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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?
How Does The Nucleus Hold 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.
How Does The Nucleus Hold Together?
Season 9 Episode 5 | 14m 28s | CC
Two protons next to each other in an atomic nucleus are repelling each other electromagnetically with enough force to lift a medium-sized labradoodle off the ground. Release this energy and you have a nuclear explosion. So how does it all hold together? Nuclei are held together by a quirk of nature, without which we would have no complex atoms, no chemistry, and certainly no labradoodles.
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