Spinning Black Holes

A pulsing black hole in the centre of a distant galaxy sheds light on black hole and galaxy formation. How fast are black holes rotating and how does that rotation change over its life-span? Huge thanks to Prof. Geraint Lewis and study author Dr. Dheeraj Pasham. A loud quasi-periodic oscillation...

10 min - Space & the Universe - Veritasium

More: Black Holes documentaries

Read Deeper: Black Holes

1. Black Holes and Time Warps by Kip S. Thorne (3/5) - View on Amazon
2. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
3. Black Hole Survival Guide by Janna Levin - View on Amazon
4. Black Holes and Baby Universes by Stephen Hawking (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
5. Black Hole Blues by Janna Levin - View on Amazon
6. Death by Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson (4.3/5) - View on Amazon

Watch Next

• This Black Hole Could be Bigger Than The Universe (12 min, Kurzgesagt)
• Black Hole Apocalypse: What's Inside a Black Hole? (113 min, NOVA PBS Official)
• We Thought All Black Holes Came From Stars. We May Have Been Wrong. (19 min, PBS Space Time)
• We Thought Black Holes Created Event Horizons. It Might Be the Opposite (20 min, PBS Space Time)
• Black Holes, The Big Bang, And More Of The Universe's Greatest Mysteries (198 min, Spark)
• How to Understand What Black Holes Look Like (9 min, Veritasium)
• Black Hole's Evil Twin - Gravastars Explained (14 min, Kurzgesagt)
• Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn't Exist (10 min, Kurzgesagt)