StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Cosmic Queries – In a Zeptosecond Sep 03, 2024

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Can nuclear fusion become the ultimate renewable energy source? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice answer fan questions about transporters, the smallest unit of time, expansion, and other ideas that push the boundaries of our understanding of the universe.

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Cosmic Queries – Back to School Edition Aug 30, 2024

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What do you wish you had learned in school? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice go back to school to answer questions about simulation theory, time dilation, white holes, the sound of space, and more!

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(Originally Aired Tuesday, October 4 2022)

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Searching for Habitable Worlds with David Kipping Aug 27, 2024

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How do we uncover distant planets’ secrets? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore the recent discoveries in exoplanet study, exo-moons, and finding the stars from our sun’s stellar nursery with astronomer and head of Cool Worlds Lab, David Kipping.

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Robots Searching for Life on Saturn’s Moon with Matt Travers Aug 20, 2024

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Could we use robots to explore the oceans of Enceladus? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Harrison Greenbaum dive deep into the EELS Project, sending a snake-like robot to Enceladus with Matthew Travers, a roboticist at the Biorobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Engineering Humans for Deep Space with Ronke Olabisi Aug 16, 2024

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What happens to the human body in deep space? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore tissue engineering, Wolverine & Deadpool’s healing style, and the science to help humans adapt to long-term space travel with biomedical engineer Ronke Olabisi.

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The Updated Physics of Black Holes with Steve Balbus & Andrew Mummery Aug 13, 2024

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What’s happening just outside a black hole? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Gary O’Reilly travel to Oxford University to explore the mysterious universe of black holes, their accretion disks, magnetic fields, and the impact they have on the world around them with astrophysicist Steve Balbus and theoretical physicist Andy Mummery.

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Planetary Defense with Bill Nye Aug 09, 2024

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What would we do if a life-destroying asteroid was coming our way? Bill Nye and comedian Chuck Nice answer questions about planetary defense, asteroids in space, and sci-fi technology.

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(Originally Aired May 23, 2017)

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Things You Thought You Knew – Planet X Aug 06, 2024

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What is the three body problem? How will the universe end? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down the case of Planet X, why the three body problem is unsolvable, and prevailing theories on how the universe will come to an end.

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Cosmic Queries – Strange Matter Jul 30, 2024

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What could we do to hide from the aliens? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice answer fan questions about human radio wave signals, strange matter, universes inside black holes, and other physics questions!

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Could We Someday Live Forever? With Ray Kurzweil Jul 26, 2024

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Would you want to live forever? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and author, inventor, and futurist Ray Kurzweil discuss immortality, longevity escape velocity, the singularity, and the future of technology. What will life be like in 10 years?

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(Originally Aired Tuesday, November 29 2022)

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