The Largest Black Hole in the Universe - Size Comparison

[@kurzgesagt]

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[@ShreyBrawlStars]

😯

[@sansnitizer]

I'm very early

[@saidalas7763]

You said you were done with black hole videos? Not complaining, just asking. Answer: MONEY money money, must be funny, in a rich -man's- bird's world

[@hhfbko]

I love your videos

[@AgarioTaco]

Ok

[@mkbhd]

These videos hurt my brain. I love it.

[@wardogizmo3676]

hey lmao love ur vids

[@victorrobles353]

yo even marques vibes with us 😫👍

[@pezvonpez]

yooo its markass brownie

[@advait35]

+1 The overwhelming scale presented in these videos that make you feel so small and insignificant... I love it XD

[@eugenejamesbon3399]

Me too

[@waterlemon5272]

The weirdest thing i’ve heard today is that a tiny blackhole named “unicorn” is bullying a star many times the mass of our sun

[@mattynek2]

oh god the irony

[@eugenejamesbon3399]

Yeah

[@omegabro2617]

Yeah lol

[@DarkSapiens]

Called "unicorn" because we weren't detecting black holes of about 3 times the mass of the Sun and we weren't sure if it was our fault or they weren't there for some reason… Finally this one was found 😄 (Also inspired by the name of the constellation it was in, which is "unicorn" in Latin)

[@yuxintian7500]

'I don't trust anything that has a built-in weapon and claims not to use it' - Aru Shah, On the Nature of Unicorns

[@IntroSpecktive]

Hearing that dark matter could be microscopic black holes that are nearly as old as the universe itself was a mind blow that I wasn't prepared for.

[@chaos8608]

Lmao what are you doing here

[@joshuaracine382]

Heey it introspecktive

[@ishanpahwa1179]

The smash bros guy

[@rayhan3704]

hi

[@SparkTFS]

Indeed.

[@iLoveJesuss-v3g]

*Quick Update:* This video was produced 2 years ago. As of January 2024, the largest black hole is Phoenix A

[@KadariAnirudh]

Yeah

[@shogunsovereign]

I was reading the wiki on Phoenix A and saw it was discovered in 2010. Was it not determined that Phoenix A should be considered in this size comparison till this year? What changed?

[@RishiKumar-kt1qx]

@@shogunsovereign it was detected in 2010 , its size was unknown

[@Gomjokk]

​@@shogunsovereign It's size was estimated to be around 100 billion solarmasses back then, but so was Holmberg 15A and the black hole in IC1101. Most evidence points to all of them being around the more common 40 billion solarmasses range because of how they interact with their surroundings. Have yet to see any good evidence to actually support it's size claim after the initial paper on it. Don't know why it suddenly gained popularity and why everyone is claiming ut to be the largest black hole when TON 618 has a lot more evidence to back up it's claim for the throne.

[@shweta1322]

That is nothing more than an indirectly derived estimate. There is nothing known about phoenix A*. Ton 618 is still the biggest one as of now

[@PeetMontzingo]

THE MUSIC WITH THE SIZE COMPARISON AT THE END WAS SO INTENSE

[@mm-pm2mh]

Ikr

[@jammed4796]

LOL YES

[@weezyfantasy]

Yessss

[@mushtaqrasool9169]

I agree so bad

[@TrojenMonkey]

I recommend watching the video of "Gas - Microscopic [Powers Of Ten]" /watch?v=egBWkVfBdCw It's poop-yo-pants material level of scale.

[@NorthoftheBorder]

Ah, my monthly dose of existential dread in adorable cartoon bird format.

[@iwassorry9094]

Yea.

[@sdgsdfffrrsxg4649]

@@iwassorry9094 ur mom is very attractive

[@nomsterdude]

Ikr

[@xenoweno_]

@@sdgsdfffrrsxg4649 bruh

[@hsjbdd7482]

@@sdgsdfffrrsxg4649 nah i find your more

[@TheNitram8]

The "behind the lies" segment is genius. It should be a staple of any scientific popularization attempt as it allows simplification for the sake of clarity and communication while also pointing at the innacuracies. Fantastic stuff as always.

[@JamesSmith-mv9fp]

Well as "Black Holes" are themselves THEORY, not Scientific "LAW", the producers of this type of Theoretical Science, can continue to say what they like. Further this is just more ammunition for unethical and misleading programmes such as this one, to earn money.

[@kolpoxj5651]

@@JamesSmith-mv9fp We got a picture of a black hole, the theory is no longer

[@frazebean5117]

@@JamesSmith-mv9fp if you think black holes are fake then I assume you haven't heard of M87?

[@letsmakegadgets6899]

@@JamesSmith-mv9fp "A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world and universe that can be repeatedly tested and verified in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results." -- Wikipedia

[@clovebeans713]

@@JamesSmith-mv9fp That's why the image of the black hole was a huge deal it isn't just theory. I dont get what you mean by black holes aren't 'LAW' , that's like saying stars and plants aren't law what are you trying to say? With your use of words like 'theory' and 'law' you sound like the person that claims Evolution is just a theory. It should be understood while science behind things like black holes and evolution isn't fully understood they are still observed phenomena.

[@NguyenMinh792]

9:50 the music syncs really well with the greatness of the universe

[@WhitePeopleAreAlbinos]

Albino u in the Jungle 😊

[@philm5380]

The "Behind the Scenes" portion is the best thing ever. Thank you for treating us like adults. Reality is complicated.

[@tacuska7]

I am here to support this.

[@SushiCat0316]

yea true, i love this way so we can verify it by our own by showing their process/formula/solution

[@freddykruger1086]

Thats not reality..thats theoratical at best. Speculations..unproven dum shit

[@yagwaw]

I couldn’t agree more (with the original comment, not some of the bullshit here)

[@MrSerjHater]

Agree

[@DavidGuyton]

That final animation......is wild

[@saneledlamini3219]

Made me have a meltdown bro

[@kared791]

Amen.

