00:00Did scientists just uncover evidence of black holes from the dawn of time?
00:04This could be the biggest cosmic discovery in decades!
00:07On November 12, something strange rippled through space.
00:10LIGO and VIRGO, two powerful observatories,
00:13picked up a gravitational wave unlike any before.
00:16It didn't come from massive black holes.
00:19This one came from objects way smaller,
00:21too small to be stars or known black holes.
00:24That's when scientists had a wild thought.
00:27What if these were primordial black holes,
00:29born in the first seconds after the Big Bang?
00:32These black holes can be smaller than atoms but pack the mass of a star.
00:36And until now, we had no proof they existed.
00:39But this mysterious signal might be the smoking gun.
00:42It matches what a primordial black hole collision should look like.
00:45If it's real, it could help solve one of the universe's biggest mysteries, dark matter.
00:50These invisible black holes could be what makes up a quarter of the universe.
00:54For now, scientists are cautious.
00:56The signal needs more verification.
00:58But if more like it appear, we could be on the edge of rewriting cosmic history.
01:03So, could we finally be hearing whispers from the beginning of time?
01:07We'll see you next time.
01:08Now, we'll see you next time.
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