Dark Universe Decoded with Katherine Freese

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

What are the main candidates for dark matter? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice sit down with theoretical physicist Katherine Freese to tackle fan questions about dark matter, dark energy, and the dark universe at large.

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0:00.0	We are growing our stable of cosmologists.
0:02.3	Yes.
0:02.8	Got Katie Freeze coming in.
0:04.1	That's right.
0:04.4	It talks about dark matter, dark energy, big bang, rocking.
0:08.0	Yep.
0:08.3	The only cosmologist who sounds like a Batman villain, Katie Freeze.
0:13.6	Coming up on StarTalk.
0:17.5	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:20.1	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:25.8	StarTalk begins right now.
0:30.4	This is StarTalk.
0:32.7	Neil deGrasse Tyson, you're a personal astrophysicist.
0:35.3	This is going to be a Cosmic Queries edition on Cosmology.
0:41.4	There's no end of Cosmic Queries we can do on Cosmology.
0:45.6	I suppose there is not.
0:47.1	This is Chuck Nice right here.
0:48.5	That's right.
0:49.1	Professional comedian, stand-up comedian.
0:50.7	There is an end to me.
0:53.6	So Cosmology. Yes. So we're broadening our stable of cosmologists to whom we can reach out for our queries. Right. And today we have a second timer. That's right. The one and only. Katie Freeze. Katie, welcome back. Yay! Welcome back to StarTalk. Thank you.
1:11.6	Last time you were here, I think we talked about the search for dark matter and what...
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