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Cosmic Queries – Black Hole Paradox with Matt O’Dowd

Jun 13, 2023

54:02

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Matt O’Dowd

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

The Venn Diagram and Black Hope

2min

The Paradox of Black Hole Energy Density

3min

The Hawking Radiation That Evaporated Out of a Black Hole

2min

The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Can Black Hole Follow This?

4min

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Cosmic Queries

3min

Relativistic Time Dilation in an Expanding Universe

3min

The Black Hole in the Sun

3min

Can the Sun Hold a Million Earths?

2min

10.

The Differences Between a Quasar and a Quasar

4min

11.

The Biggest Numbers in the Universe

2min

12.

The Effects of Our Expanding Universe on Black Holes

2min

13.

The Big Rip and Black Hole Event Horizon

2min

14.

How to Use Gravitational Lensing in Your Observations

5min

15.

The Dark Energy of the Universe

2min

16.

The Origin Story Matters

2min

17.

What Would Happen if Galaxies Stopped Rotating Today?

2min

18.

The Solar Gravitational Lens Mission

5min

19.

The Heart of Every Scientist

2min

Can we use gravitational lensing to view distant planets? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore black holes, quasars, entropy, and more with astrophysicist and host of PBS Space Time, Matt O’Dowd.

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Photo Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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