Can We Break the Universe?

PBS Space Time · Oct 25, 2026 · 20m

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Today we’re going to delve into a couple of the most famous paradoxes of special relativity: the Twin Paradox, The Ladder Paradox (aka the Barn-Pole Paradox), and a paradox suggested by our very own viewers, which asks whether a spaceship could wrap around the universe and destroy itself. We’ll explore these paradoxes and see why, against our…