Lost in Space Game Night

21:56Good spin. Yoda style. Oh, what is this? Yes, you have to find a fact in this book and read it as Yoda would.

22:06Neil deGrasse Tyson:Spring tides. This is in the section on tides. Is that a foreign language? What do you say? Spring tides. Especially high they are.

22:23Neil deGrasse Tyson:Drink full or a new moon when Earth, the moon, and the sun align. Twice per month they occur. That's my Yoda. Well done. Here's the thing. That's not too bad. I understand you better as Yoda than as you. And if I lose, I'll pull out my lightsaber and cut off both of your heads. This is way more embarrassing than when I knew this was happening. Millions.

22:57It's like you're trying to talk after you've been to the dentist and you're all numbed up. Okay, go. Millions. Now it's currently in the front. What's the topic? Millions of asteroids in one dwarf planet call the asteroid belt home. They do.

23:19Neil deGrasse Tyson:Well done. That's good. Well done. Paul, what is the dwarf planet that resides with the asteroids in the asteroid belt? It's not Pluto, is it? No, it's Ceres. Okay. So while Pluto got demoted from planet to dwarf planet, Ceres got promoted from asteroid to dwarf planet. Ah, so they're on a level playing field. They're on a level, yeah. Pluto can't be happy about that. Four point billion years ago, outer solar system location forming, gravity-strong Jupiter may have flung Ceres. Wow. So, Paul, who directs your one-man show? Frank Oz. And who is the voice of Yoda? Frank Oz. So that was the worst Yoda I ever heard.

24:09Neil deGrasse Tyson:I wanna report you to him. Frank, I'm sorry. And you must die. Second.

24:21This is for the honor of Frank Oz. I thought I did a pretty lousy, yeah, that was pretty lousy. That thing's sick as hell. Oh, who won? Gallery? You did. I'll take it. Vote in the comments, yes. Sorry for that. It's really terrible spinning the wheel.

24:51Neil deGrasse Tyson:Draw it! Draw it! Yeah! I didn't give anybody permission to use my hat. So what's gonna happen? You're gonna pull a prompt from your own hat, please. Did you know a monkey peed in that hat in space? Don't tell us, don't show us. Okay. You have to draw it. You have to draw it. I have to draw it? Yeah. You have to draw it. Oh, okay. He's very emphatic. I'm trying not to look at it. I'm worried because he's like really, like knew exactly what he wanted to draw. I think this is gonna be pretty accurate. The first man on the moon. Neil Armstrong. Neil Armstrong. Neil Armstrong! All right! There you go.

25:27Wow. Point for Neil. And apparently he had no eyes, ears. Well, you're looking through a visor and you can't see through the visor. What number were you gonna drop? How do you know the visor wasn't up? Number one. I was gonna do. Number one. Oh no, that would have been too easy, but can I have this for a second? What happens in space that your right arm gets swollen? Too much golfing. That's, there you go. There's a golfing arm. There's something wrong there. All of the iconic pictures of the first moon landing is not of Neil Armstrong, they're of Buzz Aldrin because Neil was on camera duty.

25:59Neil deGrasse Tyson:This is a quote attributed to him. And when I met him, this was consistent with what he would have said, although I didn't re-verify it. He said, whenever he feels the urge to exercise, he just lays down on the couch until that urge goes away. Neil Armstrong? Yes! Yes! I'm gonna draw. You should not let us see it while you're drawing it. Why not? Because then we're kind of cheating and coming ahead of time. No, that's all right. You can be in on the process. Oh, okay. You can guess as I'm going. Maybe I need to do some more stuff.

26:35Cellular manipulation. Oh, my gosh.

26:41It looks like a... It looks like Gary Garcia. With sunglasses. These look like two bow ties. Yeah, Grateful Dead. Oh, no. Come on. Radio waves. Come on. No, I got this. Protons and neutrons. I got this. Well guess. I guess. Wait. What is it? Proton-neutron intercourse.

