Welcome To The Universe - Neil deGrasse Tyson - #468

May 2, 2022 · 49m

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author and science communicator. Elon Musk bought Twitter and I found out about a 300 million light year across supervoid out in space within the same week. Thankfully Neil is here to help me work out what is going on in this version of the simulation. Expect to learn whether focussing on Mars as a backup planet is a smart idea, how big the universe is outside of the observable universe, how we could restart the sun when it begins to die, when time will end, the politics of who gets to claim different asteroids, Neil's favourite solution to the Fermi Paradox and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:28) Should Elon Musk be Focusing on Mars? (08:48) Models of Astro-Politics (11:06) The Fermi Paradox (19:10) How Big is the Universe? (24:17) Why Planck Length Exists (31:04) Leaving the Milky Way (38:39) Neil’s Upcoming Work Extra Stuff: Buy Welcome To The Universe in 3D - https://amzn.to/3EWjD5b Follow Neil on Twitter - https://twitter.com/neiltyson Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - E…

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