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Black Hole Families with Dr Jessica Bloom (199)

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Aug 16, 2020

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Meet the Black Hole family. Dr Jessica Bloom takes Dr Karl through the three we've identified so far. So do they do more than suck ? Was Roger Penrose on the money when he suggested darkness as an energy source? The big questions are discussed in this second dark podcast.

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Aug 16, 2020

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