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Dark Comets with Darryl Seligman
Season 15 · Episode 56

Dark Comets with Darryl Seligman

Why did Oumuamua, the first discovered interstellar object, accelerate faster than it should? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore the mysteries of the newest objects in the solar system: “dark comets” and interstellar objects with astrophysicist Darryl Seligman.

StarTalk Radio · Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, Darryl Seligman

October 1, 202438m 2s

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Show Notes

Why did Oumuamua, the first discovered interstellar object, accelerate faster than it should? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore the mysteries of the newest objects in the solar system: “dark comets” and interstellar objects with astrophysicist Darryl Seligman. 

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