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Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling with John Martinis

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Can quantum tunneling occur at macroscopic scales? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice sit down with John Martinis, UCSB physicist and 2025 No...

Things You Thought You Knew – The Color of the Sun

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s the true color of the sun? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice discuss things you thought you knew about the color of the Sun, t...

Our Burning Questions – Free Will Emergence

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s the deal with the strong nuclear force? Neil deGrasse Tyson answers the burning questions Chuck Nice, Gary O’Reilly, and the StarTalk Team ...

Cosmic Queries – Space Volcanoes: Fire and Ice with Natalie Starkey

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s a supervolcano? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen discover all types of volcanoes in the solar system with cosmochemist and ...

Cosmic Queries – Living in a Simulation with Nick Bostrom

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we in a simulation? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice take a deep dive into simulation theory, consciousness, and ...

Origins of Dark Energy with Adam Riess

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did scientists discover evidence for dark energy? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Paul Mecurio explore dark energy, Hubble tension, and the begin...

Replaceable You with Mary Roach

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are our parts replaceable? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, & Gary O’Reilly sit down with bestselling author Mary Roach, who discusses her newest bo...

Cosmic Queries – Multiverse Nesting Dolls

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if our universe is the inside of a black hole… inside another black hole? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Paul Mecurio answer a grab bag of fan questio...

Are We The Universe’s Way of Knowing Itself? With Brian Cox

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is truly foundational to the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice welcome particle physicist Brian Cox for a discussion about emergence, ...

AGI, Immortality, & Visions of the Future with Adam Becker

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we making science fiction a reality? Is that a good thing? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, & Gary O’Reilly and guest Adam Becker, science commu...

Sounds of the Cosmos with Kim Arcand

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can you listen to a picture of the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice welcome back Chandra X-ray Observatory data-sonification expert Kim Ar...

Cosmic Queries – Proving Einstein Right

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Albert Einstein was, well, Albert Einstein. But was he right? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice investigate what it took to prove Einstein right, wit...

Things You Thought You Knew – Force, Heat, & Speed

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you feel the need… the need for speed?! Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down things you thought you knew about force vs. pressure, heat ...

Superhero Science: StarTalk Live! With Charles Liu

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why can’t we run through walls if atoms are mostly empty space? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, Gary O’Reilly, and astrophysicist Charles Liu exp...

Cosmic Queries – Quantumly Stupid

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What would a four-dimensional being see if it looked at us? In this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice answer fan questions covering higher-d...

The Limits of Knowing with Elise Crull

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you know what you know? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore issues with quantum mechanics and objectivity, the history of physi...

What Loneliness Does To Your Brain with Ben Rein

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does loneliness do to our brains? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore how the loneliness epidemic impacts our minds, bod...

Bill Nye Takeover

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can we build a new Moon program while slashing science funding? Bill Nye takes the host’s chair alongside Chuck Nice to tackle one of the most u...

Cosmic Queries – ALIENS! with Jake Roper

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Which Alien movie would be easiest to survive? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice answer Cosmic Queries about aliens in film alongside Jake Roper, hos...

The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Would Godzilla be structurally sound or too big for its own weight? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Matt Kirshen, and astrophysicist Charles Liu, takes a look at...

Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is there anything real left on the internet? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore deepfakes, scams, and cybercrime ...

Cosmic Queries – Death of a Black Hole

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is nothing? Could a dying back hole cause the Big Bang? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice answer fan questions about a black hole’...

Things You Thought You Knew – Quantum Cat

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you fall into a black hole? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice give us the step-by-step on spaghettification, explain Schrodinger's ...

The Anxious Generation with Jonathan Haidt

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is social media rewiring childhood and fueling a mental health crisis? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore the costs of growi...

The New Space Race with Jeff Thornburg

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What will the future of space look like? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the engineering challenges and scientific questions ...

Cosmic Queries – Get Some Space

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can anything survive a black hole? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice are answering an eclectic set of fan-submitted questions covering ...

