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EPISODE · Jan 12, 2021 · 20 MIN

How black holes morphed from theory to reality

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Black holes, from theory to reality: Physicists were mostly skeptical when the idea of black holes emerged a century ago from Einstein's work. This podcast episode tells the story of how the evidence evolved from circumstantial to conclusive. The Knowable Magazine podcast from Annual Reviews explores the limits to what's knowable — and how thinking about big questions in science and technology evolve over time.

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