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Science Talk

Hawking, a Paradox and a Black Hole Mystery, Solved?

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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We do not have a theory to tell us everything about how a black hole works, but new research is shedding a least some light on one of their many mysteries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in.

0:05.8

Researchers at Yachtolt have been delving into the secrets of probiotics for 90 years.

0:11.0

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0:20.1

To learn more about Yachtolt, visit yawcult.co.

0:22.7

.jp. That's Y-A-K-U-L-T.C-O.JP. When it comes to a guide for your gut, count on Yacult.

0:31.0

This is 60-second science. I'm Tulika Bose.

0:41.7

You probably already know what a black hole is, but have you ever heard of the black hole

0:47.0

information paradox? I'm here with Clara Moskowitz, our space and physics editor, who just

0:53.7

edited a big special issue for

0:55.8

Scientific American on black holes. Hey, Clara. Hi, thanks for having me. So Clara, what are we here to

1:02.8

talk about today? We're here to talk about the black hole information paradox, which has been a

1:08.2

problem in physics for a long time. Basically, black holes seem to break the rules of physics.

1:13.6

And part of the reason why is because we have to use two different theories to describe them,

1:19.6

and the two theories do not get along.

1:21.6

On the one hand, we have quantum mechanics, which describes the world of the very small, atoms and particles.

1:29.2

On the other hand, we have general relativity, which describes things that are very big,

1:34.5

very massive, very large.

1:37.2

And most things in the world don't require both theories.

1:40.7

They're either big or they're small.

1:42.5

Black holes are both.

1:44.0

Black holes are the densest things in the entire universe, and they take up very little space,

1:50.0

but they have so much mass.

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