Curiosity Daily Podcast: We Don’t Know How Gravity Works (w/ Sean Carroll) and the Milky Way’s Bubble Mystery

Learn from theoretical physicist Sean Carroll why we don’t understand how gravity works — and how we can figure it out. You’ll also learn about enormous balloon-like structures that scientists have discovered in the center of our galaxy.

October 09, 2019

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about enormous balloon-like structures that scientists have discovered in the center of our galaxy: https://curiosity.im/2nfKAwS

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