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Black Holes. Explained. For 1.5 Hours.
Black holes are not just the strangest objects in the universe, they're the sharpest test we have of how reality actually works. This episode explores how these extreme cosmic laboratories force general relativity and quantum physics into direct confrontation. We look back through a decade of content to understand their formation and the theoretical diagrams that describe them.
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The biggest news in cosmology in recent years is that dark energy may be fading away.
16:58
Quantum energy teleportation may be as close as we get to transporter beams. But how close is that?
14:50
Why is there any matter in the universe? A new antimatter breakthrough at LHC holds clues.
16:30
There’s an extremely good chance that Earth once did have a ring system.
17:23
How is it possible to tell if a space rock will one day collide with the Earth?
15:58
Did you know that many of us have up to 4% neanderthal DNA?
19:39
Why are billions suddenly being pumped into fusion startups?
16:36
The universe should've collapsed after the Big Bang, but a light Higgs boson let us exist.
18:32
Dark matter has eluded us for many decades but we may be able to discover more now.