What If's video: What If a Gamma-Ray Burst Hit a Black Hole

Cut down on editing time and write more confidently with Grammarly Premium. Get 20% off Grammarly Premium by signing up at https://www.grammarly.com/WHATIF It’s the most energetic light source in the Universe against a massive gravitational monster. Could this cosmic showdown reverse the flow of time? Pitting a black hole against a gamma-ray could spell some serious danger for our Universe. Extremely dense and with a lot of gravity, most black holes are the remnants of massive stars. Compressed to a point called a singularity. At this infinitely small point in the center, conceptions of space and time break down. Gamma-ray bursts are the strongest and brightest explosions in the Universe. In one second, gamma-ray bursts emit as much energy as the Sun will emit during its entire 10-billion year lifespan. What if these two powerful phenomena collided? Transcript and sources: https://whatifshow.com/what-if-a-gamma-ray-burst-hit-a-black-hole/ 02:57 Previous interaction 03:48 Magnificent explosion? 04:53 Explosion noise 05:19 Getting too close Questions or concerns? Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact/ Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: http://bit.ly/ytc-the-what-if-100-book Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCphTF9wHwhCt-BzIq-s4V-g/join Check out our other shows: How to Survive: https://bit.ly/how-to-survive-show Your Body on: https://bit.ly/your-body-on-show Crazy Creatures: https://bit.ly/crazy-creatures-show Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Earth The Cosmos: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Cosmos Technology: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Technology Your Body: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Body Humanity: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Humanity T-shirts and merch: http://bit.ly/whatifstore Suggest an episode: http://bit.ly/suggest-whatif Newsletter: http://bit.ly/whatif-newsletter What If elsewhere: Instagram: http://bit.ly/whatif-instagram Discord: https://discord.gg/WzkQPB3nea Twitter: http://bit.ly/whatif-twitter Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-whatif What If in Spanish: http://bit.ly/YT-Spanish-what-if What If in Mandarin: http://bit.ly/YT-Chinese-what-if Podcast: http://bit.ly/yt-what-if-show-podcast What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way. Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: https://underknown.com Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact/ References: What Exactly Is a Black Hole Event Horizon (and What Happens There)? - https://www.space.com/black-holes-event-horizon-explained.html What if Planet Nine is a baby black hole? - https://www.livescience.com/planet-nine-little-black-hole.html What Is a Gamma-Ray Burst? - https://www.space.com/gamma-ray-burst.html Gamma-ray Bursts - https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/bursts1.html Radiation Basics - https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radiation-basics The Sound of a Fermi Gamma-ray Burst - https://blogs.nasa.gov/GLAST/2012/06/21/post_1340301006610/ Do X-rays and Gamma Rays Cause Any Other Health Problems? - https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/x-rays-gamma-rays/other-health-problems.html Neutron Stars - https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/neutron_stars1.html What happens at the center of a black hole? - https://www.space.com/what-happens-black-hole-center What is a neutron star? - https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-what-is-a-neutron-star/ Albert Einstein was right (again): Astronomers have detected light from behind a supermassive black hole - https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-07-29/albert-einstein-astronomers-detect-light-behind-black-hole/100333436 Cosmic Speed Limit - https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/light/cosmic-speed-limit Faster-Than-Light Speeds Could Be Why Gamma-Ray Bursts Seem to Go Backwards in Time - https://www.sciencealert.com/faster-than-light-speeds-could-be-the-reason-why-gamma-ray-bursts-seem-to-go-backwards-in-time Gamma-Ray Bursts Might Have a Really Weird Time-Reversible Mirroring Effect - https://www.sciencealert.com/bright-gamma-ray-bursts-have-complex-time-reversible-wavelike-structures Astrophysically Relevant Examples of Relativistic Image Doubling - https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AAS...23734705N/abstract Ask Ethan: Can Gamma-Ray Jets Really Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light? - https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/10/05/ask-ethan-can-gamma-ray-jets-really-travel-faster-than-the-speed-of-light/?sh=7d204b6e2578