[@paulfrohneberg3325]

Btw: This big Black Hole is about 181440000000000 meters Big:TRY TO IMAGINE THAT!!!

[@dethox422]

The step between earth and sagittarius a was just intense and horrifying. xD

[@jase87]

Basically we are dust compared to earth which is dust compared to the biggest known star which is dust to the biggest blackhole

[@burgz3995]

"Since TON 618 is so far away, we only see what it looked like 10 billion years ago" these lines gave me huge chills

[@brandonhoffman4712]

Don't worry it's just been getting its reps in and plundering its neighbors like a good Viking! Edit: Imagine all the loot in its belly!

[@jirehchoo2151]

And the Universe is only 13B years old

[@w0ckkiezz]

@@jirehchoo2151 ONLY??? U ACT LIKE ITS NOT THE OLDEST MF AROUND

[@Broockle]

Tho he also says "...is shining with a brightness of a hundred trillion stars, visible from 18 Billion Light Years away. " at 9:54 Does that mean Ton 618 has moved 8 Billion lightyears further away from us since it emitted that light we see today 10 Billion years ago?

[@w0ckkiezz]

@@Broockle idk probably..

[@metroschannel]

Your art and animations are very inspiring for a creator like me. Your color pallet is so relaxing to look at, I can tell a ton of time has been spent on getting the colors right alone.

[@erikspencer2396]

Agreed!!!

[@wishiwasabear]

The boss music when moving up to ultramassive blackholes was a nice touch

[@LuisSierra42]

It sounds a bit like the interstellar soundtrack

[@JRudd]

Ah yes, I was hoping they’d include the soundtrack info so I could find it on iTunes

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@LuisSierra42 I was thinking the same thing. Very interstellar.

[@xilpes6254]

That's not a black hole, that's THE EYE OF TERROR

[@hristoitchov]

@@JRudd At least there's a Soundcloud link in the description

[@ShortHax]

The irony of a bright object in the universe that we can see and is so far away being a black hole

[@ErwinSmith001]

Not far,i heard there's a Black Hole in Uranus

[@ilavayou.]

lol

[@0w0y]

True

[@Niaragochar]

You again?

[@ijustcamefrombiblestudy2243]

Fy i see you everywhere

[@Lathland]

The moment earth goes past at 10:59 honestly sent a shiver down my spine, it's horrifyingly breathtaking. This video was done SO well, awe inspiring stuff!

[@benchabot6886]

Oh hey lathrix

[@weaponized_toaster]

Ola

[@poo1945]

its incredible

[@jacobsolbryds5931]

I cried

[@sgt.bonkers8706]

Birchworlds. Next Gigaengineering playthrough when?

[@dustinlarkin8582]

I've always been fascinated by space. Seeing one of those explosions up close and somehow surviving would be the ultimate experience. Or seeing a black hole from the least safe (but still safe) distance would be incredible. Seeing then collide would be the coolest thing ever.

[@AthenatheNightWing]

Agreed

[@zachaliles]

I really like how, in my short 37 years, black holes basically went from complete SciFi fantasy objects to being real things that have been found and are currently being studied. It's truly an amazing time to be alive.

[@Zorro9129]

Good science fiction has its basis in science and can often be used as a point of loose predictions.

[@Void-st2vu]

I wouldn’t really say it’s the best time to be alive, maybe if the 1980’s carried on forever.

[@boxcart4533]

@@munchken man it is such a rip off thou :/

[@zuralazishvili4494]

imagine in 200 years

[@jamesg871]

I really wish in our lifetime we have better pictures and information on them.

[@germen2631]

We can appreciate 3 interesting details here: - Kurzgesagt is amazing at doing this. - The universe is really scary, but beautiful and fascinating. - Scientists are awful at naming things.

[@JP-np8fj]

fr "black hole" "ton 618" Lmao

[@colt9836]

Well, to be fair, there are far too many things in the universe to have actual names so.

[@xTrinity007]

I laughed but judging by how I name my word documents I actually feel their struggle.

[@cheesewheel_121]

Tbh, Ton 618 just sounds badass in my opinion

[@themaster2764]

@@cheesewheel_121 then you will become a scientist is the future

[@Razielezu1]

As an astrophysicist who's done his PhD in precisely this topic, I wanted to commend you on the content and on the scripting of your video. It's not only very *very* scientifically accurate, but also very clear and well explained, without entering in unnecessary details and keeping it entertaining. I loved it!

[@stickyoutubechannel6259]

Good to hear. Also, congrats on your PhD on Such a topic.

[@lolz_man4763]

@@stickyoutubechannel6259 True

[@vasiavisilievic1873]

Does your job pay anything?

[@Razielezu1]

@@vasiavisilievic1873 Yes, it does, and not-so-bad actually. The tricky thing is to find stability. A regular scientist has probably changed their working country (or at the very least city) probably 3 to 5 times by age 35.

[@lolz_man4763]

@@Razielezu1 Nice it does pay you but sad you have to leave your city/country 3-5 times

[@zilve7]

I am not gonna lie. This is my top 1 youtube video. I keep coming back to it every few weeks. Kurzgesagt, I love what you do

[@viperbia]

This channel is literally the definition of quality over quantity

[@adityaanuragi6916]

@Will Davis yeah lol

[@nyxstrix0]

My brain hurts. I love it.

[@hehe-mf4qg]

totally agreed lol

[@kingekpar3620]

This is the best video i have ever seen.

[@chloelavoie5568]

And we still have a lot of videos

[@KazukiHizushi]

I LOVE the wholesomeness of "Behind the Lies". How they've admitted to inaccuracies. It takes courage to admit that, and it's very much appreciated.

