Running Out of Matter with Michelle Thaller

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4.6 • 14.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Could spacetime curve in the opposite direction and produce a repulsive field instead of gravity? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice tackle fan questions about photons, heat death, gravitational waves, neutron stars and more with astrophysicist Michelle Thaller.

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0:00.0	Chuck, we finally got Michelle Fowler on StarTalk,
0:04.0	a friend, a colleague, and science educator.
0:06.9	We love these folk.
0:08.4	Oh, yeah.
0:09.1	She's fun.
0:10.0	She's got the energy that we all want and seek of someone who's enthusiastic about the moving frontier of the universe.
0:17.6	The energy of a neutron star in the compact form of an astrophysicist.
0:24.4	Ooh.
0:25.2	That came out of the show.
0:26.8	I got that from the show we just did.
0:29.0	That's the highest compliment I've ever heard anyone get who's an astrophysicist.
0:33.2	Coming right up on StarTalk.
0:36.8	Welcome to StarTalk. Your place in the universe on StarTalk. Welcome to StarTalk.
0:39.3	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:45.4	StarTalk begins right now.
0:49.7	This is StarTalk.
0:52.1	Neil deGrasse Tyson, you're a personal astrophysicist.
0:54.9	Got with me, Chuck Nice.
0:55.8	How you doing, man?
0:56.7	What's up, Neil?
0:58.2	All right, we're doing cosmic queries today.
1:00.7	Yes, we are.
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