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PBS Space Time

The Real Science of the EHT Black Hole

Season 5 Episode 20 | 11m 07s

How do you take a picture of a black hole and what can we learn from it? Our first ever actual bona fide photo of a black hole, made by the Event Horizon Telescope and revealed to the world in a press conference on April 10th. Since then it’s got plenty of coverage, because … I mean look at it. It’s a freaking black hole. It’s black, it’s holey, it’s everything we hoped it would be.

Aired: 04/30/19
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Watch • 15:58
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Did you know that many of us have up to 4% neanderthal DNA?
Episode: S10 E36 | 15:58
Watch • 16:35
PBS Space Time
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Episode: S10 E34 | 19:39
Watch • 16:36
PBS Space Time
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The universe should've collapsed after the Big Bang, but a light Higgs boson let us exist.
Episode: S10 E33 | 16:36
Watch • 14:30
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Maybe dark energy doesn't exist?
Episode: S10 E32 | 14:30
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