Cosmic Queries – Quantumly Stupid

StarTalk Radio

Star Talk, Nature, Scientist, Education, Astronomy, Astronomer, Physics, Earth Science, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Startalk, Cosmos, Science, Spacetime, Universe, Astrophysics, Astrophysicist, Quantum Physics, Space, Climate Science, Multiverse, Nasa

4.6 • 14.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What would a four-dimensional being see if it looked at us? In this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice answer fan questions covering higher-dimensional surgery, space elevators, alien intelligence, and colliding galaxies. Could spacetime itself be a cosmic crystal?

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Chuck, every time we do a grab bag cosmic queries,
0:03.1	the level of the question is getting higher and higher.
0:06.1	I know. I might have to go back to school.
0:12.0	I have to bring in some big guns next time.
0:14.2	Yeah.
0:14.6	Man. I'm loving it, though.
0:16.7	Yeah, that's good stuff.
0:17.6	Yeah, yeah. All right.
0:19.3	Coming up next.
0:22.4	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:25.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:31.0	StarTalk begins right now.
0:36.0	This is StarTalk.
0:39.0	Cosmic Queries.
0:40.4	I got it with me, Chuck Nice.
0:41.7	Hey, what's happening, Neil?
0:43.0	All right, there's a grab bag.
0:44.4	Yes, it is.
0:45.4	What's a verdict on how long it takes me to answer a question?
0:49.0	Believe it or not, because they put out this to the audience.
0:52.5	They like the longer answers.
1:10.9	The producers... Well, the producers want us to go as quickly as possible as they want to get more answers in. Yeah. But they asked the people and the people like the long answers. And people spoke. Yes, the people have spoken. They have risen up. That's right. All right. I want to do it on purpose.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 5 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from StarTalk Radio, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of StarTalk Radio and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.