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Do Events Inside Black Holes Happen?

PBS Space Time · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Cosmology & astrophysics

What it is

A PBS Space Time episode asking what black holes really are and whether events can happen inside them. It covers event horizons, time dilation and common misconceptions about black holes.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as an accessible but deep explanation of black holes that corrects popular misconceptions.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “This is mind blowing...shatters my misconception of blackholes”

    Mind-blowing rethink of black hole misconceptions

    pwaai, 2018-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Eldar Black Holes”

  2. “There is a fascinating PBS Space Time video[1] about black holes”

    Questions whether events inside black holes exist at all

    grondilu, 2018-02 · Recommendation · in “Eldar Black Holes”

  3. “I found these explanations on an awesome PBS youtube video [0] about black holes and space-time.”

    Explains event horizons and time dilation

    grkvlt, 2018-02 · Recommendation · in “Most images of black holes are illustrations. Here’s what our telescopes capture”

  4. “The youtube channel PBS Spacetime has some really great videos about how black holes work”

    Good starting point on how black holes work

    drewrv, 2018-10 · Recommendation · in “Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars?”

  5. “PBS Spacetime is a great series, and delves deep enough for interested layman as well as practitioners to be interested.”

    Accessible yet deep black hole physics from PBS Space Time

    czbond, 2019-01 · Recommendation · in “Black Hole Evolution Traced Out with Loop Quantum Gravity”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: black holes, event horizon, time dilation, general relativity, pbs space time

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