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We Thought Black Holes Ended in Singularities. They Might End In a Frozen Big Bang

For a while, physicists hoped black holes weren’t real. Their event horizons trap even light, creating paradoxes, while the singularities inside suggest impossible infinite density. For centuries, scientists searched for a way out of this cosmic nightmare. One remaining hope is the Planck star: a dense core of frozen Big Bang energy hidden inside a black hole.
Season 11 Episode 28 Length 14:27 Premiere: 05/21/26

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Season 11 Episodes

We Thought Black Holes Ended in Singularities. They Might End In a Frozen Big Bang
S11 E28 Length 14:27 Premiere Date 05/21/26

We Found Galaxies Too Old for the Universe
S11 E27 Length 17:41 Premiere Date 04/30/26

Earth’s Core Should Be Impossible. A New State of Matter Explains It.
S11 E26 Length 16:16 Premiere Date 04/16/26

Something Disturbing Happens When You Solve Einstein's Equations This Way
S11 E25 Length 14:42 Premiere Date 04/02/26

Martian Soil Is Deadly. And That's Why It Might Support Life
S11 E24 Length 18:46 Premiere Date 03/19/26

Is the LHC Creating Dark Matter?
S11 E23 Length 18:18 Premiere Date 03/05/26

Dark Energy Is Driving the Universe Apart. We May Finally Know Why.
S11 E22 Length 19:02 Premiere Date 02/19/26

Our Only Chance To Finally Unlock The Gravity Particle
S11 E21 Length 16:26 Premiere Date 02/05/26

The Particle We’ve Been Chasing for 30 Years Might Not Exist
S11 E20 Length 18:33 Premiere Date 01/22/26

The Universe Itself Might Be Hiding the Gravity Particle From Us
S11 E19 Length 18:42 Premiere Date 01/13/26

Heisenberg Made a Discovery in 1925. We Still Can't Explain It
S11 E18 Length 25:02 Premiere Date 12/11/25

Do We Live in the Rarest Solar System In The Universe? We're about to find out!
S11 E17 Length 21:17 Premiere Date 11/25/25

The Gravity Particle Should Exist. So Where Is It?
S11 E16 Length 21:31 Premiere Date 11/13/25

Why Antimatter Engines Could Launch In Your Lifetime
S11 E15 Length 19:52 Premiere Date 10/30/25

We Were Wrong About the Quantum Eraser!
S11 E14 Length 23:22 Premiere Date 10/16/25

Why Life on Mars Will Doom Humanity
S11 E13 Length 19:14 Premiere Date 10/02/25

At What Point Does Spacetime Become Quantum?
S11 E12 Length 19:01 Premiere Date 09/18/25

The Most Important Satellite You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of
S11 E11 Length 12:39 Premiere Date 09/04/25

Is There a Simple Proof For a Vast Multiverse?
S11 E10 Length 16:18 Premiere Date 08/14/25

Why The Multiverse Could Be Real
S11 E9 Length 17:14 Premiere Date 07/31/25

Why Is All DNA Right Handed?
S11 E8 Length 18:56 Premiere Date 07/17/25

Are The Fundamental Constants Finely Tuned? | The Naturalness Problem
S11 E7 Length 17:21 Premiere Date 06/26/25

The Crisis In Physics: Are We Missing 17 Layers of Reality?
S11 E6 Length 18:19 Premiere Date 06/12/25

Is Our Model of Dark Energy Wrong? | New 4.2σ Results
S11 E5 Length 19:03 Premiere Date 05/29/25

Is Our Model of Dark Energy Wrong?
S11 E5 Length 18:50 Premiere Date 05/29/25

Is There A Simple Solution To The Fermi Paradox?
S11 E4 Length 18:50 Premiere Date 05/15/25

Quantum Energy Teleportation is Real!
S11 E3 Length 16:58 Premiere Date 05/01/25

Why Didn’t Antimatter Destroy The Universe?
S11 E2 Length 14:50 Premiere Date 04/17/25

New Evidence: Earth Had Rings (and Might Regain Them)
S11 E1 Length 16:30 Premiere Date 04/03/25

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