How To X-Ray A Black Hole

Black holes are everywhere, including at the center of our galaxy. But because they’re invisible they’re quite difficult to study. Looking at the disks of material surrounding them, however, can give us tons of clues about how they function, how they form, and how accurate Einstein’s theory of general relativity really was. Hosted By: Savannah Geary ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow, David Brooks, and AndyGneiss! Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkfD6mi-ego&ab_channel=NASAJetPropulsionLaboratory https://www.nustar.caltech.edu/news/nustar130227 https://www.nustar.caltech.edu/image/nustar130227b https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11938 https://www.nature.com/news/polopoly_fs/1.13512!/menu/main/topColumns/topLeftColumn/pdf/500135a.pdf?origin=ppub Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Supermassive_black_hole.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_stellar_black_hole.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Einstein_speaking_LCCN2016877613.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black_hole_-_Messier_87_crop_max_res.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BH_LMC.png https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/realistic-3d-animaton-of-planet-venus-slowly-spinning-stock-footage/1345357622?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/figure-skating-element-standing-spin-a-male-professional-stock-footage/1322273126?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole-stock-footage/1338974297?adppopup=true https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/animation-of-a-black-hole-in-space-space-light-and-time-are-distorted-by-strong-gravity-on-the-event-horizon-of-black-hole-s_ckklgqbk27raogd https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NuSTAR_installed_in_Pegasus_XL_payload_fairing.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/nustar/news/nustar20120611.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/nustar/multimedia/pia15265.html https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nustars-view-of-galaxy-1068 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/nustar/multimedia/pia16213.html https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/nustar/pia19334/extra-x-rays-at-the-hub-of-our-milky-way-galaxy https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_the_Great_Barred_Spiral.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/generated-black-hole-ejects-jets-of-material-away-from-stock-footage/1070722382?adppopup=true https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/huge-rings-around-a-black-hole https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA20061_-_Andromeda_in_High-Energy_X-rays,_unannotated.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/black-hole-absorbing-and-destroy-galaxy-at-its-center-stock-footage/1213317906?adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adrien_Barr%C3%A8re_-_Professor_Einstein_1930.jpg