2024-04-30

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A massive thank you to Prof. Geraint F. Lewis and Prof. Juan Maldacena for their expertise and help with this video.

A huge thank you to those who helped us understand this complicated topic: Dr. Suddhasattwa Brahma, Prof. Carlo Rovelli, Dr. Hal Haggard, Prof. Martin Bojowald, Dr. Francesca Vidotto, Prof. Andrew Hamilton, and Dr. Carl-Fredrik Nyberg Brodda.

A special thanks to Alessandro Roussel from ScienceClic for his spectacular simulations and feedback on the video. Check out his channel here: https://ve42.co/ScienceClic

An excellent book on this topic and an inspiration for this video: Cox, B., & Forshaw, J. (2023). Black holes: the key to understanding the universe.

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References:

Thorne, K. (1995). Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy.

Relativity Playlist by ScienceClic - https://ve42.co/SCPlaylist

Hamilton, A. J. S. (2021). General Relativity, Black Holes, and Cosmology - https://ve42.co/Hamilton2021

Black Hole Events by PBS Space Time - https://youtu.be/vNaEBbFbvcY?list=PLsPUh22kYmNBl4h0i4mI5zDflExXJMo_x

Newton’s Letters via The Newton Project - https://ve42.co/NewtonMail

Einstein, A. (1915). Die feldgleichungen der gravitation. - https://ve42.co/Einstein1915

Why Time and Space Swap by ScienceClic - https://youtu.be/GQZ3R81iyE0

Schwarzschild, K. (1916). Über das Gravitationsfeld eines Massenpunktes nach der Einsteinschen Theorie. - https://ve42.co/Schwarzschild1916

Wali, K. C. (1982). Chandrasekhar vs. Eddington—an unanticipated confrontation. - https://ve42.co/Wali1982

How to Build a Black Hole by PBS Space Time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx4562gesw0

Oppenheimer, J. R., & Volkoff, G. M. (1939). On massive neutron cores. - https://ve42.co/TOVLimit

Oppenheimer, J. R., & Snyder, H. (1939). On continued gravitational contraction. - https://ve42.co/Oppenheimer1939

Schwarzschild Geometry by Andrew Hamilton - https://ve42.co/SchwarzGeom

Why all world maps are wrong by Vox - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIID5FDi2JQ

Hamilton, A. J., & Lisle, J. P. (2008). The river model of black holes. - https://ve42.co/HamiltonLisle2008

Mapping The Multiverse by PBS Space Time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v9A9hQUcBQ

Rotating black hole via Wikipedia - https://ve42.co/WikiRBH

Wormhole Travel by PBS Space Time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldVDM-v5uz0

Morris, M. S., & Thorne, K. S. (1988). Wormholes in spacetime and their use for interstellar travel. - https://ve42.co/MorrisThorne1988

Images & Video:

D3 Geo Projection Library by Mike Bostock https://ve42.co/d3geo

Interrupted Maps by Jason Davies https://ve42.co/DaviesMaps

Kazmierczak, J. et al. (2021). NASA’s NICER Tests Matter’s Limits. - https://ve42.co/NasaNICER

Bridgman, T. et al. (2024). M5.1 flare 'Double Whammy', at Active Regions 13559 and 13561. NASA SVS. - https://ve42.co/NasaFlare

Schnittman, J. et al. (2019). Black Hole Accretion Disk Visualization. - https://ve42.co/NasaAccrDisk

Wiessinger, S. et al. (2020). A Decade of Sun. NASA SVS. - https://ve42.co/NasaSunDecade

Skelly, C. et al. (2017). What is a Neutron Star? NASA SVS. - https://ve42.co/NasaNeutron

What would we see if we fell into a black hole by ScienceClic - https://youtu.be/4rTv9wvvat8

Earth texture - https://ve42.co/NASAEarth

First image of Sgr A* - https://ve42.co/EHT1

Image of M87 - https://ve42.co/EHT2

Polarized light image of Sgr A* - https://ve42.co/EHT3

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Directed by Casper Mebius

Written by Casper Mebius, Derek Muller and Will Wood

Edited by Trenton Oliver

Animated by Fabio Albertelli, Ivy Tello, Mike Radjabov, David Szakaly, Jonny Hyman, and Alessandro Roussel

Illustrated by Jakub Misiek

Filmed by Derek Muller

Additional research by Gregor Čavlović

Produced by Casper Mebius, Derek Muller, Will Wood, Giovanna Utichi, Rob Beasley Spence, Gregor Čavlović, and Emily Taylor

Thumbnail contributions by Jakub Misiek, Ren Hurley and Peter Sheppard

Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images, Storyblocks, and NASA SVS

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