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’s dying gasp, lunar eclipses, and the meaning of nothing. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/cosmic-queries-death-of-a-black-hole/Thanks to our Patrons Josh Gibson, John Radford, Jacob Carlile, Amelyah, Rebecca, Jalien, Logan woods, Justin Stauffer, Boaters Edge, Elizabeth Martinez, Kate Kessner, Kathy Cook, Mohamed Gamal, Sebastian Goeller, Scott Keller, Pravin Kadel, Jake M, David, Lehnert, Chris Fauerbach, Mic Phillips, Sandra Pink, João Samuel Lopes, Darnell Pisco, Santiago, Chewee, Dave, Jeditanker, Mayssam Sayyadian, Thomas Weisbjerg, Max, Harry Wells, Jonathan Lara, Brooks Long, Viktor Damjanovski, ion, David Cowles, Brian Swinteck, Opid Son, Ed, Robert Davis, aaron benedetti, George Daeem, Guillaume Franc, Zach Derbecker, Randle, andrew, j, Patrick Shoemake, Методи Кирилов, Robert Forbes Morrison, Denisse Campo, Scott Knapp, Anthony Suarez, Judy houck, Deyonn Froio, Marquis, Donald Johnson, Mandi G, Kathy Harris-Langham, Gerardo Diaz, Eric Fournier, Sylvia C., clionadh martin, Ari Timonen, Greg Morris, Micheal H., thomas hennigan, Alexandra Bugge, Chris Tenney, Taters, Precious, and Jason Perks 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Chuck, that was a brilliant set of questions. Yes, it was. Some bordered on the philosophical. Yep. Even the spiritual, maybe.
Yep, yep. No, I was feeling it. And I wrote them all. I'm taking credit for every question. You were lying. I am.
You did pretty good with pronouncing people's names this round.
I would give myself a C+.
He's still working it. Coming up, Cosmic Queries, Grab Bag Edition on StarTalk. Welcome to StarTalk, your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. StarTalk begins right now. This is Star Talk. Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist. We got Cosmic Queries grab bag today. Chuck. Hey, what's happening?
Yeah, we got a grab bag. You grabbed inside the bag? I did. Sometimes they let you do that.
Chuck, stop it.
So let's go right in. Yeah, we might as well jump right into it. This is Roger McVeigh, who says, hello, Dr. Tyson. Lord, nice. Roger from Wisconsin here, currently in Surin, Thailand. Wow. Way to go, Roger. Good food in Thailand. He says, why is there not a lunar eclipse every month? Is it just the distance or the wobble or something else?
Great question. That's an observant question. Yeah. Very good. Very good. So if you look at the path the sun takes in the sky throughout the year. Right. Okay. So the sun actually moves against the background stars. You can't see the stars, but you can kind of see them at twilight, like before sunrise, but it's not so bright that you can't see the stars. Look at the stars that are there.
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