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Is Gravity An Illusion?

Most of us take gravity as an assumed part of our living realities, but why? Basic physics introduces us to the concept of gravity from a Newtonian sense, but when you start factoring Einstein into an understanding of gravity, things get… weird. For example, gravity may simply not exist. Why? Watch this week’s episode of PBS Space Time and find out why gravity may be an illusion!
Season 1 Episode 17 Length 10:17 Premiere: 06/03/15

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Season 1 Episodes

Do Events Inside Black Holes Happen?
S1 E25 Length 11:50 Premiere Date 04/28/16

What Physics Teachers Get Wrong About Tides!
S1 E24 Length 09:09 Premiere Date 09/05/15

General Relativity & Curved Spacetime Explained!
S1 E23 Length 08:52 Premiere Date 07/29/15

Can You Trust Your Eyes in Spacetime?
S1 E22 Length 09:23 Premiere Date 07/15/15

The Leap Second Explained
S1 E21 Length 02:20 Premiere Date 07/08/15

Can a Circle Be a Straight Line?
S1 E20 Length 08:16 Premiere Date 07/02/15

The Calendar, Australia & White Christmas
S1 E19 Length 05:48 Premiere Date 06/24/15

How to Signal Aliens
S1 E18 Length 06:14 Premiere Date 06/17/15

Is Gravity An Illusion?
S1 E17 Length 10:17 Premiere Date 06/03/15

Habitable Exoplanets Debunked!
S1 E16 Length 10:46 Premiere Date 05/27/16

Could You Fart Your Way to the Moon?
S1 E9 Length 05:55 Premiere Date 04/08/16

Space Used to Be Orange!!
S1 E7 Length 05:27 Premiere Date 03/25/15

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