Harnessing black holes for energy––or for weapons
Posted by Josh Taylor / April 26, 2018
Black holes are the bane of sci-fi movies. Just see Interstellar or the latest Netflix Lost in Space for some examples of black holes simply wrecking everyone’s stuff. But this video explains how black holes might actually be useful for other things, such as powering entire planets for trillions of years or making the most powerful bomb humans have ever created. All you need is a mirror. OK, maybe it’s more complicated than that––you need a really, really big mirror.
Full story at YouTube.
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