StarTalk Radio · 2026-01-16 · 46 min · 7,665 words

Cosmic Queries – Galactic Grab Bag – Blue Steel

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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. I got Chuck Neiss, my co-host Chuck. Hey Neil, what's happening?

Chuck, this is a grab bag. It is indeed. We used to call it the cosmic potpourri. We used to call it cosmic gumbo, which was my favorite. Galactic.

Not cosmic. Galactic gumbo. Galactic gumbo. Let's get that alliteration. Um and uh, but now we have a grab bag, which

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