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Dissolving an Event Horizon

Dissolving an Event Horizon

Season 6 Episode 21
11:32
How Stars Destroy Each Other

How Stars Destroy Each Other

Season 6 Episode 24
10:41
How Do We Know What Stars Are Made Of?

How Do We Know What Stars Are Made Of?

Season 6 Episode 26
11:13
The Truth About Beauty in Physics

The Truth About Beauty in Physics

Season 6 Episode 27
13:29
Could Life Evolve Inside Stars?

Could Life Evolve Inside Stars?

Season 6 Episode 28
10:47
Solving Quantum Cryptography

Solving Quantum Cryptography

Season 6 Episode 29
14:39
Venus May Have Life!

Venus May Have Life!

Season 6 Episode 30
13:01
Do the Past and Future Exist?

Do the Past and Future Exist?

Season 6 Episode 31
13:09
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Building Black Holes in a Lab

Season 6 Episode 20

Black holes are about the worst subjects for direct study in the universe and studying the physics of real black holes is much, much harder. But it turns out we don’t need to make them instead we can study analog black holes called analogies. Physical systems that aren’t black holes but that behave in similar ways may reveal the real behaviors of real black holes.