Name: Is An Asteroid Going To Hit Earth On Election Day? Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Maybe
Uploaded: 2020-10-31T18:37:44.000Z
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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.

HE IS THE HOST OF "COSMOS" AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE HAYDEN

PLANETARIUM AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.

PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," AMERICA'S FAVORITE

ASTROPHYSICIST, AND TEACHER, I'D SAY, NEIL deGRASSE TYSON!

I THREW IN "TEACHER" BECAUSE YOU'RE ONE OF THE GREATEST

YOU MAKE NOT ONLY LEARNING BUT THE IDEA ABOUT LEARNING

INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU BURN WITH SUCH PASSION FOR KNOWLEDGE

YOU COUGH YOUR KNOWLEDGE AT THEM, AND IT AEROSOLIZES, AND WE

>> Stephen: THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER WAS MARCH 6, AND

WE BUGGED OUT OF THIS THEATER ON MARCH 12?

THIS IS THE LAST NIGHT, MARCH 12, A WEEK LATER, A LITTLE LESS

THAN A WEEK LATER, THE LAST TIME YOU WERE ON ABOUT THE

CORONAVIRUS, YOU SAID THIS: >> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF WE

ALL PAID ATTENTION TO WHAT SCIENTISTS SAY AND MAYBE THE

>> Stephen: SO, NEIL, NEIL  deGRASSE TYSON, HOW DID WE DO?

( LAUGHING ) >> WELL, YOU KNOW, HAD YOU ASKED

ME THIS A MONTH AGO, I WOULD HAVE GIVEN US MAYBE A C-MINUS,

BUT GIVEN THAT RATES ARE-- THEY'RE NOT ONLY PEAK-- THEY'RE

SPIKING, THEY'RE HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE SINCE THE PANDEMIC

SO I'D HAVE TO GIVE IT SORT OF AN F-PLUS.

>> Stephen: SO F-PLUS, SO FILURE, BUT EXTRAORDINARILY SO.

>> NO, THE PLUS PART IS THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEW

SO YOU WATCH-- WE ALL WASH OUR HANDS-- NOT WE ALL-- MANY WASH

YOU KNOW, WASH DOWN THE GROCERIES, YOU DO-- YOU DO--

SO, SO ONCE-- I GIVE IT A PLUS SIGN THERE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN COVID-FREE, BECAUSE WE

SO, I'M DISAPPOINTED, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'VE ALL BECOME

>> AND, YOU KNOW, THE VIRUS DOESN'T CARE WHAT TRIBE YOU

IT DOESN'T CARE WHO YOU HAVE SEX WITH, WHO YOU WORSHIP, WHAT YOUR

SKIN COLOR IS, WHAT SIDE OF THE LINE IN THE SAND YOU WERE BORN

OIT CAN INFECT YOU SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE HUMAN.

AND BY BIG DISAPPOINTMENT IS WE AS HUMANS DIDN'T BAND TOGETHER

>> Stephen: LIKE IN THE MOVIES WHEN THE ALIENS LAND HUMANS BAND

>> THE VIE-- THIS IS A DRY RUN FOR WHEN THE ALIENS COME--

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SKY A LITTLE BIT HERE.

>> OH, YES, SO, IF YOU CAN SQUEEZE TWO FULL MOONS IN A

MONTH, THEN THE SECOND OF THOSE FULL MOONS IS CALLED A BLUE

THE TERM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR-- SINCE THE EARLY 1800s.

ALL THE MOONS-- ALL THE FULL MOONS OF THE YEAR HAVE NAMES.

>> AND THE MOON IN JUNE, BY THE WAY, NEVER GETS TOO HIGH IN THE

SKY SO IT TAKES ON SORT OF AN AMBLE SUNSHINE COLOR, THE WHOLE

TO TRY TO SQUEEZE IT INTO A MONTH YOU NEED A LONGER MONTH,

>> Stephen: THIS WEEK, RESEARCHERS FOUND WATER AND ICE

TWO THINGS-- WE ALREADY KNEW THERE WAS ICE, RIGHT, ON THE

>> YEAH, DEEP IN THE CRATERS WITH-- FORGIVE ME-- WHERE THE

>> ARE HIGH ENOUGH SO THE LONG SUN CASTS A SHADOW, AND THEY'RE

IF THIS LANDS INTO THAT COLD TRAP IT'S THERE FOR BILLIONS OF

IF IT HITS ANYWHERE ELSE, THE SUN HITS IT AND IT EVAPORATES

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