Cosmic Queries – Scars in Spacetime

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Can we influence the strong nuclear force? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Paul Mecurio answer grab bag questions about sci-fi laser guns, the Roche Limit, how we interact with the fundamental forces, and more!

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0:00.0	So Paul, thanks for doing Cosmic Queries grab bag with me.
0:03.0	I love these. Always great questions.
0:04.0	Yeah, some of them came from deep space.
0:06.0	Very deep, which means they're either really smart or really drunk.
0:10.0	I got a headache from some of the questions.
0:12.0	Check us out and find out what gives Paul a headache on StarTalk.
0:18.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:20.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:26.4	StarTalk begins right now.
0:32.4	This is StarTalk, Cosmic Queries.
0:37.1	I got with me, Paul Mercurio. What's up, my man? Good to see you again. Welcome back. Always great to be here. You collected the questions from our Patreon members. Always great. We got some really fun ones. Good mix. And I never see them in advance. No. This is like Karnak where you hold the envelope.
0:54.7	And now you're going to say you're dating, you're dating.
0:58.2	Karnak from 50 years ago, Karnak.
0:59.8	You know what? It's okay for viewers to not know something and then know something.
1:04.5	That's like saying I'm only going to teach science that goes back 10 years.
1:08.0	I am fed up with this.
1:10.0	All right, go ahead.
1:10.6	Let's continue.
1:11.8	I want to just take a moment to just reflect on the privilege it is to have you in this role.
1:18.3	You're a multi-emmy-winning comedy writer.
1:23.8	Yeah, comedian, comedy writer.
1:25.6	Emmys.
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