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The EM Drive: Fact or Fantasy?

The EM Drive: Fact or Fantasy?

Season 3 Episode 9
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The Real Star Wars

The Real Star Wars

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The Phantom Singularity

The Phantom Singularity

Season 3 Episode 10
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The Secrets of Feynman Diagrams

The Secrets of Feynman Diagrams

Season 3 Episode 33
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Why Quasars are so Awesome

Season 3 Episode 11
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Dark Flow

Dark Flow

Season 3 Episode 34
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The Geometry of Causality

The Geometry of Causality

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The One-Electron Universe

The One-Electron Universe

Season 3 Episode 35
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Telescopes of Tomorrow

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Extraterrestrial Superstorms

Extraterrestrial Superstorms

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How to See Black Holes + Kugelblitz Challenge Answer

Season 3 Episode 8

Quasars, X-ray Binaries and Supermassive voids at the center of our galaxies … black holes take many forms. In this episode Matt tells us what these different types of black holes are and how scientists are using VLBI, Very Long Baseline Interferometry, to map the different black holes throughout the known universe.

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