How We Learned Black Holes Actually Exist | 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

Did you know Einstein never thought we’d find actual black holes in space? It took decades of research to show black holes are physically possible, and some of the scientists behind that research were honored this year with the Nobel Prize in Physics. Hosted by: Reid Reimers SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2020/press-release/ https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2020/10/popular-physicsprize2020.pdf https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2020/10/advanced-physicsprize2020.pdf Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Einstein,_by_Doris_Ulmann.jpg https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13321 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roger_Penrose_9686.JPG https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10141 https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0912b/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KeckObservatory20071020.jpg http://docplayer.net/42396726-Solutions-of-einstein-s-equations-black-holes-1.html https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso0226a/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/esoastronomy/44249068832 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/multimedia/black-hole-SagittariusA.html https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13483