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This was a hard video to make. About a year ago I stumbled about this paper about black hole bombs: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0404096 – I was immediately fascinated and tried to learn more. But I found nothing. No articles, no videos. So I talked to Matt, our "in house" Astrophysicist and discussed how we could make this a video. He ended up talking to a bunch of experts and even the original author of the paper. It took us months to write the script. And then again months to design the video in a way that our viewers might have a chance to understand it. This has one one of the most complicated topics ever and I'm really proud of the end result. Video like this one are a prime example of what we could not do without Patreon. Thank you so much for your support. -Philipp

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The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations

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Comments

Tobias Haase

Wow I am amazed. Thank you so much for making these complicated ideas available for the whole world. Vielen Dank!

Anonymous

WOW Thank you! Totally worth the money :D

Anonymous

Great Video! Made me happy to think that we already have a plan Z for the heat death of the universe :)

Anonymous

I always admire your work! Great job to your team, and get well!

Anonymous

I love the video and how you explain each of the complex topics to laymen (like me).

LonMcGregor

I had heard of this before in a book I read, but I never really understood what it meant by harvesting the energy through the penrose process. This is a great explanation!

Oliver Sartun

This is why I'm proud to support Kurzgesagt on Patreon! ❤️

Anonymous

Always amazing, always better! Danke schön!

Anonymous

great video - once again!

Anonymous

I enjoy this channel so much. I hope you get better soon so we can learn more!

Anonymous

Had been a while but this one literally blew my mind, we love you guys. Thanks for your hard work.

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This was one of your very best videos, absolutely mind-blowing concepts! :)

Anonymous

I love the idea of a black hole civilisation at the end of the universe

Anonymous

I loved this one so much! It's been a long time learned I learned something completely new about physics from a YouTube video. Thanks guys, you're awesome.

Anonymous

I watched it for the third time right now and I am still amazed! The big laser space robot is my wallpaper now :D

Anonymous

more awesomeness and mind-bending stuff. Keep it up, and Geçmış olsun!!

Anonymous

I wonder what kind of tests we would do to a black hole if we could reach one

Janine Fiorina Cody

This is what made me a patron: I overheard my 13 and 15-year-old daughters debating whether it would be possible to harness a black hole's energy for space travel. You make a mama proud.

Rahul AR

But it seems like anything which reaches black holes will get disintegrated :/

Marilyn Wright

What an amazing presentation. Loved it.