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They warp space and time, squeeze matter to a vanishing point, and trap light so that it cannot escape. How can black holes perform such stupendous tricks, and what can we...

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Why are Black Holes Astonishing?

Episode 09

Season 02

26:46

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Black holes warp space and time, squeeze matter to a vanishing point, and trap light so that it cannot escape. Black holes, with masses millions or billions times that of our...

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Why Black Holes are Astonishing

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1:20:19

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Visit the ‘dark side’ of the universe. Black holes cannot be seen because gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. Dark matter cannot be seen because...

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What do Black Holes and Dark Matter Reveal?

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1:30:38

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Black holes are the most incredible form of mass-energy in the universe, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape its relentless drawing power....

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What Happens in Black Holes?

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34:19

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Dark matter, though it cannot be seen, may account for roughly one quarter of all the mass-energy of the universe. If it were not for the gravity of dark matter, galaxies...

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Why does Dark Matter Really Matter?

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38:06

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Dark energy, the repulsive energy of empty space, was one of the most unexpected and astonishing discoveries in recent science. Most scientists had expected that the...

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How does Dark Energy Drive the Universe?

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57:21

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The universe is astonishing in multiple ways, and one of its most probative features is the existence of its dark side: dark matter, interacting only via gravity, dark...

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Dark Side of the Universe

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25:02

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Scott Aaronson

Professor of Computer Science; Director, Quantum Information Center, University of Texas at Austin

Anthony Aguirre

Faggin Presidential Chair for the Physics of Information, UC Santa Cruz

Nima Arkani-Hamed

Theoretical Physicist, Institute for Advanced Study

Raphael Bousso

Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley

Pedro Ferreira

Professor of Astrophysics, University of Oxford

Seth Lloyd

Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Physics, MIT

Saul Perlmutter

Nobel Laureate in Physics; Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley

Paul Steinhardt

Professor of Physics, Princeton University

Leonard Susskind

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Stanford University

Max Tegmark

Professor of Physics, MIT

Frank Wilczek

Nobel Laureate in Physics; Templeton Prize recipient; Emeritus Professor of Physics, MIT; Distinguished Professor in Physics, Arizona State University

Black Holes, Dark Energy, Dark Matter

Episodes

Why are Black Holes Astonishing?

Topic Series

Why Black Holes are Astonishing

What do Black Holes and Dark Matter Reveal?

What Happens in Black Holes?

Why does Dark Matter Really Matter?

How does Dark Energy Drive the Universe?

Dark Side of the Universe

Contributors

Scott Aaronson

Anthony Aguirre

Nima Arkani-Hamed

Raphael Bousso

Pedro Ferreira

Steve Giddings

J. Richard Gott III

Alan Guth

Geraint Lewis

Seth Lloyd

Abraham “Avi” Loeb

Juan Maldacena

Laura Mersini-Houghton

John Peacock

Saul Perlmutter

Joseph Silk

Lee Smolin

George Smoot III

Paul Steinhardt

Leonard Susskind

Max Tegmark

Kip Thorne

Frank Wilczek

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Black Holes, Dark Energy, Dark Matter

Episodes

Why are Black Holes Astonishing?

Topic Series

Why Black Holes are Astonishing

What do Black Holes and Dark Matter Reveal?

What Happens in Black Holes?

Contributors

Scott Aaronson

Anthony Aguirre

Nima Arkani-Hamed

Raphael Bousso