[@alessiofranciosini7088]

It show how dedicated and reliable they are, they truly care about getting the general public interested in science.

[@haxefede]

I feel like that part was a realy accurate description of the whole process of publishing a peer reviewed scientific paper

[@ginnyjollykidd]

All in the process of being as accurate as possible. It's very difficult to see inner planets with a "to scale" model of our solar system, too.

[@severusfloki5778]

I wish the NASA, WHO etc. would do that.

[@forssi1]

Nothing to do with being courageous since they only care about being as truthful as possible.

[@hyperfreem]

I really liked the “behind the *lies” bit at the end. I think that’s important for us to hear.

[@Tulkas-Astaldo]

Yeah! Made me smack this video w a like really fast, woulda subbed again if I could. Kurzgesagt is the best scientific channel on KZbin, they don’t hesitate to make known all the things that may be conjecture in their videos and always strive to make sure their data is as accurate and reliable as possible, all the while making an absolutely gorgeous vid. Super dope channel, none other like it fs

[@zaryabshiekh5875]

As result this script was written with the tears of experts 12:53

[@jacobhammock3355]

@@Tulkas-Astaldo I havent gotten to the end yet but I came to the comment section to call bs on this whole video lol.. I'll wait

[@Tulkas-Astaldo]

@@jacobhammock3355 just outta curiosity what made you wanna call bs on the vid

[@j.dot555]

@@Tulkas-Astaldo that's what I'm wondering lol

[@carlosizz89]

I've gotten used to universe size scale, what melts my brain is the absurd brightness generated by these objects. Great video.

[@TheEret]

Everytime I thought it was the biggest, there was a bigger one! Insane to think about!

[@baty6346]

exactly lmao this makes me scared

[@lordoblivian6333]

Hello

[@axxtol835]

yeah

[@getmoggged]

Exactly.

[@HuynhLangMinhTri]

Never underestimate the size of yourself bigman

[@Grandflea02]

"Our sun is like a grain of dust compared to hypergiant stars" "Hypergiant stars get thrown around easily by supermassive black holes" "Supermassive black holes are nowhere near as large as Ultramassive black holes" This is starting to feel like DBZ in terms of size progression.

[@imhigh7735]

Lol😂😂

[@blacktigerace6687]

DBZ not even in comparison, nor ANY fictional characters in human history ultramassive blackholes, specially TON 618 have stupendous power output, that even all fictional characters including lovecraftians teaming together, still impossible to destroy TON 618, TON not even get scratches, everyone powers, skills, and their life is just get warped by it and become food instead TON literally weigh as same as galaxy, eating galaxies all at once, while the gravitational effect + the light visible from the half edge of observable universe like normal star inside milky way! (imagine a single dust shining so brightly, that you can see it in the middle of ocean while the dust is on horizon like a normal lighthouse and you can still feel the warm [i repeat, its a single dust]) that even our own real universe expansion cant scratches it edit: half edge of observable universe, not edge*

[@blacktigerace6687]

also if TON 618 replace andromeda galaxy and if you just a baby inside a womb, still developing your own eyes you immediately get blinded by TON, while earth being burned alive, and everyone definitely dead from as far as andromeda galaxy imagine...

[@imhigh7735]

@@blacktigerace6687 lol no😂😂 there are many "fictional characters" who can destroy a ton618

[@costco_pizza]

@@blacktigerace6687 Yeah but what about the frightening and massive UY Scuti??? I bet this black hole won’t look so scary compared to the mighty UY Scuti!

[@kiddwong4186]

I massively appreciate the behind the "lies" segment. Science at this level is not simple and whilst it helps general audiences appreciate the basics by simplifying information, it is also really important to understand how complicated a question like "how big is a black hole" really is. Great video. Excellent work.

[@alexbrown1292]

massively, nice

[@kiddwong4186]

@@alexbrown1292 Hah, totally unintended

[@myearshurtnoone1367]

it also keeps the trolls at bay who want to take things out of context lol

[@miriamrosemary9110]

Agreed

[@JoveRogers97]

I don't know, is the question complicated? (Or the answer, rather?)

[@aGr3atD4y]

This is probably my favorite video so far from your channel! Excellent stuff!

[@HCG]

This scale is literally unfathomable. Those black holes are incomprehensibly large. Terrifying.

[@RequiemPoete]

These are the things that dwell where God doesn't travel.

[@god6384]

It doesn't matter everything keeps expanding even space itself... so they will never be able to get to us. We'd have more change getting sucked up by our own sun then ever being sucked in by a black hole

[@smorgborg]

The day we know what lies inside a black hole is the day we understand the universe and reality itself.

[@brianstanton2721]

@@RequiemPoete lol he gets swallowed immediately and forgotten about haha

[@gard3boi311]

@@smorgborg a truly wonderous and terrifying prospect to imagine

[@frenchexpat5601]

Alright, music is 50% responsible for the chills that went down my spine.

[@agilasagealbert8694]

Ik it sounds like the music that should be used for the end of the world

[@spinnenente]

the music really carried that video.

[@neptune7347]

ouaiss grv smooth

[@clevergirl4457]

The soundtrack is always made by Epic Mountain Music…

[@meandtheothermecommentingo2744]

You can hear some interstellar vibes

[@VARIOUShorses]

This channel at its best gives me that feeling I used to have as a kid staring at the milky way trying to comprehend how big every little dot is and how impossibly small we are. It's a feeling of awe and wonder, a little fear and a lot of curiosity. It's a feeling pretty hard to come by as an adult.

[@Giogro]

True, there are some feelings of wonder and adventure you can only feel as a child

[@cannedparty3863]

It's not often you can learn new things and be truly enthusiastic and excited, where it's in a way that's just fascinating and grabs your attention

[@observantmagic4156]

Ikr I miss that

[@rubyred186]

Videos like these make me question why I had not taken astrophysics as my major... it's not that I don't like biotech but i feel like astrophysics is my ex and videos like these make me regret not choosing that instead of the biology.. Kurzgesagt, you better make me love biotech again.....

