Part 2 of 5 - Super-massive Black Holes - BBC Horizon

[adrianeaglrck]

my mother has a super massive black hole

[pinball1970]

where's part 3?

[nahuelfantino]

Wheres parts 3 and 4 please anyone

[FallingAlex]

They think the general public is too stupid to be intrigued by the content so they simplify and dramatize it for our short attention spans.

[DieserBenuterIstCool]

THE UNIVERSE IS BREATHETAKING!!!!!

[WDMinecraft]

The Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way are expected to collide in perhaps 4.5 billion years.

[burninmunkeys]

"lurking menacingly..." seriously? Way to dress up black holes as something they aren't. They aren't lurking, they aren't going to kill anyone. Stop portraying them as some "space tsunami" that's going to wipe out the universe! A black hole with x mass, has no different of a gravitational effect than a star with the same mass, it's only more dense, and thus, smaller. This is an extremely lame portrayal of something extraordinarily amazing.

[DoctorFrogger]

@burninmunkeys

Yeah, but all black holes that exist for any considerable period of time are much more massive than the sun. The less massive a black hole is, the faster it "evaporates" due to the Hawking radiation effect. I agree they overdramatize this though.

[burninmunkeys]

@DoctorFrogger Oh yes, no doubt they are bigger than our sun, but if our sun were large enough that it would eventually turn into a black hole, we'd be in no more danger than we originally were (not counting the lack of sunlight, etc).

[Ember121Scorpio]

the music is okay, only it makes this doc sound like a sci fi horror movie

[danogzilla]

love the hitchcock music.

[ItsMeOrYouShitHead]

@danogzilla would you know what the song is called plz?

[danogzilla]

3:13 great reveal!

[Laguna1988]

The amount of needless whining about choice of music on a fucking program , really ruins the internet

[Laguna1988]

I like the music it makes the program seem less like a university lecture.

[jrt6j56eu5k6i6k68o7i]

did anybody see that thing moving at the top left hand corner at 4:23 ? :P

[EPsuperFan]

it is obvious what's happening inside a super massive black hole: super massive Katamari

[StargateMunky]

lol who cares. these things happen billions of years from now. tommorow you could get hit by a car.

[Deliwio]

@StargateMunky Its not a fear campaign m8. These super massive black holes are the reason you can exist at all.

[MEareCAT]

@StargateMunky You are so ignorant and closed minded :/

[prometheusz]

My GF says I need to stop checkin out black hoes or I'll get dumped.

[MEareCAT]

@prometheusz  :L

[PrimevalHunter300]

this is the reason why everyone thinks the world will end in 2012

[HermioneNo1]

A blck hole is not a monster, and there's no sound in space....puh-leeeeze! BBC is turning into the History Channel...

[supergiuovane]

@HermioneNo1 ??

[NoXAdmiral]

how did that fuck do people know this shit?

[FOURSTARZ991]

duhhhhh dunnnn DUUNNN. wtf star wars?

[ahmology]

watching this .. with such music it feels like watching starwars!!!!

[WhattsHisName]

Them super-massive black holes sure are hungry bastards aren't they eh?

[Tylurnol]

i don't mind the music... adds to the epic-ness if you ask me

[tomy4you]

a normal galaxy (2:00) without a black hole??? now I'm getting really confused... what's in the center of such galaxy? a visible object? what kind of object? I thought all galaxies it's black hole...

[haynakaw999]

@tomy4you

The black holes are inactive in those galaxies :)

[tomy4you]

@haynakaw999 It doesn't answer my question. Inactive blackholes are still blackholes (they are just not 'feeding' in a given moment) - but they are still blackholes with all their properties.

[ahmology]

@tomy4you  its called a galactic bulge i guess but i never searched wat it was composed of

[tomy4you]

why were we looking for the proof in distant galaxies first? why did we not not start investigating our own one? is this because we used to assume that super-massive black hole are properties of the active galaxies only?

absolutely despise the music here, shame on bbc for that btw...

[TheLobsterOfFate]

3:44 OPENING VAGINA

[TheLobsterOfFate]

SOON BLACK HOLE EAT US NOM NOMNOM

2012

[matbonucci]

the shift scares me....

