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July 4, 2025 32 mins

Why is it easy to predict the orbit of Earth and the Moon… but throw in a third planet, and things spiral into chaos?


In this episode of Tech with the Colonel, we break down the legendary Three-Body Problem—a physics puzzle that has baffled scientists for centuries.


🔭 You’ll learn:

• What the Three-Body Problem actually is

• Why no one can solve it with a single formula

• How it connects to chaos theory and even sci-fi

• And how we still make sense of it using computers

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