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Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Death by Black Hole

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McGruff
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Posted: 03.07.08, 04:38 PM
It is obvious science needs a more human face. Talented and charismatic people like degrasse tyson are made for the job. good work.
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Posted: 03.12.08, 05:05 PM
Great program. This guy rocks.
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PJSPinheiro
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Posted: 04.18.08, 10:40 PM
This guy makes science diffusion really funny!
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solaris
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Posted: 05.07.08, 01:40 AM
Yes, but the extinction processes (after the asteroid hit) took well over 5 to 7 million years.
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mzleona
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Posted: 05.17.08, 07:13 PM
This kind of discourse helps novices such as I by answering a multitude of questions in 30+ minutes, without annoying commercials and overbearing musical backgrounds interrupting aging trains of thought. Thank you Mr Tyson and Fora TV!
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animator
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Posted: 12.12.08, 01:53 PM
I've heard this theory that tidal forces would rip you apart if you fell towards a black hole. It doesn't seem right to me though. I don't think you would actually be squeezed by space contracting all around you. I imagine you would contract with it. It's not that the full size you, has to suddenly fit in a smaller place. You are also part of space. Your atoms would not get closer together, relatively. They would get smaller and their relative distances apart would stay the same. So you and your spaceship and the air in it might get really small. But would you even notice?

In less than the blink of an eye, you might just pop back out into a fully formed and sized reality and never even know what happened. Perhaps it happens all the time and we don't even know it.
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lantechguy
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Posted: 01.17.09, 05:25 AM
I wondered who would replace Carl Sagan and Philips Morrison in the public forum to teach us about the nature of the universe. I saw Dr. Tyson on TV a while ago and I stopped wondering.
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brad guillory
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Posted: 03.21.09, 10:14 PM
The narrator sucks, Tyson is great!
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unknownfrost
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Posted: 05.26.09, 04:25 PM
I completely agree! the way he explains things is very easy to understand, plus he is so animated and mixes jokes into his speeches. He is great to watch.
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RScruggs
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Posted: 07.02.09, 09:40 AM
I'm a geologist and generally don't like listening to people when they talk about astrophysics, I enjoy the subject its just usually too boring to listen to, but with him I can pay attention, and learn a lot.
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