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About the Course

What is a black hole? Do they really exist? How do they form? How are they related to stars? What would happen if you fell into one? How do you see a black hole if they emit no light? What’s the difference between a black hole and a really dark star? Could a particle accelerator create a black hole? Can a black hole also be a worm hole or a time machine? In Astro 101: Black Holes, you will explore the concepts behind black holes. Using the theme of black holes, you will learn the basic ideas of astronomy, relativity, and quantum physics. After completing this course, you will be able to: • Describe the essential properties of black holes. • Explain recent black hole research using plain language and appropriate analogies. • Compare black holes in popular culture to modern physics to distinguish science fact from science fiction. • Describe the application of fundamental physical concepts including gravity, special and general relativity, and quantum mechanics to reported scientific observations. • Recognize different types of stars and distinguish which stars can potentially become black holes. • Differentiate types of black holes and classify each type as observed or theoretical. • Characterize formation theories associated with each type of black hole. • Identify different ways of detecting black holes, and appropriate technologies associated with each detection method. • Summarize the puzzles facing black hole researchers in modern science....

Top reviews

YD

Jan 1, 2021

The course was very interesting . I loved that the expainations used references to known movies and TV shows, it made the more entartaining and made me try to use the formulas I learned in real life.

SK

Jul 30, 2020

i love this course, everything from knowledge to the visual and scientific data, this course amazed me.

i thanking to all the person in this course to sharing this knowledge in such an amazing way

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By Steven G

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Jul 9, 2019

An excellent introductory course into the physics of black holes. I only gave it four stars since I felt it could have had more mathematics content for students that want to dig a little deeper into the material.

By Shivanshu K

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Jul 5, 2020

This is a pretty good course give you a really good insight into the Black holes. The only problem I had was that most of the queries are unanswered, which is a little problematic in cementing the foundation.

By Kirubarani.T

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May 16, 2020

Super course...there are many informations about black holes are presented. and their communication language was easily understand to all..thank you so much for offer the course

By Edmund C

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Jan 23, 2022

If time dialation is infinite at the event horizon, other than by the warping of spacetime itself, how could anything actually cross the horizon in less than infinite time?

By Lionel L R Q

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Jul 5, 2020

Pretty decent course for an introductory level. However, the teaching assistants aren't that responsive so you got to wait a little longer. Overall a satisfactory course.

By Harry B

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Sep 5, 2020

Lots of interesting information about black holes and ongoing research about them. Only very rudimentary math needed for the course.

By Simone A R

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Dec 28, 2020

This is an incredible course through all the different aspects of black holes. I recommend it to anyone interested in astrophysics

By Douglas R

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Oct 27, 2022

Pretty good with observations up to 2021. Looking forward to a new course in the near future with observations from the JWST.

By Mikaeel S

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Sep 16, 2019

It was a fun course, however it would have been more fun if there was more interactive stuff to do.

By keith b

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Jul 2, 2019

taught me the latest theories on black holes and some physical principles of related science

By Vincent L

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Jul 26, 2020

Prof. Morsink and team, very educational and easy to understand course.

By Abdessamad M

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May 10, 2019

Good course, it introduced me to the black hole theory in a easy way.

By Joy S

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Sep 3, 2018

Fascinating. Plus they get into Star Trek. Pretty technical, though

By Pattadon N

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Jun 15, 2020

I think the lecture should have pictures and colors.

By KAUSTUV L

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May 28, 2020

Could involve a little more mathematics.

By HARI Y

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May 12, 2022

THe Subject was Amazing

By Oleksandra O

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May 10, 2020

All movies were cool.

By sagar c

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Oct 23, 2023

nice

By hamid m

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Nov 6, 2022

honestly, it's too remedial

i feel like their target audience is at an eight grader level

this is the first time in my life that i've sped up the audio to 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, and 2x

2x at the beginning, and 1.25x in the later sections

the audio needed to be better. it was too faint, forcing me to increase my system audio to unacceptable levels (because i couldn't multitask with the audio of another app or game on)

on the other hand, i haven't had an acceptable success rate on finishing higher level courses, so maybe it was good for me to try something different

By Joseph C

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Nov 24, 2020

Oftentimes one gets the impression that some of the lecturers have no idea what they are talking about; they appear to be reading from scripts off their computers. I also have the feeling that the overall course can be more "instructive" if the material is organized differently. This is a class for novices, not for experts, and it may not be necessary for a course lasting "10 weeks" to give the novice a useful overview of the subject.

By Marina S

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Jul 24, 2024

I'm a beginner and this is, to my mind, not a course for beginners. The math is way over my head. Having said that, I'm still fascinated by what I could understand.

By Jessie A

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Aug 14, 2020

Im convinced some of the questions have all wrong answers regardless. Its a very detailed course which is good but found myself getting bored often.

By Salman A N

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Dec 22, 2018

A good course, with satisfactory content, good for physics undergraduate students and others fascinated by the beauties of the cosmos.

By Deleted A

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Dec 14, 2020

Too many instructors. Exams do not qualify what is taught. Poorly constructed.