Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We know some stars end up as a blackhole. These are large stars that first explode as a supernova, and then they collapse into a blackhole. But now astronomers may have detected a star that collapsed directly into a blackhole. No supernova! In this episode of Mr Universe, Monte and Salman chat about this discovery and how the newly operational Ver Rubin telescope promises to discover millions more of such objects.
00:00 Introduction
01:07 Timothee Chalamet: Ballet & Opera
02:46 Injustices: Native Lands, Wars in Beirut, Iran, South Sudan, Pakistan-Afghanistan
05:26 A War of No Articulatable Reason: $1 Billion a day
05:52 Star Directly Collapsing into a blackhole
09:53 A bigger star collapses into a smaller blackhole
13:00 Scientists don't know what happens inside the blackhole, do they?
15:43 Star directly transforming into a Blackhole
18:53 Vera Rubin Observatory: Mapping the Southern Sky & Follow-Up for such objects
22:03 Imagining Perspective: Living by a different age of star...
Reference:
Kishalay De et al. , Disappearance of a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy due to formation of a black hole.
Science391,689-693(2026).
DOI:10.1126/science.adt4853
Also airing on The Fabulous 413 (NPR/NEPM)
npr.org/podcasts/1155727495/the-fabulous-413
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Salman Hameed has a PhD in astronomy and is Charles Taylor Chair and Professor of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College, and a member of the Five College Astronomy Department (FCAD) in Massachusetts, USA. He is also the CEO of the non-profit Kainaat Studios
Credits:
Hosts: Monte Belmonte & Salman Hameed
Editor: Shehryar Shaikh
Music: "Gates of Gagashah" by Zohaib Kazi
Images: JWST, Reuters, NASA, ESA, ESO and Wikipedia
Galactic Orbiters (Founding Supporters):
Iqbal Family Foundation, Getz Pharma, PixelEdge, Qazi Family Foundation
Stellar Orbiters:
Ashraf Qazi, Aimen Khan, Slavena Emilova Molle and Abid & Farah Donation Fund
Space Orbiters:
Dr. Abdul Nadir, Dr. Asad Ansari, Dr. Salman Mallick, Dr. Tariq Hameed, Asif Alam, Zubair Faiz, Dr. Kamran Manzoor, Dr. Arsalan Malik and Junaid Qurashi
Thank you to all our other monthly donors as well!
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We know some stars end up as a blackhole. These are large stars that first explode as a supernova, and then they collapse into a blackhole. But now astronomers may have detected a star that collapsed directly into a blackhole. No supernova! In this episode of Mr Universe, Monte and Salman chat about this discovery and how the newly operational Ver Rubin telescope promises to discover millions more of such objects.
00:00 Introduction
01:07 Timothee Chalamet: Ballet & Opera
02:46 Injustices: Native Lands, Wars in Beirut, Iran, South Sudan, Pakistan-Afghanistan
05:26 A War of No Articulatable Reason: $1 Billion a day
05:52 Star Directly Collapsing into a blackhole
09:53 A bigger star collapses into a smaller blackhole
13:00 Scientists don't know what happens inside the blackhole, do they?
15:43 Star directly transforming into a Blackhole
18:53 Vera Rubin Observatory: Mapping the Southern Sky & Follow-Up for such objects
22:03 Imagining Perspective: Living by a different age of star...
Reference:
Kishalay De et al. , Disappearance of a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy due to formation of a black hole.
Science391,689-693(2026).
DOI:10.1126/science.adt4853
Also airing on The Fabulous 413 (NPR/NEPM)
npr.org/podcasts/1155727495/the-fabulous-413
🔔 Join the Conversation
If you value thoughtful conversations about astronomy, humanity, and perspective, subscribe to Mr. Universe.
#blackhole #star #scientificdiscovery #scientificmethod #galaxy #universe #science #podcast #podcastclips #astronomynews #astronomy #esa #hubblespacetelescope #eso #fabulous413 #blackholes
For more information about Kainaat Studios:
kainaatstudios.com
Sign up to our mailing list to get unseen content and hear special announcements! kainaatstudios.com/newsletter
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Facebook facebook.com/kainaatstudios
Twitter twitter.com/KainaatStudios
Instagram instagram.com/kainaatstudios
TikTok tiktok.com/@kainaatstudios
LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/kainaat
Salman Hameed has a PhD in astronomy and is Charles Taylor Chair and Professor of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College, and a member of the Five College Astronomy Department (FCAD) in Massachusetts, USA. He is also the CEO of the non-profit Kainaat Studios
Credits:
Hosts: Monte Belmonte & Salman Hameed
Editor: Shehryar Shaikh
Music: "Gates of Gagashah" by Zohaib Kazi
Images: JWST, Reuters, NASA, ESA, ESO and Wikipedia
Galactic Orbiters (Founding Supporters):
Iqbal Family Foundation, Getz Pharma, PixelEdge, Qazi Family Foundation
Stellar Orbiters:
Ashraf Qazi, Aimen Khan, Slavena Emilova Molle and Abid & Farah Donation Fund
Space Orbiters:
Dr. Abdul Nadir, Dr. Asad Ansari, Dr. Salman Mallick, Dr. Tariq Hameed, Asif Alam, Zubair Faiz, Dr. Kamran Manzoor, Dr. Arsalan Malik and Junaid Qurashi
Thank you to all our other monthly donors as well!
If you wish to donate, please visit: kainaatstudios.com/donate
