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Interview: Dark Matter = Black Holes? with David Kaiser

1hr 23m 48s

Dark matter remains one of physics' biggest open questions. MIT physicist David Kaiser joins Hakeem Oluseyi to explore the evidence, and why primordial black holes, tiny objects from the Big Bang's earliest moments, may answer it. Going back to Stephen Hawking’s early explanations of the universe, this new idea may be based on principles astrophysics has been using all along.

Aired: 06/17/26
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