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🗓️ 16 February 2016
⏱️ 31 minutes
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What’s so special about Wolf-Rayet stars? Do we even know how they work? And what does this all have to do with Paris? I answer these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
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0:00.0 | You know what time it is. It's time for. Ask a Space Man. I'm your host, Paul Sutter. You've got questions, and I've got all the answers. You know how this show works. You on Twitter or Facebook. Use the hashtag |
0:22.5 | Ask a Spaceman. Send some questions my way. I'll pick them up. I'll sort through them. I'll |
0:28.6 | separate the wheat from the chaff and pick the best ones to answer on this show. And you know what? |
0:35.1 | Even if it's second best, I'll probably still answer that. |
0:37.9 | That's how much I like answering questions. You can also ask questions on email, |
0:44.5 | Ask a Spaceman at gmail.com. You can also go to askaspaceman.com. That's where you'll find all |
0:49.6 | the show notes, everything you need. You can make comments. You can ask questions there. |
0:53.3 | No matter how you do it |
0:54.7 | by social media, by unsocial media, it doesn't matter, I will take your questions and I will answer |
1:01.3 | them. You can also follow me directly at Paul Matt Sutter. That's my name and so that's my Twitter |
1:07.0 | and Facebook handle. That's how you follow me on social media. Now, we have a very simple |
1:13.0 | goal with this show, complete knowledge of time and space. It'll take a while to get there. |
1:19.3 | But really, is that what's most important? Yes, yes, it is most important is getting complete knowledge |
1:25.8 | of time and space, and that's why we do it on this show. |
1:28.7 | On the road, we have today's question coming from Twitter at Scizo-1-1-1 asking, |
1:35.6 | Hello, Mr. Spaceman, I want to know what a Wolf Rayette star is. Thank you, Smileyface. |
1:43.5 | What a great question, not technically a question, more of just a |
1:46.8 | statement. And by the way, it's Dr. Spaceman. All right, I don't normally rob my title in people's faces, |
1:54.2 | but you know what? That Ph.D. didn't earn itself. All right? So it's Dr. Spaceman to you. |
2:00.7 | Now, size of one-one, you want to know what a wolf rayette star is |
2:04.7 | and you know what i'll let you know wolf rayette stars are a kind of big star and talking about big |
2:13.4 | stars is always fun because they have this tendency to blow up in stuff. And we love talking |
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