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What If Space is NOT Empty?

PBS Space Time · Season 2023 · Episode 23
Spacetime on its smallest scales is a seething ocean of black holes and wormholes flickering into and out of existence—or so many physicists think has to be the case. But why should we take this spacetime foam seriously if we’ve never seen any evidence of it?

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Season
2023
Episode
23
Air Date
24/Aug/2023
Air Time
12:00
Runtime
16 min

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Spacetime on its smallest scales is a seething ocean of black holes and wormholes flickering into and out of existence—or so many physicists think has to be the case. But why should we take this spacetime foam seriously if we’ve never seen any evidence of it?

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