Our first Cosmic Queries episode: Neil deGrasse Tyson answers questions from fans and offers personal reflections in a “Tribute to Neil Armstrong.”
I just finished listening to what you’ll be able to hear this Sunday night: “A Tribute to Neil Armstrong.” The episode is an interesting blend of fan questions and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s personal recollections celebrating the life of the NASA astronaut who was the first man to walk on the moon. Among other… View Article
StarTalk Radio is proud to be part of a community that loves science and cares about the future. We all share a mission: to popularize science, to show how important it is to our lives and that our best hope for the future lies in learning, questioning and exploring. In always looking up. We’re about… View Article
When I worked at Marvel Comics (yes, feel free to turn green with envy: I worked at both the Mighty House of Ideas and now, StarTalk Radio!), we did in fact spend plenty of time sitting around talking about who was stronger, The Hulk or Thor, or why Magneto, the Master of Magnetism, couldn’t just… View Article
The Rumors have been confirmed! Tickets just went on sale within the last hour for the next StarTalk Live. It’s the kick off event for the 5th Annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival at The Bell House ion 149 th Street in Brooklyn NY. In addition to Eugene Mirman and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, the only… View Article
During the Curiosity Rover landing, some of our fans on Facebook commented about the apparent lack of people of color in the control room. One fan, Mike, brought up the fact that Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura, had been part of a NASA effort to recruit women and minorities. You can hear the story… View Article
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Wednesday night blog post for breaking news: We have heard unconfirmed reports that the next StarTalk Live will be at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, September 14th. Details are sketchy at the moment, but here’s what we can tell you: it is likely that the event will… View Article
Last night, under clear skies in the northern New Jersey suburbs, my 7-year old-daughter, my wife and I lay on our backs looking up at the night sky, waiting for the Perseids. We’d been clouded out the night before, and my daughter spent all day hoping that Sunday night would be clear. It never got… View Article
There’s more to games than meets the eye in Part 2 of The Science of Video Games, from evolution and economics to artificial intelligence and simulating entire galaxies. With Sims creator Will Wright and author Jeffrey Ryan.
The stellar hits just keep coming! The Super Moon, the transit of Venus across the Sun, and of course, the Mars Curiosity Rover landing. And this weekend is the annual August return of my favorite celestial fireworks display: the Perseid Meteor Shower. The Perseids are basically dust and debris from the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. But when… View Article
