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Escape The Kugelblitz Challenge
Season 3
Episode 6
In the last episode Matt discussed how the Penrose Diagram enabled you to map how black holes affect Space Time. In this episode you can use that knowledge to stop an all-too-real threat to our planet. Aliens are trying to destroy the Earth by creating a Kugelblitz under our feet. Will you use a Dyson Sphere to stop them or a satellite based deflector array? Choose wisely and save humanity.
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15:32
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18:26
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16:28
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20:07
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16:11
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17:25
So you’ve decided to jump into a black hole...

12:51
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13:28
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20:15
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16:19
Today we are jumping into a black hole. Again.

15:36
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15:07
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