How Big Can Black Holes Grow?

Black Holes are known for consuming everything that falls into them, but is there a point where these galactic devourers can't stomach anymore? Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their 60+ course in math, computer science, and scientific thinking. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow   ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook:   / scishow   Twitter:   / scishow   Tumblr:   / scishow   Instagram:   / thescishow   ---------- Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ch...   / the-biggest-myth-about-black-holes   https://chandra.harvard.edu/resources... https://chandra.harvard.edu/blackhole/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/star-s... https://arxiv.org/pdf/1511.08502.pdf https://www.coursera.org/lecture/blac... https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/p... https://www.kavlifoundation.org/scien... Images: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/mu... https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sw...    • Two Black Holes Merge into One