[@sarah12232]

@@rubyred186 go see the vid on bacteriophages, it might help

[@LarvaAsia]

I just love the fact that what we see is what they used to look like billions of years ago....imagine how big they are now or how many galaxies are gone now

[@marckvale3061]

The art direction and music were nothing short of perfect. When the music reached its crescendo during the King of Kings reveal, I got chills. Goddy classical music paired with science is one of my favorite combos 💚

[@mustang8206]

You are nerd beyond nerd

[@awskier222]

100% agreed! the music did the work of making a 2D black circle on a screen mean “ultramassive black hole”

[@AdiJayanto]

Search for Epic Mountain on Spotify. He's the one who does the soundtrack. My personal favourite: 1. Time (and it's remixed version) 2. Life 3. Stellar Engines 4. Alien Scale 5. Largest Star I haven't listen to this one yet.

[@alucard347]

@@AdiJayanto personal favorite is the nuclear bomb soundtrack, spesifically the "to nuke a city".

[@Manicbpd]

Is there something past a nerd? Because that is you.

[@DartzinhoV]

That "Behind the Lies" segment was fantastic, really cool to have a little insight into your research, and a great way to make me even more excited for the engineering physics course I'm going to start taking in October

[@xXMangoXx_]

Good luck, i could never get my head around physics.

[@pardeepsingh2502]

Good luck man..

[@user-fh5ov4tu2j]

good luck! physics is not my thing at all, hope you can keep the enthusiasm for long!

[@_ame_]

Omg good luck! That sounds really cool

[@aratirao9007]

@@xXMangoXx_ 🟤SERCH ADITYA RATHORE, HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE KURZGESAGT

[@GrandAudio]

When Kurzgesagt posts you know it’s a really good day.

[@evlx1240]

When you see another of these comments you know they copied it from somewhere else.

[@ArcErebus]

For real just failed my drivers test by one question

[@Wave1dave]

@@ArcErebus New Kurzgesagt video makes up for it.

[@ChrispIsNotHere]

Agree

[@finnberends5993]

Yes

[@rdomnaispartan3734]

These types of videos literally give me a different perspective on life.

[@Asif_Whatever]

13 minutes of “This isn’t even my final form”

[@olivia-rq5be]

Hahah

[@pmccann23]

but are they beating goku? 🤔

[@thehomiegnome]

@@pmccann23 HAHAHAHAHAH

[@dresadreemur7784]

Goku one shots

[@dresadreemur7784]

Goku one shots

[@TimeBucks]

Love the background tune

[@mukeshkumar-oy9mk]

It becomes exponentially better with earphones

[@adfinder5791]

the artists that made it are called epic mountain, if you want to listen to the soundtracks

[@antonxuiz]

Clearly inspired by Interestellar's soundtrack, which makes sense due to the subject

[@Mystixor]

All background tunes are uploaded full-length on KZbin shortly after the release of the video by the creators "Epic Mountain Music", in case you want to hop over and leave some love :)

[@MilindaX]

Reminds me of the Deepwater Horizon movie theme

[@TGITC993]

3:43 i like how the stars look distorted as the black holes merge

[@ludoviajante]

I just want to make clear the importance of this channel for the world. I'm Brazilian and everyone here loves Kurzgesagt. You also inspire me and others to create scientific content. Thanks for spreading so much knowledge!

[@ccovera]

I love this

[@tiburso_1757]

Oi lindo

[@Scroolewse]

Haha... brazil

[@Ev1lLion]

Verdade

[@EmiyaShiroou]

as a fellow Brazilian i most agree :) we love it

[@EricPauker]

"Created with the tears of experts" should be Kurzgesagt's slogan from now on.

[@tinotendagutsa466]

I pray they see this

[@Randomela]

Friendship over with "well, its complicated;" "created with the tears of experts" is my new bestie

[@tinotendagutsa466]

@@Randomela I'll watch these videos with my kids one day 🤞

[@Randomela]

@@tinotendagutsa466 same plan! Also, in my future household, whoever refuses to watch kurzgesagt will be grounded for a week! /s

[@RolfDarylTio]

They should put this on a shirt. Haha

[@mikotagayuna8494]

You know something is supermassive when it requires an entire choral symphony to accompany its animation.

[@goosegander3747]

Every city has a black hole. It's called a ghetto.

[@alveolate]

the music of kurzgesegt needs to be released on spotify!

[@hamdaanchalky7724]

@@goosegander3747 no

[@ovol5395]

@@alveolate it already is

[@dont9178]

ᗪo₦Ƭ Ɽєαď 𝕄Ꭹ ҎᖇöḟίŁ℮ ᎮᎥċŧurë

[@damongaming275]

is nobody gonna talk about that epic music just getting louder and more dramatic as the scale went up? its amazing.

[@PeacefulAdventure]

At this point, the unit billion doesnt even sound that big to me anymore

[@TheMcSqueakers]

This comment also works on a government spending video

[@zzztriplezzz5264]

@Earth seriously? You don’t get it?

[@Marinealver]

maybe we should consider a billion to the billionth power.

[@kindlin]

@henk I'm laughing too, because of how true that is.

[@casuallyexisting2401]

@@Marinealver too big. Maybe billon to the millionth power?

[@chriss.9398]

This makes me kind of realize not only is our Universe incredibly large in scale, but our science is most likely just in its infancy in fully understanding it.

[@Zak_Chowdhury]

Yes

[@awandererfromys1680]

Yea, but it's also quite remarkable what we've managed to work out thus far with just our monkey brains.

