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Why Are Black Holes Astonishing? | Episode 209 | Closer To Truth

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Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq 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 learn from them? Featuring interviews with Kip Thorne, Leonard Susskind, Juan Maldacena, Nima Arkani-Hamed, and Lee Smolin. Season 2, Episode 9 - #CloserToTruth ▶Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: http://bit.ly/2GXmFsP Closer To Truth host Robert Lawrence Kuhn takes viewers on an intriguing global journey into cutting-edge labs, magnificent libraries, hidden gardens, and revered sanctuaries in order to discover state-of-the-art ideas and make them real and relevant. ▶Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Closer to Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.

Top Comments (10)

@huuud 2021-04-14

That was the best explanation of black holes I’ve ever heard ,I am referring to your first speaker very nice! 🙏

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@guitarlessonswith4480 2021-04-15

So cool watching these older episodes from the perspective of the additional knowledge we have now.

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@abhishekshah11 2021-04-17

These videos really help you see how different people approach the problem.

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@drmontague6475 2021-04-16

Excellent explanation. I am no physicist but nice to be given an insight into this subject

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@bruhweexist 2021-04-15

I’ve been watching for so long, and just for the first time really appreciated the opening. Very cool.

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@copperrod5122 2021-04-14

Astonishing, as usual. Thank you CTT🙏🏼

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@sydneymorey6059 2021-04-27

This is sublime, what a mighty benefit YouTube is, a stand alone for catch up learning. I love it, Cheers SBM.

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@MrEnjoivolcom1 2021-04-18

When I thought I've seen every black hole video ever on YouTube, I find this!

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@CellarDoorCS 2023-11-01

I always thought of black holes as giant recycle bins - that also double as randomness generators for our universe.

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@aqu9923 2022-03-30

Wow wow wow wow ! am eternally grateful to this humble giant of physics Kip Thorn. Wow

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