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Oct 3, 2023 – Season 14 Episode 60

The Dark Universe: Exploring the Euclid Mission with Jason Rhodes

What are dark energy and dark matter? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn about the Euclid Mission and our latest efforts to uncover the secrets of The Dark Universe with JPL Researcher, Jason Rhodes.

This artist impression shows Euclid leaving Earth and on its way to Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2. This equilibrium point of the Sun-Earth system is located 1.5 million kilometres from Earth in the opposite direction of the Sun. L2 revolves around the Sun along with Earth. During Euclid’s orbit at L2, Euclid’s sunshield always blocks the light from the Sun, Earth and Moon while pointing its telescope towards deep space, ensuring a high level of stability for its instruments.

Sep 29, 2023 – Season 14 Episode 59

Cosmic Queries – Quantum & Aliens with Charles Liu

Are we thinking about the fundamentals of the universe wrong? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer grab bag questions about aliens, gravitons, and the big unknowns with astrophysicist Charles Liu.

This Hubble Space Telescope image demonstrates the immense effects of gravity; more specifically, it shows the effects of gravitational lensing caused by a cluster of galaxies called SDSS J1152+3313. Gravitational lenses possess immense masses that warp their surroundings and bend the light from faraway objects into rings, arcs, streaks, blurs, and other odd shapes.

Sep 26, 2023 – Season 14 Episode 58

OSIRIS-REx & Asteroid Mining with Natalie Starkey

Will an asteroid hit Earth in 2182? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn about asteroid mining, OSIRIS-REx sample-return, and the origins of life with cosmochemist Natalie Starkey.

OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth. In 2019, OSIRIS-Rex will approach asteroid 1999 RQ36, or “Bennu,” and begin to map the asteroid’s surface to select a sample site. Upon collecting a sample, OSIRIS-Rex will return to Earth in 2023.

Sep 19, 2023 – Season 14 Episode 57

The Edge of Our Understanding with Brian Greene

Are humans smart enough to uncover the secrets of the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore the singularity, string theory, free will and more with theoretical physicist Brian Greene.

This image is a computer generated simulation that represents the gradient magnitude of cosmic strings induced anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background.

Sep 15, 2023 – Season 14 Episode 56

Miracle Drugs & Quick Fixes with Dr. Nick Tiller

Is there such a thing as a quick fix? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly learn about the science behind a wave of new weight loss drugs, the ethics of Ozempic use, and off-label prescriptions with exercise scientist, Dr. Nick Tiller.

A 3ml Ozempic® semaglutide injection sold in mainland China (1.34mg semaglutide per 1ml injection, pre-filled injection pen)

Sep 12, 2023 – Season 14 Episode 55

Cosmic Queries – Flapjack Galaxy Grab Bag

Would aliens think we are smart? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice answer grab bag questions on Chandrayaan-3, entangled particles in black holes, the shape of the galaxy, and more.

This magnificent 360-degree panoramic image, covering the entire southern and northern celestial sphere, reveals the cosmic landscape that surrounds our tiny blue planet. This gorgeous starscape serves as the first of three extremely high-resolution images featured in the GigaGalaxy Zoom project, launched by the European Southern Observatory within the framework of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009).

Sep 5, 2023 – Season 14 Episode 54

Oppenheimer: Birth of the Atomic Age with Kai Bird

If someone else led the Manhattan Project, would it have gone differently? Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s film, and the creation of the atomic bomb with biographer Kai Bird.

The CLIMAX Event was a 61-kiloton device detonated on 4 June 1953, at the Nevada Proving Ground (NPG).

Sep 1, 2023 – Season 14 Episode 53

This Is Your Brain on Social Media with Anna Lembke, MD

Can you get addicted to anything? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the science of addiction, dopamine pathways, and what social media is doing to our brains with psychiatrist, Anna Lembke.

Brain of Drosophila melanogaster with reward neurons (0104-Gal4 driver) highlighted

Aug 29, 2023 – Season 14 Episode 52

Physics & Philosophy with Sean Carroll

Why is the past different from the future? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore the universe’s deepest questions like why is there anything, what is the present, if there could be a unified theory of physics with theoretical physicist Sean Carroll.