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Could You Fart Your Way to the Moon?

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What if Singularities DO NOT Exist?

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PBS Space Time

Is Gravity An Illusion?

Season 1 Episode 17

Most of us take gravity as an assumed part of our living realities, but why? Basic physics introduces us to the concept of gravity from a Newtonian sense, but when you start factoring Einstein into an understanding of gravity, things get… weird. For example, gravity may simply not exist. Why? Watch this week’s episode of PBS Space Time and find out why gravity may be an illusion!

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How Astrophysics Can Literally Save the World
17:23
How is it possible to tell if a space rock will one day collide with the Earth?
Your DNA's Codes Are (Probably) From Outer Space
15:58
Did you know that many of us have up to 4% neanderthal DNA?
Will The Big Bang Happen Again (and Again)?
16:35
What if the Big Bang was just an endless cycle?
The Final Barrier to (Nearly) Infinite Energy
19:39
Why are billions suddenly being pumped into fusion startups?
The Crisis in Physics: Why the Higgs Boson Should Not Exist!
16:36
The universe should've collapsed after the Big Bang, but a light Higgs boson let us exist.
Does Timescapes Disprove Dark Energy?
14:30
Maybe dark energy doesn't exist?
How Many Black Holes Are In The Solar System?
18:32
Dark matter has eluded us for many decades but we may be able to discover more now.
Does Infinity - Infinity = an Electron
15:35
What do you get if you combine something that’s infinitely massive and negative infinitely massive?
What Does An Electron Actually Look Like?
13:39
What does an electron really look like?
The NEW Ultimate Energy Limit of the Universe
16:35
Is there a limit to how much energy you can cram into, or pull out of one patch of space?
Does the Planck Length Break E=MC^2?
17:19
I’d like to invite you to an even higher level of nerdom!
Can the Universe Remember? Exploring Gravitational Memory
11:43
Gravitational tsunamis exist and we’re on the verge of being able to detect them.
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