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Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Problem With Living Near a Black Hole

Black holes may end up as the interstellar traveler's best friend, allowing course corrections and gravitational slingshots that could never be done around another body at interstellar speeds. Don't get too close though, they are only mostly harmless. And if living and working near a black hole bugs you, remember that you are living even closer to a big ball of molten radioactive matter with a thin cross floating on it that we live on.

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