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Hawking's black hole paradox explained - Fabio Pacucci

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Today, one of the biggest paradoxes in the universe threatens to unravel modern science: the black hole information paradox. Every object in the universe is composed of particles with unique quantum properties and even if an object is destroyed, its quantum information is never permanently deleted. But what happens to that information when an object enters a black hole? Fabio Pacucci investigates.

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Meet The Creators

Director
Igor Coric
Educator
Fabio Pacucci
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Illustrator
Monika Lang
Animator
Nemanja Petrovic
Sound Designer
Cem Misirlioglu
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Associate Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Script Editor
Emma Bryce
Fact-Checker
Brian Gutierrez

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