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Sixty Symbols: Symbols of Physics and Astronomy: Black Holes and the Schwarzschi

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By calculating the Schwarzschild radius, a University of Nottingham astronomer figures out how small the Earth would have to become in order to become a black hole. Learn what the Schwarzschild radius is, how it came to be, and how it is related to black holes. [6:37]

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