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PBS Space Time
We Are Star Stuff
Season 2
Episode 24
Stars are our stellar alchemists. They spend their entire lifespan creating and molding elements. In their final moments, a supernova spreads these elements out into the universe, providing the building blocks for new stars, planets, and even us!
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This is what happens if microscopic primordial black holes could actually hit Earth.
14:07
Black holes of string theory - fuzzballs - are perhaps even weirder than the regular type.
14:28
We learn more about Modified Newtonian Dynamics aka MOND.
14:28
ACTION is the concept in physics that may be more fundamental than energy and entropy.
11:41
Constructor Theory is the ability to see the deepest underlying facts about the world.
13:00
New efforts in quantum tunneling show that superluminal motion may be possible.
14:15
The idea of magnetic monopoles remains one of physics’ most tantalizing maybes.
15:10
The fact is that all electrons are the same as each other and the object is what changes.
14:14
We take a journey to the center of a neutron star, a place where matter exists in states.
12:21
Our cleverest astronomers have figured out ways to catch light that skims black holes.