Solving the Crisis in Cosmology with Wendy Freedman

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can we resolve the crisis in cosmology? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Matt Kirshen take on Hubble Tension, the difference between the estimated ages...

Your Brain on ChatGPT with Nataliya Kosmyna

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens to your brain when you use AI? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore current research into how large language mode...

Gravity’s Cosmic Symphony with Kelly Holley-Bockelmann

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could LISA detect primordial black holes or gravitational waves from the Big Bang? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice explore LISA and the fut...

Cosmic Queries - Black Hole Universe

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we closer in size to an atom or the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Paul Mecurio answer grab-bag questions about Hawking Radiation, power on the...

Cosmic Queries – Grabby Aliens with Charles Liu

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What would happen if the speed of light were infinite? Neil deGrasse Tyson, joined by co-hosts Chuck Nice, Gary O’Reilly, and astrophysicist Charles...

Building Life from Scratch with Kerstin Göpfrich

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is the origin of life in the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Matt Kirshen explore how life got its start, the Miller-Urey experiment, and synth...

Cosmic Queries – The Deep

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why are we here? Who are we? What is the meaning of life? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice answer fan-submitted Cosmic Queries on a ra...

Things You Thought You Knew – Oatmeal Sun

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why don’t rockets fly straight up? What’s really happening when you make toast? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice break down the sc...

Mindreading with Jean-Rémi King

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What would it take to actually read someone’s mind? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the science and ethics o...

Are We Alone? with Jill Tarter

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we alone in the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen sit down with one of the founders of the SETI Institute, Jill Tarter,...

Cosmic Queries - Flat Universe

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you crunched the asteroid belt into one object, would it make a planet? Neil deGrasse Tyson and cohost Chuck Nice answer fan questions about the sh...

Emergence Explained with David Krakauer

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is life? What is intelligence? What is… complexity? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly learn how complexity science, chaos th...

The Truth About UAPs with Jon Kosloski

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s really going on with UAPs? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Paul Mecurio get to the bottom of identifying the unidentifiable with Jon Kosloski...

Making Science Cool, with Jeff Goldblum

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice chat...

Vera Rubin Observatory with Zeljko Ivezic

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Will the Rubin Observatory prove Einstein wrong? Neil deGrasse Tyson & Chuck Nice answer queries about the new observatory, the Legacy Survey of Space...

The Power of Adaptability with Herman Pontzer

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s the science of what makes humans special? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore how we evolved to be different from ea...

Searching for Alien Worlds with Anjali Tripathi

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could a new telescope one day spot city lights on exoplanets? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Matt Kirshen answer questions about the frontiers of ex...

Things You Thought You Knew – Faster Than Light

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s up with the fourth dimension? Can anything travel faster than light? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore things you thought you knew a...

Do We Have to Die? with Venki Ramakrishnan

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do we die? Do we have to? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore the paradox of death, the science of aging, and the search ...

Cosmic Queries – Black Hole Escape

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How much do we actually know about the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice answer fan questions from plasma propulsion to quantum gr...

Nuclear Winter with Ann Druyan and Brian Toon

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are advanced civilizations doomed to destroy themselves? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore the Cold War, The Drake Equation, and nuclear wint...

Super-Duper Novas with Michael Shara

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When will the last supernova be? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore types of novas, freaky binary star systems, core collapse, standard candle...

The Science of Revenge with James Kimmel Jr.

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we addicted… to revenge? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly break down the neuroscience behind revenge-seeking, what motivates...

The Philosophy of Physics with Elise Crull

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when physics meets the big questions of philosophy? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice sit down with Elise Crull, philosoph...

Fixing the Internet with Harleen Kaur (Bonus Minisode)

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can we fix the news? On this minisode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Gary O’Reilly sit down with Harleen Kaur, former space engineer and founder o...

Consider a Spherical Cow with Lara Anderson

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is string theory, really? Why does it need extra dimensions? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice welcome theoretical physicist and mathem...

