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Jan 2025
1h 12m

Our World of Particles with Brian Cox

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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How much more physics is out there to be discovered? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with physicist, professor, and rockstar Brian Cox, to discuss everything from the Higgs boson, life beyond our planet, and the fundamental forces that guide our universe.

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