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Wow! Did We Just See a Primordial Black Hole Collide?

2026-04-05 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a strange black hole collision Links: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.21295 https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S251112cm/ Other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHBk3SQjak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U90IFiOhWY #blackhole #collision #science 0:00 Unusual gravitational wave found recently 0:50 Reminder on how this gravitational wave stuff works 1:50 Some first strange detections and why some black holes shouldn't exist 3:40 New detection and why it makes no sense 5:15 PBH - primordial black holes 8:20 Other detections from JWST 9:20 Implications and conclusions Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Exoplanetaryscience CC BY SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primordial_black_hole#/media/File:Gravitational_wave_detection_graph.png Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@2dumd2live 2026-04-05

Impressive how much research from gravitational waves there already is, feels like it wasn't even that long ago when the first gravitational wave detector became fully operational

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@daskritterhaus5491 2026-04-06

Anton: you are so 'on top of things' your videos are such a GIFT to curious folks like me who lack the resources of investigation. a humble and profound thank you. and such clarity and right to the intersting part. KEEP AT IT SIR !!!

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@robertfindley921 2026-04-06

"a nothing burger." Well, at least I got to hear Anton say that!

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@George-rk7ts 2026-04-05

Curiouser and curiouser, and no sign of letting up. Thank you, Anton.

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@BlueberryM-887 2026-04-05

Astronomers and physicists keep on grinding! Good work to those involved!

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@jimcurtis9052 2026-04-05

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you.

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@PhilW222 2026-04-06

I’ve thought for a while that Primordial Black Holes are everywhere and are what forms Dark Matter. It would also explain why we haven’t found “Dark Matter particles”.

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@mister_cig 2026-04-06

Thank you Anton for what you do. Hope you and your family are doing well. I know you and your young family been through some awful challenges over the past few years and I pray for you all. You remain a constant source of admiration to me for the hard work and research you put into your videos and your always calm demeanor. Take care.

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@IllusoryMirage13 2026-04-06

I think there's definitely a primordial black hole underneath my bed 😂😂

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@jaytravis2487 2026-04-06

This might be a confabulation but I seem to remember Anton talking about black holes in an older video and called a particularly small hole "dinky". I also remember laughing so hard I was cackling.

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