Dark Comets with Darryl Seligman

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🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Why did Oumuamua, the first discovered interstellar object, accelerate faster than it should? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore the mysteries of the newest objects in the solar system: “dark comets” and interstellar objects with astrophysicist Darryl Seligman.

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0:00.0	So Chuck I love having spanking brand new PhDs come here as a guest.
0:03.4	Because we get spanking brand new information?
0:05.8	Yes, and to learn that there's a whole new kind of object in the solar system,
0:10.8	dark comets. Yes.
0:13.0	I think he coined the phrase too.
0:14.3	Yeah, well, not doubt.
0:15.3	And of course, when you encounter a dark comet,
0:17.8	you get superpowers.
0:20.1	Wishful thinking.
0:20.8	Coming up, new information about what's flying around our solar system on Star Talk.
0:27.2	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:30.1	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:35.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:40.0	This is Star Talk.
0:42.0	Neil Degrass Tyson here, your personal astrophysicist.
0:45.0	Got Chuck nice with me, Chuck.
0:47.0	What's up, Neil?
0:48.0	All right, man.
0:49.0	I hear you're working on a stand-up special?
0:52.0	Yes, we are trying to sell it right now.
0:55.0	So if you're all done.
0:56.0	It's done.
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