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PBS Space Time
What If There's A Black Hole Inside The Sun?
Is there a black hole hiding in the core of the Sun eating it from the inside out?
Does Axionic Dark Matter Bind Galaxies Together?
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.
Does Axionic Dark Matter Bind Galaxies Together?
Season 9 Episode 18 | 14m 39s | CC
Quantum mechanics is our best theory of the fundamental nature of reality, but it's usually only distinguishable from familiar classical mechanics on the smallest scales. But it’s also possible that our entire galaxy is filled with a reverberating quantum mechanical wave that literally holds the galaxy together—and in fact explains all the dark matter that we see across the universe.
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