[@XeroXXIV]

@@awandererfromys1680 yes but don't forget, monke strong together

[@SophisticatedDogCat]

@@XeroXXIV i forgor 💀

[@applehazeva2739]

Exactly

[@1984Phalanx]

So in the grand scheme of things, paying my taxes doesn’t matter.

[@duzixon2794]

commit tax fraud

[@sphesihledlamini1944]

@@duzixon2794 ...and get arrested. It all doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things anyway 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@monkeboy6561]

Unfortunately for you, the IRS will not see it that way.

[@Yael_PC]

B-b-but the economy 😢😢😢😢😢

[@Archersforeal]

True

[@ed_cmntonly]

When Sagittarius A showed up and it's godamn OUTLINE being larger than Earth is INSANE

[@PREFITX]

I love how insignificant it makes me feel. Humbles you up real fast.

[@tuneboyz5634]

Mom pick me up im scared 😖

[@Usserrnameee]

Makes me sad tbh

[@gamingforlife1419]

Great! Now you can eat sunlight

[@malkaaz5199]

Black holes can't speak English, I sort of can. I win. Black holes suck.

[@grav8455]

It sounds so depressing...

[@Welyn]

Videos like this turn my brain into a noodle

[@sneaky_boy3793]

Hello

[@leob2082]

love ur sea of theives vids

[@random-mister912]

noodl :)

[@akajustice7099]

Its Sir "Pumpking" Welyn

[@Mr.Reality]

You call that ''Spaghettification'' ;)

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

imagine a sci-fi series animated in kurzgesagt’s style. that’d be the best thing ever

[@macerunner4674]

I now need this

[@CottonBollBat]

What... what do you think you're watching?

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@CottonBollBat i mean you have a point 😂

[@CottonBollBat]

@@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xD

[@reylime2991]

@Virus sploit What i was thinking🤣

[@Kushikarp747]

Literally my favorite KZbin channel ive ever seen

[@Vonliktenstien]

Shoutout to the sound engineers for this episode. Just gorgeous stuff.

[@anselmschueler]

Epic Mountain

[@mauriciokenway9922]

The music really sells the video on this one

[@Kwzk_]

Yeah until you get hit by a shitty ad.

[@defzalken]

@@Kwzk_ The video has no ads though.

[@Usernoobmaster]

@@dont9989 ok

[@alexsoo501]

I swear they said “and now we arrive at the largest black hole” 3 different times, but I still love it

[@CG64Mushro0m]

lmao

[@traditionalsunni629]

He* stop massacring grammar ffs

[@hf.1906]

@@traditionalsunni629 what the fuck lol. They is just a neutral pronoun

[@slayarniae]

@@traditionalsunni629 dont wanna assume gender though-

[@emmaqueen9757]

@@traditionalsunni629 whats your problem? You know theres an entire team behind the voice, making the script and the videos? Dont forget it, they are all part of Kurzgesagt

[@Drenmor]

The music, THE MUSIC.... Its just perfect as it makes you go on a trip into galaxies, mysterious and dangerous. Thank you so much for doing this for all of us.

[@RajaBhatthal08]

That isnt how you spell mysterious

[@clevergirl4457]

Go check out Epic Mountain Music then!

[@abdulhhalim2700]

@@RajaBhatthal08 none one cares

[@michaeldaw8291]

The bit starting at 6:40 discussing the misconception that the black hole at the center of the galaxy acts as an "anchor" for the galaxy was very helpful for me... I actually experienced that misconception 😔. Thank you!

[@g6o8]

The way they animated all the stars, black holes, and explosions looks so sick

[@geekysnak5436]

It would be sick if it was true

[@penguinkraftz3329]

Is it just me or is the animation better?

[@cnos9607]

it’s as if they were actually there.

[@zoyxing]

Why don't you have a profile picture?

[@cnos9607]

@@zoyxing i noticed that too… strange…

[@lakdav]

You know, the epic choir really adds to the massive existential dread. Love it.

[@govindsb3457]

IKR , Im gonna have nightmares with that epic boss music

[@matthieuchombart1823]

I usually really enjoy kurzgesagt videos but it's the first time that I've been astonished by one, and the choir really helped it

[@joshua.h]

This music was some of the best in any kurzgesagt video. It just kept swelling as things got more epic to the point I was smiling just from the music alone.

[@wtfkyle]

Me: Wow that black hole is huge. How could anything possibly be bigger than- Kurzgesagt: 8:50

[@zaza_inhaIer]

I thought it could fit 45 solar systems-

[@migdaora]

komedy

[@Nvmmmmmm1102]

@DON'T dont worry i won't :)

[@jacobvj]

you cant remake those in FL

[@SilkCutJaguarXJR-]

... your mom sorry i couldn't resist

[@shobeon]

The background music is so cool combined with the narration 🔥

[@AmblesJambles]

"But in reality it's probably even larger. Since TON 618 is so far away, we only see what it looked like 10 billion years ago" *Laughs nervously*

[@TenthOfChaos]

My bwain hurts and I’m scared mom come pick me up

[@prasannabhat8631]

Here is the funny thing... the more recent view we get of the black hole, the sooner we will die

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

just when you thought it couldn't get bigger...

[@Daytruin]

so when you think about how time is relative (going lightspeed for a few hours could equate to something like years later (my math is non existant)), stop to think that we are actually all time travelers.

[@inalinden288]

Think of it this was: it takes light 10 billion years to travel from TON 618 to earth. Even if it were to move in our direction it would take waaay longer than that to reach us. Also, considering that the universe is expanding it probably steadily moves away from us and might not ever come into contact with our milky way. But before all of this could happen, our sun will burn out anyway.

[@Quark281]

Please continue doing "Behind The Lies", super interesting and a great reminder of the messiness and uncertainty inherent with looking at a topic that's at the frontier of modern science

[@smuggzmug7595]

Wierd how I literally cannot imagine how big these stars are. In the final comparison once earth popped out of view I was like wow those are big.. then at a point I couldn’t comprehend the size of them anymore. Crazy.

