Stephen Hawking's New Theory On Black Holes

WNYC | Aug 27, 2015

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking presented a new idea on black holes yesterday at a gathering of scientists at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. His new theory focuses on where information winds up in a black hole.

Priya Natarajan, a professor of astronomy and physics at Yale, discusses black holes and Hawking’s new theory with Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson.

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  • Priya Natarajan, theoretical astrophysicist and professor in the Departments of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University.
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