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Welcome to StarTalk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.

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Yield the Grass Tyson here, your personal astrophysicist.

We're going to do another Cosmic Queries edition.

These are becoming so much the favorite of our listening and viewing audience.

And today we're going to do fire and ice. Ooh. I love it. It's literary. It's scientific. And we'll get into it in just a moment. First, my co-host for this episode, Matt Kershian. Man, welcome back. Hey, how's it going? Matt, I love it when comedians are into science. You've got your own podcast called Probably Science. I think I get it right. That is it. I'm two for two. I did it last time and I got it right. Two in a row. I'm loving this. Yeah, the probably is in there for good reason. I would say I... Don't undersell what you got going there. That's true. I like being described as a comedian that's into science and not a failed math student who fell backwards into comedy.

Even though that is exactly actually what happened there.

Which is exactly what happened.

So it means you do have math fluency.

That's always good.

That can't hurt.

I did at one point, yeah.

Well, always good to have you back.

And today, fire and ice, I'd love the literary reference that that makes.

Just, you know, it just makes you wonder, you know, what's, what's, is it good?

Is it bad?

And we have someone who's like an expert on the fire and ice of the solar system.

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