Cosmic Queries – Dimensional Leaking

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is the whole universe actually a jinn particle? Neil deGrasse Tyson and cohosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly hang out with astrophysicist Charles Li...

Cosmic Queries – Renaming Time

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can you measure time without something moving? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice tackle your cosmic questions, from the Silurian Hypothesis ...

Cosmic Queries – Alien Worlds and Extremophiles with Kennda Lynch

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What will life be like on other planets? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the origins of life on alien planet...

Quantum Quandary: StarTalk Live! With Brian Greene & Janna Levin

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why three dimensions? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedians Chuck Nice and Hasan Minhaj celebrate 100 years of quantum physics and everywhere it’s taken...

Curing All Disease with AI with Max Jaderberg

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can AI help us model biology down to the molecular level? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly learn about Nobel-prize-winning Alphafo...

Things You Thought You Knew – Zombie Apocalypse

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How empty is space? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down things you thought you knew about asteroid belts, the sun’s highest point in the s...

The Language of the Universe with Grant Sanderson (3blue1brown)

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why can’t you divide by zero? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice discuss higher dimensions, dividing by zero, and math’s unsolved questions with m...

Curing Medical Misinformation with Dr. Noc & Scott Hamilton Kennedy

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can you trust medical information on the internet? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly team up with pharmaceutical scientist and soci...

Cosmic Queries – Negative Gravity

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens to gravity when matter converts to energy? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Paul Mecurio dive into fan questions about the speed of light,...

Cosmic Queries – Life on Exoplanets with Sara Seager

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is there life on other planets? On this episode of StarTalk, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Matt Kirshen dig into the search for extraterrestrial lif...

The Beginning of the Universe with Brian Keating

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could the Higgs field vary across space and time? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice answer fan questions on cosmic inflation, quantum f...

Assembloids: Recreating the Brain with Sergiu Paşca

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you recreate a brain circuit in a dish, and what can it unlock about our minds? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore th...

Einstein’s Crumbs with Janna Levin

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did Einstein’s work influence the world we know today? Neil deGrasse Tyson and  Harrison Greenbaum team up with astrophysicist Janna Levin, PhD...

Explosive Science with Kate the Chemist

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What are chemical reactions like in space? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice team up with Kate the Chemist to explore how cesium helps us tell time, ...

Changing the World (Literally)

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could we create an atmospheric sun shield to halt the effects of global warming? Should we? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly are j...

Cosmic Queries – Dimensional Waterfall

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when two black holes' event horizons overlap? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice answer fan questions about higher dimensions, th...

Cosmic Queries – Dark Matter, Aliens, End of the Universe

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could it be that another universe’s gravity is bleeding into our universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and  Chuck Nice answer grab bag questions ranging fr...

Things You Thought You Knew – Head in the Clouds

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why are there different types of clouds? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down things you thought you knew about twilight, how clouds...

Astrobotany & Plant Intelligence with Simon Gilroy

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are plants more aware than we think? Do they have feelings? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gary O’Reilly, and Harrison Greenbaum explore the intelligence of p...

When Black Holes Collide with Nergis Mavalvala

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do we detect ripples in spacetime? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Harrison Greenbaum explore black hole collisions, quantum tricks, and how grav...

Asteroids Headed Towards Earth with Rick Binzel

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How likely is an asteroid to impact Earth? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice sit down with planetary scientist Rick Binzel, the creator of the Torino...

The Gut-Brain Connection with Emeran Mayer

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is your gut controlling your brain? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gary O’Reilly, & Chuck Nice dive into the gut-brain connection, GLP-1, and how this connect...

Risk is Our Business with William Shatner & Scott Kelly

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you put Captain Kirk, a NASA astronaut, and Neil deGrasse Tyson on a ship to Antarctica? Recorded on board with William Shatner and ...

