@panner11
The continuous zoom-in from a relatively wide view of the night sky all the way to the stars surrounding the black hole really puts things into perspective.
@jamesgiberson8852
Absolutely blown away how, you can explain something so mind blowing in a very clear and understandable way. I feel lost in some parts of all of your videos and then immediately met with understanding. Just when I think it’s going over my head, you bring it right back. Thank you for all your work and for beautifully sharing/communicating it with us.
@fenggao8620
As someone working with radio interferometry for over 10 years, I've never seen an explanation of it's working principle as clear and easy to follow as presented here, great work!
@aieousavren
The explanation and practical demonstration of the way the "image of a black hole" is formed, starting at 10:41, is really marvelous! Great job, Veritasium! I really love that very hands-on prop he used.
@MarvillousBeats
This beyond brilliant and genius. The explanation and the method used to develop the images. I've never seen anything like this before. Amazing work on all ends here.
@asterisque9252
The insane details, information and presentation... this is too good to be true. Thanks Derek, as a school student, it inspires me much more than you can imagine.
@tayloreke
I really love that veritasium doesn't talk down to me. It's simplified, but so much more information than other learning sources ever give me.
@pauldonlin3439
I've gotta say that your "what does a black hole look like?" explanation is by far the best. I re-watch that video with some frequency while trying to explain black holes. They're basically a spherical "fun-house" where light does all kinds of wacky things. Even the paper written by the visual effects developers for Interstellar leaves a lot on the table in explaining what these things would look like and you do such a great job.
@adveshdarvekar7733
This is hands down the best explanation of a black hole I've ever heard.
@sschithra
The world needs teachers like him! Watched many videos about Sgr A* imaging and none of them explained it as clearly and simple as he did! I am marking this video as my black hole reference.
@PamelaCollins-x5m
Thank you for putting the ad at the very end. Very kind of you to not put it in the middle of the video. Fantastic job explaining the complicated story. The world needs more educators like you.
@achi335
10:31 the way the black hole's picture appears from just black and white lines, is truly amazing.. hats off to the people who took this amazing image of our closest supermassive black hole
@scottrobinson4611
I loved the revisit to your old explanation from the M87* image. Still the clearest and most intuitive explanation I've seen, and the one I always mimic when trying to explain it to friends and family members. I've been watching your videos for over 10 years, since I was about 13 years old. I'm 24 now, working on my PhD in Astrophysics. Even with the knowledge and experience I've gained from my education, I still find that your explanations are usually robust, intuitive and very visually appealing. You're an inspiration Derek. I will be sure to thank you in the acknowledgements of my thesis when the time comes, because I don't think I'd be where I am without your videos, and the videos from other science communicators.
@ShankhaShubhra
The animation of combining the interference patterns into the image of the black hole just blew my mind 🤯
@Examantel
10:40 is impressive. Most people never see a visualization of the actual data processing that goes on.
@AniketTurkel
I never gave it much thought when I read about an optical image of a blackhole, but this explanation made me severely aware of the awesome work that went behind the scenes to achive those results.
@chinamatt
Absolutely masterful delivery! The combination of visual animations, props, and simple choice of words made this content so accessible!
@dissidentundead249
Your explanation of the warping of spacetime and how it contorts the image we receive was excellent. Thank you
@kennyhanson7543
I absolutely love your videos. You have a real talent for explaining very complex systems in such a simple way.
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