StarTalk Radio · 2026-01-13 · 48 min · 8,106 words

Cosmic Queries – Expanding Bubble Universes

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Chuck, this was a grab bag and everybody keeps asking about black holes. It is. They got black hole on the brain. And none of them have pronounceable names. Watch Chuck mangle names the way black holes mangle matter.

Very nice. On Star Talk. Welcome to Star Talk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. Star Talk begins right now.

This is Star Talk Cosmic Queries Edition. Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist. Chuck, nice baby. How you doing? What's happening?

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