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Cosmic Queries - Black Hole Universe

09 Sep 2025

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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 moon, and whether our universe is inside a black hole.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/cosmic-queries-black-hole-universe/Thanks to our Patrons Raj Gaddam, Jason Thurman, Foosoul, Jeff, Micheal Flint, Charles Watson, Sn3aky Viking, Chotch Kam, Nick the Winemaker, David Perez, Greg Haile, Daniel Smith Jr, Ryan Herchenbach, Demetrius Green, Wong Tang clan, Yash Vardhan, Enrico Klau, Micheal, Prakhar jai kumar, Dom, Stepphanie Young Raszagal1045, Leigh Hunt, Adam Hinckley, Adventure Music, MadHarold, Josh Edenfield, Noah Benoit, CN Scott, Andriy Knysh, Erkka Lehtonen, Eduardo Mancilla, Emil Roman, Brandon van Hinte, Eli The Great, Jonne Ticklén, T W, Murderbot, otto mann, Bob Binion, Stephen Pelo, Héywud Xiablomé, Morgan Greenhalgh, Mary Beebee, Kacey Biggs, Barry INgram, Host - History of Money, Banking, and Trade, Stefan, George Evans, Tyler Zarzeka, Jim Kirkpatrick, Jason acosta, Vincent L., C Edward George, Daniel Hester, Fahad Sheikh, Thor Maier, Msemaji Nlan, De'Saun Thomas, steve chilcote, Kevin, and hedrick sanabria for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

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0.031 - 11.366 Paul Mercurio

Paul, there were a lot of cosmology questions in there. Big bang, multiverse, black holes. Negative gravity. Yeah, people are into that. I see you as a negative gravity person. Tend to be negative.

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11.927 - 43.313 Neil deGrasse Tyson

Coming up, Cosmic Queries on StarTalk. Welcome to StarTalk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. StarTalk begins right now. This is StarTalk. Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist. This is going to be a Cosmic Queries grab bag edition. And to help me get through these questions, I got Paul Mercurio. Paul, how you doing, man?

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43.654 - 45.957 Paul Mercurio

I'm doing well. It's Baron Paul Mercurio.

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46.258 - 47.059 Neil deGrasse Tyson

Baron. Oh, yeah.

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47.42 - 47.52

Okay.

47.5 - 50.884 Neil deGrasse Tyson

Sorry, not barren as in you cannot reproduce.

53.327 - 59.675 Paul Mercurio

Your womb is barren. I actually am. I'm trying to keep that under wraps.

59.695 - 61.597 Neil deGrasse Tyson

You have one son, so that's that.

62.258 - 65.402 Paul Mercurio

By the way, look at you all dressed up like a little schoolboy.

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