
Does gravity make rainbows?
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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Is General Relativity Better Than Quantum Mechanics?
A theory that tries to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity, which are the two big theories that try to explain yours. Most of the time they don't conflict because quantum mechanics is king of the microscopic particles and gravity isKing of the big massive stuff. But there are scenarios we think when gravity and quantum mechanics are both important. One of those is inside black holes where things are obviously very powerful gravitationally, but they're also compressed to super tiny little divots. If there is a singularity at the heart of a black hole, then that's small enough to be a quantum mechanical object. So general relativity and quantum mechanics both have something to say about what happens there.
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