Cosmic Queries– Multiverse Madness with Max Tegmark

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do we live in one of many universes? On this episode of StarTalk, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice investigate the theory of the multi...

Cosmic Queries – Before the Big Bang

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it really mean for us to be made of stardust? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Paul Mecurio answer fan questions about particle colliders, ti...

Can We Predict the Future? with Charles Liu

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does the future hold? Neil deGrasse Tyson teams up with comic co-host Chuck Nice, Gary O’Reilly, and astrophysicist Charles Liu to break down o...

Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is “now” just an illusion? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Paul Mecurio answer questions on the Higgs Field, dark energy, and the feasibilit...

The Future of Fusion Energy with Fatima Ebrahimi

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is fusion the future of energy and space travel? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Paul Mecurio explore the cutting-edge science of plasma physics and f...

Solving AI’s Energy Problem with Kathryn Huff

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is nuclear power the key to sustainability? With data centers consuming massive amounts of energy, can we keep up? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gary O’Reill...

Revenge of The Tipping Point with Malcolm Gladwell

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What do crime waves, contagious diseases, and social trends have in common? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice welcome best-selling author Mal...

Cosmic Queries – Stoner Edition with Janna Levin

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is anything real? Is time just a construct? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen answer your far-out questions about bl...

The Extreme Universe with Tim Paglione

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What can gamma rays tell us about supernovae and galaxy formation? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice sit down with astrophysicist Tim Paglion...

The Science of Illusion with Teller

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why does magic fool us so easily? Is our perception of reality just an illusion? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Gary O’Reilly explore the neuroscie...

The “Bang” in Big Bang with Charles Liu

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could slowing time increase mass? Do particles ever collide or do they just get really really close? Did anything go “bang” during the Big Bang? N...

Our World of Particles with Brian Cox

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How much more physics is out there to be discovered? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with physicist, professor, and rockstar Brian Cox, to discuss every...

Is Consciousness Everywhere? With Anil Seth

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we on the brink of merging with machines? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly dive into the mysteries of consciousness...

Why… Anything? With Harry Cliff

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why was there more matter than antimatter left over? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore the quantum origins of the universe, charge p...

Einstein’s Genius with Ron Howard

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did Einstein uncover so many fundamental theories of the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-host Harrison Greenbaum, and astrophysicist Janna...

The Elements of Marie Curie with Dava Sobel

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did Marie Curie’s discoveries in radioactivity change our understanding of the natural world? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice sit do...

Getting Hypnotized with David Spiegel

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hypnosis—stage act or science? Neil deGrasse Tyson, joined by co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly, dives into the mysterious world of hypnosis w...

Into The Matrix with Laurence Fishburne

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we all living in The Matrix? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with actor Laurence Fishburne to explore the science of The Matrix, simulation theory, ...

Cosmic Queries: Time-Keeping

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is time? Is it infinite? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice answer questions all about time. Does time even exist? (Originally Aired Ma...

Our Burning Questions – Entropy & Immortality

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Could we have reached the moon in 1700? Neil deGrasse Tyson answers the burning questions co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly’s have been saving...

Past, Present, Future: Time Travel with Brian Greene

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What type of time travel is in “A Christmas Carol”? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice answer fan questions on time travel, paradoxes, an...

Deciphering Gravitational Waves, with Janna Levin

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is a gravitational wave? Janna Levin and comedian Matt Kirshen sit down with physicist Rainer Weiss to discuss LIGO, black holes, and the physics...

Alien Sightings with David Spergel

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are alien spacecraft here on Earth? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice discuss the UAP hearings, unexplained cosmic phenomena, dark matter, a...

The Ethics of AI with Batya Friedman & Steve Omohundro

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can we ensure technology evolves ethically in a rapidly advancing world? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice & Gary O’Reilly explore the challenges ...

To Boldly Go Where No StarTalk Has Gone Before with Charles Liu

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Could we create warp drive someday? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice team up with astrophysicist Charles Liu to dive into the science, techn...