[@jameswilkes451]

It's beyond human intuition to imagine anything this big! Once you get over several times the size of the Burj Khalifa it begins to not make sense. Even the size of the Earth is impossible to imagine from ground level (maybe unless you went to the ISS).

[@plasmoid99]

Nah, this was easy, try to imagine Graham number, its even bigger than biggest black hole here :D

[@saunokchakrabarty8384]

@@plasmoid99 oh man! Did you by any chance read Tim Urban's post on _really really_ large numbers?

[@jyuppiter4540]

@@plasmoid99 It's not a competition.

[@jyuppiter4540]

Monkey brains weren't made go count numbers above 20 sheeps. So we of course have a hard time imagining anything truly big. 900.000 thousands deaths by Covid is a large number, but we can't imagine 900.000 human faces.

[@ccx691]

I fell in love with the animations, especially the color harmonies

[@abeautyproject]

Everyone’s talking about the music but i wanna give a huuuuuge props to the artists doing the animation and visual assets. This was so beautiful and probably took so much work. Well done!

[@Azur3storm]

Agreed

[@danielcappelle3233]

y e s

[@FrankHeuvelman]

Please don't thank them. That never did any good. Subscribe, like and tell your friends about it. That's what you should.

[@ProfessorPWNAGE1]

Preach it was beautiful to watch! This entire video is a gold mine of quality.

[@ryansabin2618]

@@FrankHeuvelman you can do both yknow

[@basednpc]

"this script was written with the tears of experts" may just be the best Kurzgesagt line yet

[@craydenrosario7847]

The part that was jaw dropping for me was when he said," The Ultra massive blackhole is so large it has a supermassive blackhole revolving around it" 😀🔥

[@basantatamang2249]

Yeap my jaw dropped on the floor.😵

[@soumyaok3709]

@@basantatamang2249 lol 😂

[@dcornerofficial2411]

Ultramassive black holes be like Supermassive black holes aren’t even my nephew’s nephew

[@rubyred186]

imagine what will happen if they eventually collide with each other..... jeez the gravitational waves detector will go haywire!!

[@mitsukoakao-de4nt]

Beautiful video, beautiful music, clear pleasant talk. Thank you, Birds!!!

[@SoicBR]

"Oh, ok. He's about to finish the video with supermassive black holes" "Ultramassive black holes" WAIT WHA-

[@The_Tormented_One]

Stupendously large black holes :

[@guccifer764]

Black Holes of Unusual Size

[@moanguspickard249]

@@The_Tormented_One hugh mongus black holes

[@rubyred186]

Black hole that rival... your mama.... I'll leave.

[@karthikeyank28]

There's always a bigger fish

[@KnowBigDeal]

As I get older, there are fewer and fewer things that make me happy anymore. While watching this video, I realised I was grinning just like I used to as a child watching the Discovery channel 10 years ago. Thanks Kurzgesagt. :)

[@abasisc5391]

aww

[@sofus47]

If it was 10 years since a child you cant be that old

[@oatmeal6728]

Legit same!

[@afk_is_ok]

@Issach Hazut what the hell are you on about guy?

[@EDDZ4712]

@Issach Hazut lmao

[@CheeselandStudios]

The soundtracks made for these videos don't get enough attention, they are really good!

[@voltydragon6140]

I just noticed! Its true!

[@j100j]

Do not worry they get attention. There are alot of people that are more excited for epic mountain than kurzgesagt.

[@abdsalamelkhamlichi6677]

I believe they have a channel on soundcloud

[@13thxenos]

Oh yes I agree. My favorite is the one from Stellar engines. I listened to it on repeat for two weeks when that video came out. But most of them are amazing. The one about loneliness too.

[@thestudentofficial5483]

For 2 years i have used them as wake up alarm

[@Shushanth-k2b]

I DONT KNOW IF BLACKHOLE STARS EXIST BUT YOU ARE THE BEST CHANEL EVER

[@AM-vc2ep]

I can’t get over the part where he said “we only see what I looked like 10 billion years ago” that’s so mind blowing that it takes light to travel 10 billion years for us to see it.

[@Ownxer]

That’s why I find it insanely unlikely we will ever make it far in the universe. Even if we find a way to travel the speed of light it’ll still take us 10 billion years to get there

[@MasterJoEJG]

@@Ownxer if there is a way to effectively travel to really far planets there has to be some sort of "wormhole" that can actively be opened/used to act as a shortcut. If someone is able to correctly "solve" quantumgravity it might become possible. Considering the progress that humanity made in the last 100 years im pretty excited for what will be discovered in the next 100 years. Hopefully i live long enough to see some real gamechanging things :)

[@pillarmenn1936]

@@MasterJoEJG I doubt we'll produce a wormhole in just a 100 years. I doubt we'll survive to a 100 years though if what the situation on Earth is anything to go by. Still, it's nice to dream

[@MasterJoEJG]

@@pillarmenn1936 i wasn specifically talking about creating wormholes in the next 100 years. Just overall there is stuff to be discovered that we basically cant imagine at the moment. Lets hope humanity doesnt eradicate itself too soon...

[@Dan_Kanerva]

@@MasterJoEJG let's hope some super advance alien race that doesn't look "ugly" by our standars comes by , and enslave us to them break free of it and live in armony between the 2 of us so we can advance more... Like what happen between the Europeans and the old Mexicans in the 1500's

[@Joke1840]

I have to say: HUGE props for the sound design in this one! The music was epic and fit the topic perfectly!

[@zachcarrizales5038]

Who is your animation designer?! Who ever picked the style for this animation is brilliant.

[@ForcesNL]

I love that they used the latest trend on style. There's hardly a way around it though. Retro 80's is just beautiful combined with futuristic touches. Another work of art made here.

