A recent research paper suggests that supermassive black holes can be the source of dark energy. It’s a big potential breakthrough in Astronomy. So, here’s what the co-author of the study, Dr Chris Pearson from STFC RAL Space, has to say about it.

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00:00 Intro
01:36 How did the paper come together
03:36 Connection between Dark Energy and Black Holes
06:48 Observations behind the research
14:37 Causation or just correlation?
21:20 Redefining what black holes are
25:27 Dark Energy core of a black hole
27:53 Nature of dark energy
35:35 Will Dark Energy tear the Universe apart?
38:30 What’s next
40:11 Outro

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