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PBS Space Time
How The Penrose Singularity Theorem Predicts The End
This is how the Penrose Singularity Theorem Predicts The End of Space Time.
What’s On The Other Side Of A Black Hole?
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.
What’s On The Other Side Of A Black Hole?
Season 6 Episode 10 | 11m 54s | CC
Normal maps are useless inside black holes. At the event horizon - the ultimate point of no return as you approach a black hole - time and space themselves change their character. We need new coordinate systems to trace paths into the black hole interior. But the maps we draw using those coordinates reveal something unexpected - they don’t simply end inside the black hole, but continue beyond.
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