[@Thewhitedragon27185]

I was gonna say, the art and animation is gorgeous! I applaud whoever did the work!

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

Facts indeed

[@modogthedev]

I would love to see black hole clothes

[@Healthandwealth9422]

skill share

[@TaruProductions]

Incredible ending. Not only did you maintain integrity, but you educated everyone on the nuances of why it's important to consider. Thank you.

[@Glumsie]

I’m not scared- I’m just impressed. And terrified.

[@thegoldengood4725]

@@dont9178 reported

[@glowstickqueen7139]

"I'm not scared, I'm just very scared."

[@rubyred186]

Just imagine how I am going to survive this whole night out reading for exams without have a huge existential crisis.

[@jordancunningham4962]

Welcome to life, the universe is trying to kill you.

[@Spleens854]

@@lindadesevrenjacquet1633 what did the bot say

[@grattata4364]

The universe is just a massive agario playfield.

[@mikhaels6624]

What an underrated comment

[@grattata4364]

@@mikhaels6624 Haha thanks mate :)

[@LunaxioProductions]

lol this is underrated

[@YodaSama0]

Lmao this is the best comparison 💀

[@grattata4364]

@@YodaSama0 Thanks mate. Now we know what lies beyond the event horizon in a massive black hole.. A true agario master.

[@NotMac]

I really appreciated the “Behind the Lies” section, helped put into perspective how little we really know about Black Holes and necessary liberties need to he taken when we discuss then Edit: why is there a fight in the replies?

[@CrittingOut]

Yeah but why did they say we can't see them, when we've seen a picture of one

[@gonzalomaravilla2753]

musica

[@Dreamworld789_]

CrittingOut We personally can’t see them up in person pictures is all we have and reality compared to picture is different

[@kusalg]

@@CrittingOut You actually will never "see" the black hole, cause to see something, light has to leave the object and reach your eye. Since blackholes swallow light whole, nothing ever comes back for you to see, you will only see the accretion disk around it. Kinda like seeing a hole in the wall, you see the wall and part of it is missing

[@CrittingOut]

@@kusalg Seems pretty pedantic

[@NudelMaster]

The final comparison feels so eerie yet so fascinating. It's my favorite part

[@sm69animations34]

Ton 618: shines with a brightness of a 100 trillion stars. Discord light mode: Pathetic.

[@imibuks-replit]

discord light mode: brightness of 1 billion google stars or 1billion + 100 zeros

[@ryanfoures9088]

@@imibuks-replit a gogolplex brighter

[@elsieduhaylungsod8547]

TON 618 is as bright is IC 1101

[@mumujibirb]

Actually i use light mode at night and it's fine (i know it's joke) (please do not misunderstand)

[@imibuks-replit]

@@mumujibirb yeah i know who will actually use light mode ESPECCIALLY AT NIGHTT

[@V28VLOGS]

It blows my mind that something of this quality is actually FREE TO WATCH!

[@dieheart001]

Should be besides they’re making good money out of it so don’t jinx it

[@fatboyRAY24]

But its not. You were hit with ads all throughout the video.

[@pyramidteam9961]

@@fatboyRAY24 but you didn't pay anything so it's still free

[@fatboyRAY24]

@@pyramidteam9961 But I did pay. And so did you. That is unless you have adblock installed.

[@kaihtheeradicator4789]

@@fatboyRAY24 nO aDs fOr mE

[@m_fox-8281]

“And this is probably the biggest thing that can ever exist. *But here’s something even BIGGER*”

[@NickAndriadze]

Soviet Union is bigger *HANDS DOWN!*

[@rarelyused3]

@@NickAndriadze what about yo momma tho

[@sneakysoviet9]

"There's always a bigger fish"

[@AvenEngineer]

"But wait.... There's more, and hang on to your seat baby, cuz this one's a screamer!"

[@rougeandrei9095]

"Second only to yo momma."

[@MirTalkies]

This video is informative & interesting

[@ngbin4958]

That has to be the single most astronomically epic and fitting soundtrack for a video ngl

[@ChineduOpara]

It was perfect👍

[@mythologigi]

Idk man. Muse’s “Supermassive Black Hole” might’ve been an even better choice. But yeah, the music is very fitting.

[@jessicajames8725]

@@azi8855 it was a joke lol obviously they can't use copyrighted music like that but still fitting

[@azi8855]

@@jessicajames8725 mb

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Interstellar...

[@nickcamilo9207]

Absolutely knocking it out of the park. Narration, animation, research, transparency, sheer information. One would be hard pressed to ask for more from a science education outlet.

[@jontraz5993]

Agreed. This channel is one of the finest on the tube

[@commithekid3612]

That's not fair

[@jontraz5993]

@Repent to Jesus Christ no, Jesus was gae

[@aarondavis8943]

Even great music.

[@aarondavis8943]

@Repent to Jesus Christ Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth. You and many of your ilk are very far from meek. Be more meek and get outa my face.

[@BobbyDukeArts]

I got chills

[@poo1945]

okay cool

[@DJ-sn2wn]

The only thing scarier than the ocean is space... this video was killing me lol

[@iberianslivestreams9597]

Me too

[@tendencies3199]

Same bruh

[@kenn5867]

I probably would get existential crisis from now on.

[@PWNHUB]

Technically speaking the largest "black hole" might be physically microscopic. The only thing we can measure are the effects of the mass, we cannot gauge the physical scale of the object. It could be a grain of rice that has gravitational properties so dense that light years of scale are just blacked out, but the object is absolutely tiny, or has ripped through space and time and exists elsewhere. This is the idea that each black hole is a big bang happening in a new cosmic tear in space.

