What If Black Holes ARE Dark Energy?

Published 2023-03-22
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We tend to imagine there are connectings between things that we don’t understand. Quantum mechanics and consciousness, aliens and pyramids, black holes and dark matter, dark matter and dark energy, dark energy and black holes. Usually there’s no real relationship whatsoever, but this last pair—black holes and dark energy being the same thing—has received some recent hype in the press. Let’s see if it might actually be true.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Smoke_Cloud
    "People love to imagine things that they don't understand are somehow connected to each other" Me, that's me, I'm people.
  • @DrBecky
    Thanks for the shoutout Matt and co! Great to see some of the historical cosmological context covered 👍
  • @usopenplayer
    I love how respectful you are in criticizing others' work. It's a hard skill to acquire, and you set a great example.
  • @jibbaspaa
    I am but a very ignorant electrician , I have followed this channel for year , I get maybe 30-40% of what’s being discussed , but your presentation skills, you vibrant explanations , and your sheer intelligence makes every video a joy to consume , thanks for what you do
  • @reptariguess
    i really love when Matt changes his cadence going into the ". . . Space Time" outro
  • @pinesyeet
    PBS Space Time is in my opinion, the best science show I have ever seen. It's hard to put into words how much I love your videos. Absolutely fantastic work.
  • "For complicated reasons due to general relativity being weird" is now my go-to excuse for basically anything 😂
  • "A black hole only knows about what falls into it" in my head became "The black hole knows what's inside it at all times. It knows this because it knows what isn't inside it."
  • I love the phrasing “For complicated reasons due to relativity being weird…” 😂 So true!
    Wonderful video! I think I understood only 5% of it but it’s still wonderful! Great work!
  • @FunkyAbigail
    What I'm hearing is that dark energy and thus black holes are actually the friends we made along the way.
  • @Norantio
    Thank you Matt! I was wondering if you and your show could cover "Quantised Inertia" theory at some point? A vehicle going to space to test the theory is going to space on a Falcon 9 soon, and I think more people would be interested to hear about it.
  • I saw discussions of this showing up on news feeds and I thought to myself "I think I'll just wait for Space-time to hit this"
  • This is the first "dark energy is just..." theory that actually makes some sense. It's probably wrong, but it's not obviously wrong, that's always a good start in science.

    Einstein and his greatest blunder is a fascinating story, all the more so when it turned out he was so damn smart that he actually got it right, for the wrong reason.
  • I always look forward to the PBS Space Time video when a hot topic pops up in cosmology.
    I appreciate that the skepticism is expressed respectfully on this channel. And there should certainly be skepticism on these claims, but it is better to consider the possibility that the authors could be on to something rather than arrogantly dismiss them with a wave of the hand. This channel gets it right.
    Thanks for the continuing effort to help explain the topics to someone like me. I am a highly interested layperson, and the vast majority of other channels are either too basic for me, or far beyond anything I could understand without actually being a researcher in the field.
  • @mediawolf1
    I've watched a number of decent videos on this topic. That said, I've come to expect PBS Space Time to provide the clearest explanations, and this episode did not disappoint. 🙏
  • @HolyAwe10
    I've seen almost every of your videos, for past 6-7 years, each of them terrific quality. Never bias, always factual with passion and realnest. Awesome content! 😉😁
  • @mrping2603
    I always appreciate the detailed visuals. Keep up the good work!
  • @kelsey9069
    I love this jab at quantum consciousness. It feels fitting for the topic. I have a hard time making sense of it and it was explained to me in detail for a class I’m taking for my degree.