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[Interview] The Infinity Galaxy: First Evidence of a Direct Collapse Supermassive Black Hole?
How did supermassive black holes get so big so early? There are two main models for that, and JWST just got a huge boost for the one that suggests they can form via a direct collapse of gas clouds. How did the researchers pull the first observations of a potential birth of a SMBH? Finding out in this interview. 👉 [Interview+] SECRET Bonus Part. No YT ads. It's FREE https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 😍 PROMO -57% OFF your first month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/join-my-patreon-134941769 🟣 Guest: Dr. Pieter van Dokkum https://physics.yale.edu/people/pieter-van-dokkum 📜 The JWST Might Have Found the First Direct-Collapse Black Hole https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-might-have-found-the-first-direct-collapse-black-hole 📜 The ∞ Galaxy: A Candidate Direct-collapse Supermassive Black Hole between Two Massive, Ringed Nuclei https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/addcfe 00:00 Intro 02:18 Supermassive black holes 11:57 The Discovery 21:38 Implications for cosmology 34:17 Current obsessions 42:35 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/JoqjFqakszI 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Q&A] Black Hole Size Limit, Economies of Scale for Space Missions, Favourite Galaxy
Is there an upper size limit for black holes? Why don't we build multiple identical missions to increase the chance of success? Is the Universe considered finite or infinite? And in Q&A+, is the Universe expanding or is everything else just shrinking? 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:28 [Ascendant Construct] Why don't we build multiple identical space missions at once? 01:36 [Lubo in China] My automated telescope 05:27 [Kasie Ream] Radiation in space 09:50 [Abdul Samad Kholia] Is space considered infinite? 11:56 [Brenda Kalt] Why changed our perspective on the Universe? 13:49 [Steven Lewis] How fast can a wired communication with the Moon be? 14:24 [Dark Jedi Order] My favourite galaxy 17:15 [paul wilson] How big can black holes get? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Yrl0UL_UEhM 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Space Bites] New Planet at Alpha Centauri // Webb Ultra Deep Field // Six Mars Helicopters
A Planet Found at Alpha Centauri. Webb Revisits the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Little Red Dots don't break the laws of physics. In Space Bites Plus, showing that the Earth's magnetosphere was here for a long time. 😍 PROMO -57% OFF your first month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/join-my-patreon-134941769 🚀 [Space Bites+] No ADS. BONUS Story. For FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 00:00 Intro 00:20 Planet at Alpha Centauri 02:58 Webb revisits Hubble's Ultra Deep Field https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-revists-hubbles-classic-ultra-deep-field 04:23 NGC 6072 by JWST https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-traces-details-of-complex-planetary-nebula 05:45 Little red dots VS the Eddington limit https://www.universetoday.com/articles/little-red-dots-eat-fast-but-not-faster-than-eddington 08:25 Solar array for Nancy Grace Roman Telescope 09:26 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts 09:58 Six more helicopters for Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/six-of-ingenuitys-successors-could-be-exploring-mars-in-4-years 11:36 Rogue planetary systems https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rogue-planets-can-spawn-their-own-planetary-systems 13:02 Newsletter 14:10 Bonus story: early Earth magnetosphere 14:37 Huge Q&A 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/7ioJvlWBg58 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Q&A] Aiming an Asteroid at The Moon, Mars Babies, Absolute Stillness
Could we aim asteroid YR4 at the Moon on purpose? What would happen to babies born and raised on Mars? Should we use water as an insulation layer for our spacecraft? And in Q&A+, could we mine an asteroid that's stuck in a Lagrange point? 😍 PROMO -57% OFF your first month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/join-my-patreon-134941769 👉 [Q&A+] No YT ads. Bonus Question https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:28 [Goatlord] Could we direct an asteroid into the Moon to study the effects? 01:00 [MadmonkeyOz] Mars' ancient coast line 04:53 [Christian DesAlliers] Expanding advanced civilizations 07:52 [Web Fiji] Is there such thing as absolute stillness in the Universe 08:46 [TELE KOMIK] What will happen to babies born and raised on Mars? 10:52 [Len Kelter] Tackling the wait calculation 11:28 [Kasie Ream] Is it possible to do an X-Ray telescope? 12:06 [Jul Kar 'Cerum] Can we use water as an insulation layer for spacecraft? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/eTQDaMZhxbc 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Q&A] Escaping a Black Hole, Detecting an Warp Drive Ship, JWST True Orbit
If nothing escapes a black hole, how does gravity escape? Could we detect a faster-than-light spaceship cruising through the Solar System? What does JWST really orbit at L2? And in Q&A+, could the Universe have started as a black hole? 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question. FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:29 [Shahbaz Rezaei] If nothing can escape the black hole, how does gravity come out of it? 01:57 [fleshmagi] How long until we realistically start mining asteroids? 05:35 [nakedhand] What if the Sun collides with a black hole? 06:26 [Ashley O'Brien] Was there a time in the early universe where the conditions were like STP? 09:27 [kiwibacon99] Could we detect an FTL spacecraft passing through our solar system? 11:34 [Uğur E.] What does JWST orbit at L2? 12:29 [York] What do I think about the dark forest theory? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/rELZM0xt4ko 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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