[@TheGrimReaper19]

There’s no way a verified channel comments and gets no likes or comments

[@koharumi1]

Since Ton 618 is so far away, we only see what it looked like 10 billion years ago. Imagine how big it would be if we could see it right now

[@betthaboy7322]

As we see it right now it was 2.3 billion years old, and by now he is 12.8 billion years old, so if he grew as the same rate he did he would be around 350 to 400 billion solar masses

[@koharumi1]

@@betthaboy7322 it is a boy?!

[@ceruleanmemoir]

@@koharumi1 It's a genderfluid. It identifies as boy during the daytime and girl during the nighttime.

[@koharumi1]

@@ceruleanmemoir aka always a girl then.

[@koharumi1]

@@betthaboy7322 now I want to know just how wide it would be. How many solar systems would it be...

[@Evelaraevia]

Absolutely love the behind the "lies" portion. It's being honest about how sacrifices have to be made to be entertaining while adding back some of the realism that you decided to forgo. Nice. :D

[@dr3ik0]

My thoughts exactly. Also I think that this kind of self-critisizing doesn't exist even on scientific papers. I just love the way a digest of data is presented and have all the sources available for further reading. Brilliant job.

[@MadScientist267]

@@dr3ik0 The funny thing is, it's half "just understood" that there's a lot of guesswork going on here... The videos that really need it involve the flat out wrong (and there's plenty to choose from lol). Definitely an honorable gesture. 👍

[@hjfreyer]

Yes! Please keep doing this!

[@cortingat]

The largest *that we know of.* That alone is utterly terrifying.

[@vitanus]

everything we can look at is taking place in the observable Universe ... 13 billion lightyears basically ... take a wild guys what kind of % this is compared to the rest of the Universe :D

[@ObiWanKenobiTheKingofAll]

Yeah if we already have such big black holes in the observable universe, imagine how big it would be in the rest of the bigger and bigger part of the universe.

[@creationisntgood942]

Imagine a black hole so large that galaxies orbited around it

[@vperez4796]

I explain these facts holes as a latex glove that expands. As we know, latex balloon made of flexible polymers) start to grow holes too, when stretched. Until there is a new bang (I mean in the latex). Or do they gather each other? Galaxy groups do so under big attractor influence. Could they expand to a bigger hole the size of a black attractor?

[@TheZero1312]

@@creationisntgood942 Or ones that contain the mass of entire galaxy groups.

[@manutuber2125]

This is the best KZbin channel ever!! Many of these videos should be included in schools officially, I'm not kidding

[@childofathena9420]

The music for this episode was so fitting and ominous.

[@SWatchik]

Sound design too, goosebumps on multiple occasions

[@chikipichi5280]

Sounds like the theme of a main villain in anime

[@duck-bt6uy]

huge Hans Zimmer vibes

[@hhgrahn]

kept thinking of interstellar lol

[@unslaadkrosis3489]

Learning about cosmology is a humbling experience.

[@t-hummve4767]

It rly is

[@johndoe-ud7ce]

Word

[@rubyred186]

More like there is no word how to describe what my brain is processing and how my emotional state is after witness such awe and raw power/beauty/elegance of our cosmos that my my brain basically became a puddle

[@vehicleboi5598]

@@dont9989 ok

[@neeljavia2965]

@@rubyred186 Exactly.

[@jimyvanloock3510]

7:34 "POV: You're about to die." I cracked up at that. It *definitely* is a bad idea to replace the sun with a supermassive black hole.

[@nightgazr]

"POV: You're about to die" is present in every single Kurzgesagt video

[@tokyworld]

interstellar: ** hold my Muuuuuuurpph **

[@LynchtheFinch]

It's a very kurzgesagt thing to do

[@it6647]

You wouldn't even notice it was replaced for 8 minutes

[@AlexandreMS71]

Replacing the sun with a supermassive black hole could ruin your day, maybe your entire weekend.

[@Papio103]

I Just Want To Remind Everyone that ton618 is no longer the largest black hole its Phoenix A*

[@ishitatiwari6056]

Phoenix A* is still not confirmed! The research has no consensus yet. Ton 618 has been proven through proper observation. Also phoenix A* was discovered in 2011 which makes this claim even more doubtful. Ton 618 is still the largest as of now

[@animatortobringspace]

@@ishitatiwari6056 im fake?

[@yellobanana6456]

"The largest single things in existence" *video is only half over*

[@ilovekyries05]

it was...?

[@cwb7143]

Look at me go

[@Stonecargo21]

The largest single thing in this universe is the wrath of Business Man

[@spectre8441]

Naw it's my mom some x box kid said

[@Coltsfan98able]

@TEE PERO and what makes god tee?

[@arnobghosh265]

The background music really made the whole video feel like an epic journey... Especially when TON 618 was introduced... It basically felt like a final level boss entrance... Thank you all at the Kurzgesagt team, thank you for your valiant efforts...

[@jashimnabim]

thinkig the same !

[@yaboio3349]

The musicians who make their songs are called epic mountain, theyre on Spotify

[@arnobghosh265]

@@yaboio3349 gotta go and add them to my favs...

[@captainfluffles9072]

This is what every science channel should have. A part that talks the possible inaccuracies telling people these may not be the final results.

[@mechanicpluto2430]

Meanwhile, the comment section: "MUH ALLAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" "FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE" "EARTH FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT" Some people just will never be convinced.

[@logicaldude3611]

You mean we should probably let people know that we REALLY don't know stuff like how quantum particles behave in a deep space vacuum as they approach a black hole? Unfortunately, media is able to find plenty of academics who haven't published papers in decades who are willing to get on tv and act like we have all kinds of answers that we really don't have.

[@BlakeWilder-n1u]

9:50 ton 618 is not the biggest, recently or a few years ago scientists discovered a much larger black hole called pheonix a

[@kazekuze441]

Phoenix A isn't a blackhole. I mean no disrespect bro but do your research

[@aiwkwmwmwwm]

Phoenix A**