From Mars to Europa, the human exploration of space is increasingly robotic. Laugh and learn about our mechanical marvels from Neil deGrasse Tyson, Eugene Mirman and their special guests at StarTalk Live.
What do you think a robot is? Does it have to be autonomous? Does it have to be humanoid in form? It’s not an easy question. In this Sunday’s podcast, StarTalk Live: I, Robot (Part 1), host Neil deGrasse Tyson and guest Stephen Gorevan can’t agree on whether Voyager 1 was a robot or not…. View Article
Curse you, Full Moon! First, you make it virtually impossible to see the Orionids last month, even though for once we had clear skies. And now, this weekend, you plan to fill our skies with reflected light (it’s not even your own light, for Sol’s sake!) and obscure all but the brightest of the Leonid… View Article
How scientifically accurate was the movie, Gravity? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice answer your questions with a little help from NASA astronaut Mike Massimino.
When we recorded Cosmic Queries: Gravity, the Movie a few weeks ago, comic co-host Chuck Nice wasn’t the only person who hadn’t seen the movie. But there was no way Neil and our guest, 2-time Space Shuttle astronaut Mike Massimino, could answer your questions without spilling the beans on some of what happened in the… View Article
Where were you when you fell in love with space? Not merely looked up, but felt your heart swell with the majesty of the cosmos? For some, it was lying on a plush green carpet of grass looking up at a star-filled sky on a warm summer night. For others, it was walking along… View Article
“Keep Looking Up” has a different meaning when Neil deGrasse Tyson and Eugene Mirman turn a speculative, scientific eye towards Unidentified Flying Objects.
I was watching Neil deGrasse Tyson on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO last night, and he mentioned that the Pacific Ocean is the great “toilet bowl” for dumping space objects into when we de-orbit satellites. One of the other guests, Rob Reiner, gave him a quizzical look, but Neil didn’t have time to… View Article
One year ago this morning, here in the Northeast we woke up to the devastation that Sandy left in its wake. Most of the StarTalk team live in and around NYC, in lower Manhattan, out on Long Island, or here in NJ where I live. We woke up without power, without water, without heat,… View Article
