Things You Thought You Knew - Fun with Fusion

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🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

What is thermonuclear fusion? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down the Department of Energy’s breakthrough, thermonuclear fusion at the center of stars, supernovae, and how stars are born.

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0:00.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	StarTalk begins right now.
0:13.0	This is StarTalk, a things you thought you knew.
0:19.0	Edition. Chuck, it's always good to have you, man.
0:22.0	Always a pleasure to be here.
0:24.0	All right. This particular episode of Things You Thought You New
0:28.0	was triggered by the triggering of fusion recently at the Lawrence Livermore National Labs.
0:39.0	And, oh my gosh, people couldn't get enough of this.
0:43.0	What is fusion? How does it work?
0:45.0	How does it relate to astrophysics?
0:47.0	Well, where does it happen? Why does it happen?
0:49.0	And so we've got three consecutive things you thought you knew.
0:55.0	All about fusion.
0:57.0	And, by the end of this, you should be conversant at the next cocktail party.
1:01.0	Okay. I'll take that.
1:03.0	All right, so let's do this.
1:05.0	Chuck, what's been bugging you lately?
1:07.0	I'll tell you, I don't know if it's bugging me.
1:09.0	Maybe I'm happy about it.
1:11.0	Maybe the entire human race has something to be hopeful about.
1:16.0	You know how I feel about climate in the climate crisis.
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