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PBS Space Time
Have We Solved The Black Hole Information Paradox
Season 8
Episode 18
Black holes are very real, but are also a theoretical nightmare. It turns out that in order to make sense of their paradoxical nature, every black hole has to be thought of as a multitude of imaginary black holes, all connected by wormholes. And you thought the universe couldn’t get any weirder.
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