PBS Space Time

tv show

poster for PBS Space Time

409 total episodes

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12 seasons

First Aired February 11, 2015

Overview

Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth.

How Does Gravity Escape A Black Hole? poster unavailable

How Does Gravity Escape A Black Hole?

Season 2022 - Episode 3 - 0h 19m

Air Date

January 27, 2022

Overview

Fact: in a black hole, all of the mass is concentrated at the singularity at the very center. Fact: every black hole singularity is surrounded by an event horizon. Nothing can escape from within the event horizon unless it can travel faster than light. Fact: gravity travels at the speed of light. So how does a black hole manage to communicate its gravitational force to the outside universe? How does gravity escape a black hole?