Cosmic Queries – The 2020 Nobel Prize

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🗓️ 26 October 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Can black holes alter light speed? Is astrophysics the Meryl Streep of the Nobel Prize in Physics? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and astrophysicist Janna Levin, PhD, answer Cosmic Queries about black holes and the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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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.
0:09.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:13.0	This is Star Talk Cosmic Query's edition.
0:18.0	We could not resist the Nobel Prizes and Physics related to black holes.
0:24.0	Chuck, with devoting this entire Cosmic Queries to black holes as manifested in the recently announced Nobel Prizes and Physics.
0:33.0	And the cool thing about it is no one will ever be able to see or hear this video because it won't be able to escape our black hole.
0:43.0	Oh, is that right? I didn't know that all of our shows are in black holes.
0:49.0	I know a little bit about black holes, but not as much as our guests, a recurring guest, Jan 11th.
0:55.0	Jan, welcome back to Star Talk.
0:58.0	Thank you. I was going to be here.
1:01.0	I know. But for you, you kind of look like you're in a safe house.
1:06.0	I know. I'm sorry.
1:08.0	Yeah. Are you in the identity protection program or something?
1:14.0	I'm at Pioneer Works, which is a cultural center in Brooklyn where I'm director of sciences.
1:20.0	But I tell you, if the apocalypse is happening, this is where I'm coming.
1:24.0	Oh, okay. All the resources you need.
1:27.0	Wait, wait, Chuck, did you hear that?
1:29.0	If the apocalypse was coming, that's where she'll be. And that's where she is now.
1:33.0	Right. Exactly.
1:34.0	And you're invited.
1:37.0	So wait, tell me what happens at Pioneer Works?
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