Cosmic Queries – Death of a Black Hole

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🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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What is nothing? Could a dying back hole cause the Big Bang? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice answer fan questions about a black hole’s dying gasp, lunar eclipses, and the meaning of nothing.

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0:00.0	Chuck, that was a brilliant set of questions.
0:03.0	Yes, it was.
0:04.0	Some boarded on the philosophical, even the spiritual, maybe?
0:07.4	Yeah.
0:07.7	No, I was feeling it.
0:09.0	And I wrote them all.
0:11.9	I'm taking credit for every question.
0:13.5	You were lying.
0:14.6	You did pretty good with pronouncing people's names this round.
0:18.8	I would give myself a C-plus.
0:21.6	He's still working it.
0:23.1	Coming up, Cosmic Queries, grab bag edition on StarTalk.
0:29.2	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:31.8	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:37.8	StarTalk begins right now.
0:42.2	This is StarTalk.
0:44.5	Neil deGrasse Tyson,
0:45.5	your personal astrophysicist.
0:47.7	We got Cosmic Queries grab bag today.
0:51.2	Chuck.
0:51.6	Hey, what's happening?
0:52.9	Yeah, we got a grab bag.
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