The Gravity Particle Ought to Be Real. So Where Is It?
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The Gravity Particle Ought to Be Real. So Where Is It?

C2ProficientOctober 2, 202630 min
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Head to https://brilliant.org/Spacetime/ to start learning for free. Plus, our viewers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription for unlimited daily access to everything Brilliant has to offer Physics is this close to understanding the entire universe. And what lives in this gap? Many physicists think it’s the elusive graviton—the quantum particle of gravity—whose discovery will finally allow us to stitch together our two great theories of nature into a single master theory. But what is the graviton, and does it even exist? Help us determine the future of Space Time with the PBS Annual Survey...

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Thank you to Brilliant for supporting PBS. Physics is this close to understanding the entire universe. But what lives in this gap? Many physicists think that it's the elusive graviton, the quantum particle of gravity,

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whose discovery will finally allow us to stitch together our two great theories of nature into a single master theory. But what is the graviton? And does it even exist?

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We have a couple of important announcements before we get started. First of all, it's time for the PBS annual survey. We're looking for your feedback. Every year PBS conducts an audience survey to gauge our audience's interests.

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