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We Thought Black Holes Ended in Singularities. They Might End In a Frozen Big Bang
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Episode 28
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We’ve Been Looking for Aliens for 70 Years. We've Been Doing It Wrong All Along
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Episode 29
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The Universe Has Been Expanding Since the Big Bang. Just Not How We Thought.
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Episode 32
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Something Disturbing Happens When You Solve Einstein's Equations This Way
Season 11
Episode 25
Gödel discovered a solution to General Relativity that actually permits time travel — no exotic physics required. His "Gödel universe" reveals that spacetime itself can loop back on itself under certain conditions, blurring the line between past and future. This exposes a startling limitation: the theory offers no guarantee of a consistent cause and effect.
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