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These Two Massive Black Holes May Collide Within Our Lifetimes

2026-04-22 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 an incredible discovery of an impending super massive black hole collision inside Markarian 541 Links: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag291/8551337?login=false https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markarian_501 Final parsec problem: https://youtu.be/9AW8w4dvT_A Vibrating universe: https://youtu.be/eTDJ5uVlCOA #mrk541 #blazar #blackhole 0:00 Markarian 501 object 2:02 Recent observations and what was done 3:05 What we know about Mrk 501 and its mysteries 4:30 Black hole collisions explained and final parsec problem 5:50 What's happening here then? What do we know? 7:50 Why this is so important 9:50 Conclusions and what's next? 10:30 Can it be something else? 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 Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@neekanor42 2026-04-22

Yay, we have a healthy Anton again.

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@JayCross 2026-04-21

I hope we have something like LISA in place and operating when they merge.

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@mattk6910 2026-04-23

Welcome back Anton

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@FourOf92000 2026-04-22

final parsec solution

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@jimcurtis9052 2026-04-22

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you.

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@Serasphiel 2026-04-23

When the holes collide, Half Life 3 gets released.

10 1 replies
@dabirdcageofdoom 2026-04-23

They better hurry. I am getting pretty old.

7 1 replies
@abelmedina7879 2026-04-22

7:11 wooh a light day more or less which us the distance of Voyager 1 we launched 50 years ago 😮 suuper close

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@YasirKhalid1 2026-04-23

It's pointing directly at us. The jet is aimed at Earth. Anton said it casually and moved on. I have not moved on.... i have a feeling we will get a front row view of the merger

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@thatotherted 2026-04-23

6:45 Nothing beats a Jet 2 -holiday- black hole collision!

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