United StatesBlack Hole Initiative is the #63,389 most-subscribed YouTube channel worldwide and #14,600 in United States, with 2.4K subscribers and 179.9K total views across 423 videos.
Biography
The Black Hole Initiative (BHI) is an interdisciplinary center at Harvard University that includes the fields of astronomy, physics, and philosophy, and is claimed to be the first center in the world to focus on the study of black holes. Principal participants include Sheperd S. Doeleman, Peter Galison, Avi Loeb, Andrew Strominger and Shing-Tung Yau. The initiative also provides for the support of BHI Fellows, who receive financial support for three years while they carry out independent research related to black holes. The BHI inauguration was held on 18 April 2016 and attended by Stephen Hawking; related workshop events were held on 19 April 2016. Robbert Dijkgraaf created the mural for the BHI Inauguration.
Channel description
The first worldwide center to focus on the study of black holes.
The Black Hole Initiative (BHI) is an interdisciplinary center at Harvard University involving a collaboration between Principal Investigators (PIs) from the fields of Astronomy, Physics, Mathematics and Philosophy.
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BHI Colloquium Talks | 03.30.2026 | Shiraz Minwalla (Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR))
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BHI Foundations Seminar | 03.30.2026 | Marta Bielinska (University of Pittsburgh)
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BHI Foundations Seminar | 03.23.2026 | Aaron Sidney Wright (Dalhousie University)
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BHI Colloquium Talks | 03.23.2026 | Florian Kuhnel (LMU Munich)
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BHI Foundations Seminar | 03.09.2026 | Charles Lineweaver (Australian National University)
Frequently asked
- How many subscribers does Black Hole Initiative have?
- 2.4K subscribers — #63,389 worldwide, #14,600 in United States.
- When did Black Hole Initiative start on YouTube?
- The channel was created in Apr 2016.