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A Beginner's Guide to Black Holes - With Amélie Saintonge

The Royal Institution via YouTube

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This beginner-friendly course explains what black holes are, how stars and black holes form, how black holes work, and how astronomers find evidence for them despite being unable to observe them directly.

Syllabus

Introduction
How to make a black hole
How a star works
How big are black holes
How do black holes form
An open question
Mechanics of a black hole
Question of the day
Evidence for black holes
How do we see black holes
Supermassive black holes

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The Royal Institution

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  • Mohammed Ihsaan A
    The way she teaches about black hole makes was amazing and makes me curious about the space objects. I think this was the best way to explain the universe's object.
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