Episode 671: Q&A 123: What if a Supernova Exploded Beside a Black Hole? And More...

Published: July 4, 2020, midnight

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In this week\'s questions show, I answer what would happen if a supernova exploded right beside a black hole, how do we know that it\'s impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, can we hitch a ride on an interstellar object, and more...

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00:00 Start
\\n00:17 What if a supernova exploded right beside a black hole?
\\n03:09 Is interstellar travel just too difficult?
\\n05:25 How do we know FTL is impossible?
\\n07:58 How does the Mars helicopter navigate?
\\n09:18 Why does NASA still pay Boeing for Starliner?
\\n11:25 How does the speed of causality work?
\\n14:15 What if you watched a warp drive ship?
\\n16:35 Will China go to Mars?
\\n20:26 Why aren\'t we tidally locked to the Sun?
\\n22:22 Maybe dark matter is in another dimension?
\\n23:48 Can we hitch a ride on an interstellar asteroid?
\\n26:15 Turning energy into matter

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