SEA: Space Exploration & Astronomy

When Black Holes Collide

April 19 · 26 min · Season 2 · Episode 12 · 25.5 MB
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Black holes are fascinating in so many ways- especially when you put two of them together. Their resonance and orbit physically ripples space itself, emitting waves that can travel through space for billions of years. Since 2016, we have been able to detect these gravitational wave events, and earlier this month, we detected a record-breaking one.


SOUNDTRACK:

- Wander - Emitt Fenn (YouTube Audio Library)

- A Slow Dream - Emily A. Sprague (YouTube Audio Library)

- Nexus Dawn - CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTrZx2KM6JA&t

- Last Night I Dreamt I Saw True Love In Your Eyes - Chris Zabriskie: https://soundcloud.com/chriszabriskie/last-night-i-dreamt-i-saw-true

- Passing a Foreign Moon - I Think I Can Help You (YouTube Audio Library)

- Thin Places - Jesse Gallagher (YouTube Audio Library)

- Running Out of Time - CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P13lnycYaeI

- Sound of the Earth EM White Noise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB2AK-odioc

CO.AG's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA

All tracks by Chris Zabriskie licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/


CHAPTERS:

00:00: Introduction

01:08: What is a Black Hole?

04:07: Types of Black Hole

05:26: Misconceptions About Black Holes

08:46: Anatomy of Black Holes

12:26: Inside the Black Hole

14:09: Intermediate Mass Black Holes

15:17: Black Hole Mergers

17:09: Gravitational Wave Signals

19:12: The Pair Instability Gap

23:03: The Big Crunch