The Real Science of the EHT Black Hole

PBS Space Time Season 2019 Episode 14

Overview:
How do you take a picture of a black hole and what can we learn from it? Our first ever actual bona fide photo of a black hole, made by the Event Horizon Telescope and revealed to the world in a press conference on April 10th. Since then it’s got plenty of coverage, because 
 I mean look at it. It’s a freaking black hole. It’s black, it’s holey, it’s everything we hoped it would be. Now that the giddiness has subsided and I personally have stopped spending hours on end staring at a black spot, we can take a breath and actually look at the real science here and discuss exactly how a picture like this could be taken and what we can learn from it.

Genre : Documentary, Talk

Actors : Matthew O’Dowd

Release Date : 2019-05-01

Duration : 13 menit

Rating : ⭐ 0/10 (0 votes)

▶ Play

Select Season

Other Episodes (Season 2019)

Are Dark Matter And Dark Energy The Same?
1. Are Dark Matter And Dark Energy The Same?
Our Antimatter, Mirrored, Time-Reversed Universe
2. Our Antimatter, Mirrored, Time-Reversed Universe
The Crisis in Cosmology
3. The Crisis in Cosmology
Perpetual Motion From Negative Mass?
4. Perpetual Motion From Negative Mass?
Sound Waves from the Beginning of Time
5. Sound Waves from the Beginning of Time
Secrets of the Cosmic Microwave Background
6. Secrets of the Cosmic Microwave Background
The Impossibility of Perpetual Motion Machines
7. The Impossibility of Perpetual Motion Machines
Will You Travel to Space?
8. Will You Travel to Space?
Is Dark Energy Getting Stronger?
9. Is Dark Energy Getting Stronger?
Could the Universe End by Tearing Apart Every Atom?
10. Could the Universe End by Tearing Apart Every Atom?
The Edge of an Infinite Universe
11. The Edge of an Infinite Universe
The Holographic Universe Explained
12. The Holographic Universe Explained
No Dark Matter = Proof of Dark Matter?
13. No Dark Matter = Proof of Dark Matter?
The Real Science of the EHT Black Hole
14. The Real Science of the EHT Black Hole
Why Quantum Computing Requires Quantum Cryptography
15. Why Quantum Computing Requires Quantum Cryptography
The Cosmic Dark Ages
16. The Cosmic Dark Ages
The Alchemy of Neutron Star Collisions
17. The Alchemy of Neutron Star Collisions
How Black Holes Kill Galaxies
18. How Black Holes Kill Galaxies
The Quasar from The Beginning of Time - STELLAR
19. The Quasar from The Beginning of Time - STELLAR
Thorium and the Future of Nuclear Energy
20. Thorium and the Future of Nuclear Energy
The Quantum Internet
21. The Quantum Internet
Did Time Start at the Big Bang?
22. Did Time Start at the Big Bang?
Deciphering The Vast Scale of the Universe - STELLAR
23. Deciphering The Vast Scale of the Universe - STELLAR
What Caused the Big Bang?
24. What Caused the Big Bang?
Exploring Arecibo in VR 180
25. Exploring Arecibo in VR 180
What Happened Before the Big Bang?
26. What Happened Before the Big Bang?
How To Become an Astrophysicist + Challenge Question!
27. How To Become an Astrophysicist + Challenge Question!
Is Earth's Magnetic Field Reversing?
28. Is Earth's Magnetic Field Reversing?
Could We Terraform Mars?
29. Could We Terraform Mars?
Is Pluto a Planet?
30. Is Pluto a Planet?
How Many Universes Are There?
31. How Many Universes Are There?
Black Hole Harmonics
32. Black Hole Harmonics
Loop Quantum Gravity Explained
33. Loop Quantum Gravity Explained
Is Time Travel Impossible?
34. Is Time Travel Impossible?
Why We Might Be Alone in the Universe
35. Why We Might Be Alone in the Universe
Does Life Need a Multiverse to Exist?
36. Does Life Need a Multiverse to Exist?
Can You Observe a Typical Universe?
37. Can You Observe a Typical Universe?
Is The Universe Finite?
38. Is The Universe Finite?
The Doomsday Argument
39. The Doomsday Argument
Do Black Holes Create New Universes?
40. Do Black Holes Create New Universes?

TV Series Recommendations

The Universe
Horizon
Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural
The World According to Jeff Goldblum
The Planets
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
History 101
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
Baseball
The Real History of Science Fiction
Top Gear
WWE 24
Beyond Stranger Things
The New York Times Presents
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
Cosmos
Jazz
Mysteries at the Museum