

Listener Questions 48: Vacations, Destruction and Anti-matter Black Holes
Feb 15, 2024
This podcast episode covers a range of interesting topics including physics adventures, vacationing near white dwarf stars, destroying planets with a single particle, the immense energy required to break up the Earth, the ethics of particle colliders, antimatter and its relation to black holes, and the potential outcomes of colliding black holes and the interaction of matter and antimatter.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Physics Adventures: Exploring the Universe
02:11 • 7min
Packing for a White Dwarf Vacation
08:58 • 15min
Listener questions about vacations, destruction, and anti-matter
23:52 • 4min
Destroying a Planet with a Single Particle
27:46 • 6min
Breaking Up the Earth: The Enormous Amount of Energy Required
33:35 • 13min
Ethics, Antimatter, and Ads
46:11 • 4min
Antimatter and Black Holes
50:18 • 9min
Colliding Black Holes and Antimatter
59:42 • 7min