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Incredible Discoveries About Supermassive Black Holes in the Early Universe

2026-01-13 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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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 super massive black holes Links: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21748 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65070-x https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.03035 Other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkkWrKMDzzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V21YRa5Sy9M 0:00 Supermassive black hole mysteries: origin, development and bizarre measurements 1:50 Eddington limit explained 3:20 QSO-1 mystery and why it makes no sense 5:50 Black hole that grows too fast 7:00 Models explain some things but... 7:49 Are we measuring the correct thing? 10:10 Most powerful flare ever seen, but what could have caused it? 12:00 Conclusions #blackhole #astronomy #astrophysics Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@jgiomaxjgio7263 2026-01-13

hello from Kyiv !

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@Kalorag 2026-01-13

10 000 suns is a great metal band name.

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@George-rk7ts 2026-01-14

Thank you, Anton. It's so appropriate that such a wonderful person as you is so willing to share your sense of wonder with all of is.

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@Shacthulhu 2026-01-14

Thank you for the much needed wonder, Anton. You are appreciated!

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@jaymexxu 2026-01-15

Thanks again Anton, you're one of the only channels on youtube who consistently gives us updates on almost everything about human progress.

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@bettymukami 2026-01-15

What if black holes are portals to other worldly places?

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@FilthyLogic 2026-01-16

[5:01] "Possibly just a handful... like one or two?" How small are these intergalactic hands?

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@doubletribble-yt 2026-01-15

6:46 - That's not a star, it's a plasma globe! What are you doing?

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@gabormeszaros8219 2026-01-14

Hello wonderful Anton, this is Person

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@buckanderson3520 2026-01-16

I think that black holes are the engine driving the universe's expansion.

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