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Star Tried to Swallow a Black Hole and Exploded In the Process

2025-08-24 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Analyzing SN 2023zkd: A Black Hole-Triggered Supernova Discovery

Understand the extraordinary details of SN 2023zkd, a system suggesting a completely new type of supernova explosion driven by a massive star interacting violently with a black hole.

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  • Pinpoint the bizarre double-peak light curve and multi-year precursor brightening that defies standard supernova models.
  • Identify the likely mechanism: immense gravitational stress causing a massive star to explode just before being consumed by its black hole companion.
  • Future detections will surge as Vera Rubin Observatory begins automatic analysis, accelerating supernova classification. This discussion breaks down the multi-phase observation of SN 2023zkd, detailing the discovery methodology, the two distinct progenitor phases, and the complex interaction between the dying star and its compact object companion. Reviewing this event helps refine modern models of stellar evolution and extreme binary system interactions.

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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 exploding star that tried to swallow a black hole (SN 2023zkd) Links: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/adea38/pdf #blackhole #supernova #astronomy 0:00 New type of a supernova - SN2023zkd 0:49 Supernova can be very different in their origin 1:30 How this was found 2:30 Why this was so strange 5:05 So what this probably is 6:20 Why did it get bright again? 8:40 Implications and conclusions 9:35 Summary of the events 11:00 What's next? 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)

@androbot3000 2025-08-24

Banger title

266 16 replies
@TheGiggleMasterP 2025-08-24

That star bit off more than it could chew!! 😅

201 6 replies
@MrCoxmic 2025-08-25

"I've just never blown up a star before." "They say that the first one is the hardest." SG-1

135 14 replies
@mrjoblington5377 2025-08-24

this stars greed absolutely sickens me

111 3 replies
@mrmega54 2025-08-24

This is cosmic comedy at its best.

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@laurachapple6795 2025-08-24

I tried to eat my brother-in-law's chili and the result was the same.

84 4 replies
@justisidkwhy 2025-08-24

Universe sandbox 2 desperately needs a black hole overhaul, if you try to make a star swallow a black hole it just blips into a bigger black hole

64 11 replies
@RocketPropelledMexican 2025-08-24

A star tried to swallow a black hole. This is what happened to his b̶r̶a̶i̶n̶ core

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@mphmph1198 2025-08-24

I was hoping that you would cover this story! Thanks, Anton!

42 1 replies
@0netheonly 2025-08-25

Thank you for being one of the only channels I can watch without shilling for ads and such, you have the highest quality content on this platform In My opinion.

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