27:02Neil deGrasse Tyson:This is hydrogen fusion. So close. No. Is that hydrogen fusion? No, he was very close. When he said intercourse, he's closer? Yes. Than anything I just said? Yes, yes. Yes, which means I win. Woohoo! I win! This game is over. Oh shoot, I should do something like this. Okay, it's quantum entanglement. Exactly. Entanglement is the way I describe things with my wife that we do. So it's all the same. You wanna have a night of entanglement. She's like, yeah, sure, why not?

27:36Oh, okay, all right, okay, okay.

27:39Neil deGrasse Tyson:Oh, did you see it? No. Can you do that in a way the camera sees it so that people can participate? Apple core. That's... Right, that's fission. Paul, I have no freaking idea. Cells of vision, cellular mitosis. Focus on what this is. It's two things. It's this and it's this, okay? And if you want, I'll take that away and I'll draw it a little straighter. Oh, it's like the separating of the tectonic plates. It is asteroid belt. Oh, duh.

28:28Wait, what is the rubbing of the head? That's a belt. And that's an asteroid. Oh, I see. And you see, and it's moving toward Earth. Okay. Deliver me. This is, how is it? That is. All right, here we go. Charades. Charades. Charades. Charades in the same sort of vein. We have to act out a prompt on a card, and we can't use words. And I don't think we can use props. No, you can't use props, you can't use words. There's too many props. You can't use sounds either. Was this in my office?

29:07Neil deGrasse Tyson:It looks like it's an urn. Is there like a dead body in here? Yeah, it's a bit morbid. It's from the 11th century. It's worth$8 million, don't break it.

29:19Neil deGrasse Tyson:Can I make sounds? No. No words. No, no. Only acting. How's that? You can make non-word sounds. Oh, I can, okay. Oh, okay. Meow. I think a cat. Oh, cat. Oh, oh, oh. Feline.

29:40Blind. What's his name? Blind as a cat, blind as a bat. Blind cat, happy cat. It's the cat, is he dead or alive? That's his freaking name. My mind is blank right now. This is the best day of my life watching you do this. It's not true. Death of a salesman. Charger's Cat.

30:00Neil deGrasse Tyson:Charger's Cat. Damn y 'all. What's wrong with you? I knew what I was. I gave the best imitation of a Charger's Cat there ever was. I'm sorry. That was too much.

30:16Oh, asteroid impact. Yes! Wow, I didn't even have a chance on that one. Yeah, what a coincidence that the person who wrote the book knew the answer. Asteroid impact. Oh, okay. Well done. Okay. That was good. Can I do another one? Yeah. Oh, he looks confident.

30:40Belt, asteroid belt. After I belt. After I belt. Ah, it all comes back. Nice. Wow.

30:46Neil deGrasse Tyson:I thought you were taking your pants off. I know. I'm like, wow. I'm glad you recognized I was reaching for my belt. Yes, exactly. And nothing else in the zone. I'm like, what is going on? This is a kid's show, everybody.

31:00Oh.

31:05Time, clock, hands. Time commitment. Running through time, time travel, time travel. Time speeding up. Speed of light.

31:23Late for a bus.

31:28A time dilation. What was this? Okay. What was this? I was running faster than light.

31:41Squishy thing, sucking.

31:46Amoeba. Molecule manipulation. Sun. Here comes the sun. SPF 50. A sheer.

32:00Aliens. Coming from space.

32:06Ninja. Ninja. Magnetic force. Force of nature. Sticky.

32:17Gravity attack. Supermassive black hole. Supermassive black hole. Yeah.

32:25Neil deGrasse Tyson:That was the worst supermassive black hole that I've ever seen. Okay, well let's see you do it. Yeah.

32:33A monkey in space. Yeah, exactly. Oh, okay.

32:46Alien.

32:54It's floating through space. We're on a spaceship. Rocket ship? Zero G. Zero gravity. Flight. Space flight. Rocket. Space flight rocket. Astronaut. You didn't say a word. Hold on. Hold on.

33:17Neil deGrasse Tyson:The game caught hold of Lindsay here. So astronaut, that was it? Yeah. All that was supposed to be astronaut? Yeah, Mr. Supermassive Black Hole. He acted out an entire play for us. Yes, I'm going this, I'm doing like... Okay, here we go. Swimming through space-time. Swimming through... this. There's the ocean of space. It's a universe. It's a cosmos. It's a giant fabric of space time. It's an amoeba. Octopus.

