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Things You Thought You Knew – Faster Than Light
Season 16 · Episode 43

Things You Thought You Knew – Faster Than Light

What’s up with the fourth dimension? Can anything travel faster than light? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore things you thought you knew about dimensions, tachyons, and isotopes.

StarTalk Radio · Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice

July 15, 202530m 1s

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What’s up with the fourth dimension? Can anything travel faster than light? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore things you thought you knew about dimensions, tachyons, and isotopes.

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