like "strange matter" that destroys anything it touches. There is no evidence for this happening. What if Higgs fields can collapse locally, and in many different places? And what if a collapsed Higgs field requires more energy to grow and spread? We know black holes grow when they swallow up more mass, and there is a clear boundary of no return with black holes. This theory could explain a lot about the mysteries of black holes. Obviously, this is purely theoretical, and I'm sure there are problems with this theory. But many theories have problems, and change and evolve over the years. I just figured this was an interesting though I had.
@summer-koradreamer5224
@summer-koradreamer5224 Жыл бұрын
That your mum joke was legendary. I bow to your power.
@dominicvandermerwe2092
@dominicvandermerwe2092 2 жыл бұрын
New theories are out now saying our "Sag A-star" might not be a black hole at all.
@AudreyF2010
@AudreyF2010 Жыл бұрын
Great vid as usual from the Whistlerverse! Love the astronomy vids (and more) as they feed my curiousity well. (Omnomnomnomnom) My science side has one pet peeve though - could you please please please say "Hypothesis" rather than "Theory"? Especially when discussing scientific research or anything scientifically related? Please?🙏🙏🙏
@mtndogrally
@mtndogrally 2 жыл бұрын
21:19 Whoa! That escalated quickly.
@foreverjune8
@foreverjune8 Жыл бұрын
21:28 The astrophysical mom joke has been sighted.
@dragovian
@dragovian 2 жыл бұрын
Great Vids! keep up the good work! Please, and I think I speak for everyone, start uploading in 4K!
@kadenbeaton5158
@kadenbeaton5158 2 жыл бұрын
We were born to late to explore the Earth and too early to explore the Universe. Truly sad.
@goldesd
@goldesd 2 жыл бұрын
Your Channels are great!
@Ruosteinenknight
@Ruosteinenknight 2 жыл бұрын
14:55 Well, that theory is now out of the window for good.
@DerptyDerptyDUM
@DerptyDerptyDUM 2 жыл бұрын
Seriously.... Astrographics. ☄️ I'll be first in line to subscribe, bro.
@seanbordenkircher7854
@seanbordenkircher7854 Жыл бұрын
The "burp" from a Black Hole is known as a Gamma-Ray Burst. It would be absolutely catastrophic if it hit Earth. And we'd be lucky to see it coming.
@MatthewWilliams-zf8pm
@MatthewWilliams-zf8pm Жыл бұрын
Maybe I missed it, but what about the Black Hole Stars theory for explaining Supermassive Black Holes? Would love to see Simon do a video on this!
@yetti423
@yetti423 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent spacey stuff.... and a free mum dig!
@deviricx983
@deviricx983 2 жыл бұрын
The internet fact boy is filling my mind with trivia knowledge again.
@abirsarkar3155
@abirsarkar3155 2 жыл бұрын
I agree with ya
@Rayzersword
@Rayzersword Жыл бұрын
When I took Astronomy in University, there was a project where we had to give a presentation on any Arstronomy subject we wanted. He warned us not to do black holes because they were "boring". I did black holes for that project and ended up getting an award for highest mark in the course that semester.
@copperjacket00
@copperjacket00 2 жыл бұрын
So it's the Largest A hole in the galaxy . Wow that's one big A hole
@manifold1476
@manifold1476 Жыл бұрын
Speakers of English in North America usually don't naturally know what a "creche" is . The word isn't in our vernacular. ("Nativity Scene" or "Nursery" are more typically used.)
@larnewman3009
@larnewman3009 Жыл бұрын
Simon, there needs to be an "Astrographics" channel!!!
@ChrisSeaB
@ChrisSeaB 2 жыл бұрын
Me: Has a deep fear of space. Also Me: watches a video about a scary topic about space. 🤦‍♀️🙄😳😑
@eaf888
@eaf888 2 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@SuperpowerBroadcasting
@SuperpowerBroadcasting Жыл бұрын
5:35 He warned us stuff would get pretty weird, and then it did
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