Cosmic Queries – Black Hole Information Paradox

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

What do astrophysicists mean when they talk about “information”? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice dive into questions about the black hole information paradox, moon moons, wormholes between black hole universes, and more!

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0:00.0	Chuck, about time, we finally have a Cosmic Queries with a theme.
0:03.2	A proper Cosmic Queries.
0:05.3	Like in the old days.
0:06.2	Yes.
0:06.5	This one is Black Hole Leaning.
0:08.3	Oh, Black Hole Leaning.
0:09.6	Leaning.
0:10.2	Oh, you can't, but you don't want to lean up against a black hole.
0:13.3	Bad, bad analogy there.
0:15.5	All right, coming up, Cosmic Queries, mostly Black Hole's edition.
0:21.5	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:24.2	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:30.2	StarTalk begins right now.
0:36.1	This is StarTalk.
0:38.5	Neil deGrasse Tyson, you're a personal astrophysicist,
0:41.0	and we're going to do Cosmic Queries today.
0:44.0	Cosmic Queries with Chuck Knight, Chuck your baby.
0:45.9	What's up?
0:46.8	All right, how's feeling now?
0:48.0	Oh, feeling great.
0:49.0	Have you been practicing how to read people's names?
0:51.1	Because you've gotten a little better.
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