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Dec 2024
44m 41s

Journey to the Stars with Bill Nye

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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Could life hitchhike across planets? What color is the sky on Mars? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye, the current CEO of The Planetary Society, team up to discuss the science and advocacy that goes into space exploration, unraveling the threads of discovery that define humanity's quest to understand the cosmos. 
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