Cosmic Queries – ‘Oumuamua

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🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Since passing through our solar system in 2017, ‘Oumuamua has been a hot topic of conversation for astronomers. Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice answer fan-submitted Cosmic Queries about ‘Oumuamua with cosmochemist Natalie Starkey.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.0	This is Star Talk, Cosmic Query's edition.
0:18.0	And I got my co-host Chuck Nice, Chuck.
0:21.0	Hey Neil, what's up?
0:23.0	I always good to have you Chuck, it's nice to have you.
0:25.0	It's always a pleasure to be here.
0:26.0	So today we're going to talk about Oumuamua.
0:28.0	Oumuamua.
0:30.0	Is that a new Disney film?
0:32.0	No, it's Oumuamua.
0:34.0	What?
0:36.0	And I only know about it from just what I've read.
0:39.0	I don't think much beyond that.
0:41.0	But it's what we bring in one of our experts at large.
0:44.0	Of course, we've got Natalie Starkey.
0:46.0	Natalie, welcome back to Star Talk.
0:48.0	Hi, Dale. Hi Chuck. It's really good to be back.
0:51.0	Nice to see you, baby.
0:52.0	And you're an expert on stuff that's not planets in a solar system.
0:57.0	Is that a fair characterization?
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