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PBS Space Time
How Much Information is in the Universe?
Season 4
Episode 39
Billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars, each with … rather a lot of particles in them. And then there's dark matter, black holes, planets, and the particles and radiation in between the stars and galaxies. But… is the universe actually made of stuff? An increasing number of physicists view the universe – view reality as informational at its most fundamental level.
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