How Black Holes Look: Light Bending Around Them

Veritasium · Explainer · 9 min · 2019 · YouTube title: How to Understand What Black Holes Look Like

Why it's here

Recommended for correctly predicting the features of the real black hole image and clearly explaining the lensing physics behind it.

What it covers

Veritasium explains what a black hole should look like, using J.P. Luminet's 1979 work and a cardboard 3D model to show how light bends around it. It was made just as the first black hole image was released.