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Do Black Holes Have to Be Black?

PBS Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth. Host Matt O'Dowd breaks down both the basic and incredibly complex sides of space and time.

Do Black Holes Have to Be Black?

Season 10 Episode 17 | 15m 32s | CC

It turns out there is a way to make a coloured black hole—as long as by colour you mean quantum chromodynamic charge.

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