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Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?

PBS Space Time

Season 2020Episode 19Aired 2020-05-27
Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?

Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?

It’s been 120 years since Henry Cavendish measured the gravitational constant with a pair of lead balls suspended by a wire. The fundamental nature of gravity still eludes our best minds - but those secrets may be revealed by turning back to the Cavendish experiment. That steampunk contraption may even reveal the existence of extra dimensions of space.