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What If There's A Black Hole Inside The Sun?

Season 9 Episode 33 | 17m 53s

A fun nightmare sci-fi scenario is the sun being consumed by a black hole. Fortunately the chance of a black hole randomly wandering into our solar system is pretty tiny. That’s good news. But what if it’s already here, hiding in the core of the Sun and slowly eating it from the inside out?

Aired: 12/19/23
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