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Sep 2022
37m 31s

Things You Thought You Knew - Big Bang D...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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Are we rethinking the Big Bang? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore features of the James Webb Space Telescope, magnetism and how the aurora borealis works, and if the Big Bang is being debunked. 
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