[PenguinOverlord347]

"Vegita, WHat does the scouter say about its speed?" "... It's ovER 9000!!!! kilometers/hour."

but seriously, black holes fascinate me to the point that i get pissed

[nycboriqua90]

the guy at 3:40 looks like an alien 0.o

[PenguinOverlord347]

@nycboriqua90 HAHAHAHA like a spore creature

[ramdomgirls1]

@nycboriqua90 lol ur kinda right!! his forehad and eyes r kinda weird...

[oNWSo]

Funny how that when doing ordinary tests, if you find that everything is a positive you usually assume the test is flawed - here everything just has black holes.

I wonder if gravity could pull in gravity itself if it became powerful enough, thus saturating the black hole... Would be hella strange.

[PenguinOverlord347]

@oNWSo Damn dude, thats pretty intense... but are SMBHs stationary or do they move across the universe, it may be a dumb question but i'd like to know...

[TheGreatStonedOne]

@PenguinOverlord347 Your name is fucking hilarious. +1

[RedSkullBeats]

why do they feel the need to dramatise this and dress it up with silly dramatic music? really ruins it. space is exciting enough. do not need all that stupid annoying movie music, asif im watching a conspiracy video.

[purda621]

It reminds me of the music in the nuclear bomb doco, 'Trinity and beyond'

[Getadogupyaa]

@RedSkullBeats Well I love this cheesy crap, and I'm glad they included it.

[RedSkullBeats]

@Getadogupyaa lol the fact you called it crap yourself justifys what i said. lol

[insleepsound]

@RedSkullBeats didn't you ever see 2001?

[insleepsound]

@RedSkullBeats actually it is a bit over the top now that i'm half way through!

[ahmology]

@RedSkullBeats perhaps it is =P

[BramboGovers]

@RedSkullBeats

completely agree. Especially the horns. Like Wagner invited the whole thing.

[silentobservor]

@RedSkullBeats I know what you mean. But in a strange way, the sound effects may somewhat enhance interest in this subject.

[MEareCAT]

@RedSkullBeats I like it. Granted, it can be a bit overbearing, but I think it makes it more exciting and really gets across how powerful and incredible the universe is in away that everyone can understand. Space is definitely exciting without it though, obviously. It was done tastefully imo

[SirArghPirate]

@RedSkullBeats I agree. But then again, if that's what it takes to get more children to get interested, then I think it's justified.

[Zomb1eX]

@RedSkullBeats I dont mind it :/

[fastfoodfetish]

@RedSkullBeats it's telling it as a narrative. all scientific discoveries have wonderful stories behind them on a human level (i.e. a few eggheads figuring stuff out on behalf of the rest of us thickos) and so horizon is not only showing the drama of space etc but also the drama of the human the discovery as well. it's the bbc they are the best. hope you'll see it in a different light. no conspiracy dramatic type programming here just BBC showing the rest how it's done

[JesusShineinme]

@RedSkullBeats LOL

[aminhungryboy]

@RedSkullBeats Yea this music is getting really annoying. God Damnit!

[maugustyniak]

@RedSkullBeats Hahaha...they even use the tune from the Predator. Sooo...if u c a the evidence of supermassive black hole nearing your current location..."GET TO DA CHOPPA!" Mighty fing quick! ^_~

[wratched]

@RedSkullBeats Aww come on! The Black Hole theme is awesome! And they used Predator, Aliens and Flash Gordon!

[jasondparrish]

I'm so glad I won't be here in 3 billion years when Andromeda collides with our galaxy... because that's going to hurt.

[sushanalone]

@jasondparrish since we are on the outer edge of the galactic disc we might go unhurt and might be able to see them collide and form a new galaxy; that would be spectacular; other grim possibilites include sum being hurled out of the glaxy as a rogue star with the solarsystem into the vast emptiness of space

[xelnagav280]

@jasondparrish we're all going to die, but hey.. it's an experience.. and that would be an awesome view

[trousien]

@jasondparrish i thought they universe is expanding so we won't be colliding from andromeda we would just be farrrrr farrrrrr away from it and besides if human still exists 3 billion years later im sure they made something to travel lightyears away

[monga14]

Great job on this series dude. Thanx.