Black Hole Theory Cosmology (WHAT ARE BLACK HOLES?!) with Dr. Ronald Gamble, Jr.

Part 1: How big are black holes? Is time elastic? What is spacetime foam? Why is there a place called “elsewhere?” Enjoy this dazzling two-parter that starts with the absolute basics with NASA’s Goddard Theoretical Astrophysicist and Black Hole Theory Cosmologist Dr. Ronald Gamble, Jr. We talk busting of flim-flam, how do we image them, what's the most giant dense book you can buy about them, where do trad goths fit into this episode, does my dog exist, how astrophysics is like drawing, and the greatest gift he could give his mom. Also what you have in common with an annulus.

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Part 2: Part 2! Black hole suns, black hole movies, wormholes, time travel, matter evaporation, scientists being bitches, risk-taking advice, Italy’s favorite pastry, and more await you. NASA Goddard Theoretical Astrophysicist and Black Hole Theory Cosmologist  Dr. Ronald Gamble, Jr. is back for the conclusion of black hole basics and how theories get made and what’s on the (event) horizon for future astrophysicists to solve. Also: what do we do with our space anxiety?!

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Visit Dr. Ronald Gamble’s website and follow him on Instagram, X, and Google Scholar

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Links to things we discussed (Part 1):

Milky Way Galaxy - Imagine the Universe!

Hubble Reveals Observable Universe Contains 10 Times More Galaxies Than Previously Thought

Astronomers Reveal First Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of Our Galaxy

Galaxy Types

The four fundamental forces of nature

Annulus (mathematics) - Wikipedia

What’s an Accretion Disk?

The physics of accretion: How the universe pulled itself together

Types of Black Holes

Has Anyone Created a Black Hole on Earth?

Gravitation textbook 

Gravitation textbook on Bookshop.org

Spin Tetrad Formalism Of Circular Polarization States In Relativistic Jets

Quantum Gravity

Black Hole Anatomy

Ergosphere and shadow of a rotating regular black hole

General Relativity & Curved Spacetime Explained!

Spot the difference: Imaging Sagittarius A* and M87

NASA made memory foam

The Universe Is Made of Tiny Bubbles Containing Mini-Universes, Scientists Say

Ronald Gamble: Astrophysicist Inspiring Others to Follow Their Dreams

Luminiferous aether

Trad Goths

Goth makeup through the decades

Spacetime Diagram

The First Image of a Black Hole Explained | The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation


Links to things we discussed (Part 2):

Gravitational lensing by spinning black holes in astrophysics, and in the movie Interstellar

'Stupendously large' black holes could grow to truly monstrous sizes

Constraints on Stupendously Large Black Holes

Spin Tetrad Formalism Of Circular Polarization States In Relativistic Jets

Seeing Double: Celebrities Who Have a Twin

Black Hole Basics from NASA

Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth

The Four laws of black hole mechanics

Gravitational Pair Production and Black Hole Evaporation

Gw150914 - The First Direct Detection Of Gravitational Waves

White holes: What we know about black holes' neglected twins

Physicists being bitches about Einstein

Wormhole Tunnels in Spacetime May Be Possible, New Research Suggests

Wormholes Open for Transport

What Is a Black Hole? (Grades K – 4)

How teeny can a black hole be? 

Multi-mouth Traversable Wormholes

“Grace Kelly” (I could be brown, I could be blue) cover by Sarah Cothran


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