34:08What's going on? What are you doing? Oh. It's a turtle all the way down.

34:18Neil deGrasse Tyson:The septopus. It's a septopod. The aliens in arrival. Spaghettification Oh That was the worst Spaghettification No This is spaghetti Just because you're Italian As in wiggle your fingers Doesn't mean everyone else Thinks it's spaghetti Or you do spaghetti then Go ahead I'm doing spaghetti Yeah go ahead Okay Okay

34:44Neil deGrasse Tyson:That's the last bit of spaghetti You eat spaghetti You eat spaghetti Like a six year old Yeah It's fun or that way How many times Do I have to That's So you go into the black hole, you start as a whole being, and then you... Like, spaghettify. You don't become 20 strands of spaghetti. You become one thin strand of spaghetti. Who invited you on this show? You could have... You don't become pasta. What do you think?

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37:12Mold it.

37:13Neil deGrasse Tyson:So what happened? How do you play this? So, each of us, pick your Play-Doh color. All right. Okay. I'm going yellow. Okay, I'm going green. All right. And then we pick up... This is Play-Doh. Yeah, the old school. The edible Play-Doh. Oh, yeah. This is lunch, by the way. There's literally no budget on the show. This is lunch. Kids would eat it. It has like a salty... I love the machine. So now I grab a thing. We have to mold what's on our card. Yeah. Okay. Are you ready? Two, go. I feel like a sculptor. I should be in a studio smoking a cigarette. With a beret? With a beret and a bottle of cognac and my lover.

37:57A glass of cognac. And my lover lying. Lying naked for you to draw? Yes, exactly. That's the only way I work. That's my inspiration. Oh, my God. I am so going to win this. I can feel it. One.

38:16Okay. You want to start with mine? Yeah. Okay. That looks like a whale. It looks like a whale. That is a whale. That's a whale. Oh! Hey, this is a drop the whale moment right there.

38:29Neil deGrasse Tyson:Wait, did you show the camera before you just broke the nose on the whale? Let's see. I did hold it up. Here we go. Okay, hold that up. That is my whale. Okay. Look at that. That's really beautiful, Paul. Right? Paul, that's beautiful. It's a beluga. It's in the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut. His name is Albert. Solar System. Pancake. Oh! The Voyager plaque. Yeah! Well, it's Voyager. You know, you have fingernails to help you do that. That's true. Otherwise, I'd be cooked. I needed a little, like, thing. You have total fingernails. I was also sneaking a little peek at that plaque. Try to remember how.

39:09Try making a blowhole with no fingernails. Very challenging. Okay, ready? That's a hand. Oh, galaxy. Milky Way. Spiral galaxy. Spiral galaxy! Ah, nice. Well done. But you don't need to do that with your hand. It's a new dance move. What are you, a Vegas magician? And tell us about the spiral galaxy. I will.

39:36Neil deGrasse Tyson:So, spiral galaxies are where most of the stars are born in the universe, because they still have gas. There are the galaxies that are elliptical. they ran out of the gas and so they're just stars and why the spiral are they sort of feeding off it's very flat flatter than a flapjack and that spin is what's called a density wave and the gas is moving through this density wave collapsing making stars okay and so that gives us the spiral the spiral pattern is the pattern of newly born stars and we don't know why that is that pattern it just is we just know because it's rotating and the inner parts are rotating faster than the outer parts.

40:15Neil deGrasse Tyson:And then once it's fully formed, does it sort of, they move away from it? No, no, it's a static pattern. You know what it's like? It's like rubbernecking on the freeway. Do they still call it that? Yes. Yeah. So you're driving, and you slow down. You don't even know you're slowing down. You're looking out at the accident, whatever. But then you continue through. Right. Okay. Back at your previous speed. Correct. A helicopter view of that shows a concentration of cars where that event is right but that's not a static set of cars that their car is moving into and out of that okay okay just like there's stars moving into and out of it but while they're in there you can be born but then you keep going and you move out you can move out of it yes yes so it's a density wave what determines that you move out of it faster than the wave itself do some die and are not able to move out of it you don't stop moving just because you die.

41:11That's very profound. You're a ballistic projectile in a galaxy.

