Science at Warp Speed: StarTalk Live!
3/3/20261 hr 20 min
How much energy would it take to make a warp drive? Neil deGrasse Tyson joined by Sasheer Zamata & Pete Holmes explore the science in TV shows from antimatter annihilation to tachyons to warp bubbles with astrophysicist & science advisor for Star Trek, Erin Macdonald, and particle physicist & advisor for The Big Bang Theory and Oppenheimer, David Saltzberg.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host1:06
Coming up on Star Talk, we are live from the Novo Theater in Los Angeles. Join me and my co-host Sasheer Zamata in conversation with particle physicist David Saltzberg and astrophysicist and Star Trek science advisor Erin MacDonald. Also joining us is special comedic guest Pete Holmes. Check it out.
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