41:16Neil deGrasse Tyson:Your corpse is moving just as fast as your crib. Then I know how I want to go. I don't want to be cremated. I want to be shot up dead into the universe and float around. This is very exciting. I love that we both got this. So on the Voyager records, the golden records that were set in 1977, this is what they looked like. But on the record, it was an actual record, and there was 55 greetings in 55 human languages. But playing in the background of all of those greetings is humpback whale songs. Because they had just discovered like five years before that humpback whale sing. Yeah, and so just in case aliens could decipher whale songs better than human.

41:56Neil deGrasse Tyson:Who's to say they'll first land on land? If 70 % of Earth services ocean, they'll land it. They'll say, Earth is primarily water. Let's land there. And they land there. And if they already value brains, who's got the biggest brains in the world? Whales. This is the distance and direction to pulsars in the Milky Way galaxy. Okay. That set of pulsars can only be in those distances and in those directions from our location. So this is instructions for the aliens to triangulate on where we are in our galaxy. So it's a GPS that we... They will triangulate exactly where we are. We place that pin there?

42:35No, no, no.

42:36Neil deGrasse Tyson:We're looking around. That's like saying, if the Empire State Building is two miles that way, and Jersey is half a mile this way, and Times Square is four blocks that way, where does that place you? That's the triangulation. So if all these pulsars are at those distances and in those directions, where does it place you? There aren't that many pulsars in the galaxy. So aliens would know this. So they would find out where we are. This is our return address. But when we discovered that pulsar? No, we know all these pulsars. They're in our catalogs. Okay. Okay? All of them. Okay. So we gave our return address to aliens.

43:14Neil deGrasse Tyson:Through Voyager. Through this diagram. Okay. Which seemed like a good idea at the time. Mm-hmm. But now you wouldn't give your email to a stranger in the street who's your species, would you? I chose aliens more than my species. Oh. Yeah. Oh. I choose the alien. I gave my email to Wayfair and they will not stop. I don't need patio furniture. I'm good. I don't have a patio. Stop. So we have at the bottom here a representation of the solar system, not to scale. So this is the sun over there on the left. Then Mercury, Venus, Earth, a line coming from Earth, which is the trajectory of this spaceship that's carrying this.

43:59Neil deGrasse Tyson:It passes Jupiter and Saturn, and there's Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Which should not be. At the time this plaque was conceived, Pluto was a planet. They'll come to our sector of the galaxy. They will see this solar system and say, that only has eight planets. That can't possibly be where we're looking. Let's keep moving. So Pluto becomes the savior of civilization. He's assuming ill intent on the aliens. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I'm saying. Why would you assume ill intent? Sorry, sorry. I'm assuming evil aliens. Wait, so there's going to be probing in the whole thing?

44:35I think they come. We want them. We want to correct that so that they come and they know that we want to communicate with them. We want to connect with them.

44:43Neil deGrasse Tyson:You don't give your email address to strangers in the street. Now, Lindsay says she trusts aliens more than fellow humans. Big time. Right. This is why. I know what we're capable of. This is your negative view of things is what's keeping civilization from moving forward. Yes. Yeah. You run the Hayden Planetarium with that dark matter mind of yours. And this is why we're going to be stuck with each other for the rest of our lives. Wow. That's hard hitting right there. Yeah, he got you. Lindsay, I was delighted to be co-authors with you on this book. Likewise. This is really fun. And Netgeo, they're the ones that make it beautiful.

45:21Neil deGrasse Tyson:We give it the content. And they have designers. And that's not the first time they've done this. They've done it with us before. And they do this for almost their entire catalog. And that's what distinguishes what they create from what other publishers do. A lot of people don't know this about Neil, but when he's really stressed out, he sucks his thumb. Very childish. And then this is Evil Neil. Hello.

45:51welcome to StarTalk

45:53Neil deGrasse Tyson:okay now I have to I'm going to close the show so you got to do it while I close the show okay this has been another episode of StarTalk a special edition showcasing Lost in Space I'm here with my co-author Lindsay Walker until next time I bid you to keep looking up.

46:23Neil deGrasse Tyson:Now you're creeping people out. That'll work.

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