The Universe's Background Noise with Neil deGrasse Tyson

[@StarTalk]

What would you use a wormhole for?

[@Yoder661]

TO GET EINSTEIN AND NEWTON TOGETHER

[@pronnay1]

travel back in time and buy BITCOIN

[@TheJasonBorn]

instantaneous transport, long range communication, spaghettifying every known food.

[@TheJasonBorn]

@@pronnay1, travel back in time and sell off BITCOIN

[@TheJasonBorn]

@@Yoder661, bring Einstein, Newton, and Davinci together and expose them to where things are now and see what that does.

[@danoconnell1833]

"Black and white noise belong together." Chuck, you had me crying.

[@markybob_bassplaya1462]

Ebony and Ivory.........

[@dustinplatt1481]

:this is not... a black and white world... to be alive the colors must be swirled... and I believe in the beauty of grey..."

[@Alkatross]

Shhhhhh!

[@EattheApple666]

@@markybob_bassplaya1462 .....noise go together in perfect harmony.

[@robrebel-TheBeardedDrummer]

I've not laughed so hard learning science in my life. 😂

[@MrDjsmooth87]

👏🏾🤣Hands down Star Talk's BEST episode yet. Chuck really deserves a raise for raising his game .

[@Daylend1337]

Chuck is on fire in this one! Love what you guys do. You're a great pair!

[@Kayla_Atreides]

ikr

[@MegaJodance]

Chuck is always on fire 💯

[@catserver8577]

He really was, lol. Looking forward to the album hahahaha.

[@abstract5249]

They didn't even have a guest expert this time. Just Neil and Chuck having a long form conversation. Love it! (I love guests too but this is a nice change of pace).

[@McCarthyJohn100]

Chuck can always give Niel the giggles when discussing a simple topic.

[@balogungaa2301]

Not only did I learn a lot, I did it whilst having fun. If school was like this, I'd probably be a scientist right now. Thanks Neil and Chuck.

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

Whilst

[@mikotagayuna8494]

@@Pluralofvinylisvinyls Why? It's an appropriate word to use for this statement.

[@PazLeBon]

@@mikotagayuna8494 Whilst using poor grammar. Go figure

[@StaticBlaster]

Neil would be an excellent choice for a narrator or a movie trailer voice actor. His vocal tone and dynamics are just right to generate excitement.

[@wavemaker54]

He’s been there already and done that.

[@wavemaker54]

If Fox viewers heads are exploding, you guys should do a show every morning and evening. Please!!!!

[@imdiyu]

The bit about white noise and black noise belong together - was so effin hilarious 😂😂😂😂

[@Cazza1206]

❤

[@TheSouthernSiren]

🤣Chuck pretending to be the cat was entirely too hilarious.🐈 "Who are you in my house and how did you even get a key in here?"

[@jamessmith-cr6ph]

Reminds me of that key and peele skit with black ice and white snow

[@jeffreylafountain2643]

Mixing colored light makes white light, yet mixing colored paints ends up browns then darker greys into black

[@robbin.bankss]

​@@jeffreylafountain2643 that's a very interesting point, and it's because the pigment of a substance uses a subtractive color model i.e. red paint absorbs all light hues EXCEPT red light, making it appear red. a blue frisbee absorbs all light hues EXCEPT blue, making it appear blue. the color you see from ANY object is from that shade of light being reflected, rather than absorbed.

[@CreeperKiller420]

This is such a great duo for this podcast. Great combination of science focus and humor sprinkled in.

[@ziggy4465]

I love how Chuck just goes right to the heart of the matter on everything. Need more people like that in this world. I will forever have a picture of white noise shhing black noise and black noise yelling back. The comic relief is essential here, allows nearly everyone to enjoy the subject matter (you know, because the cat is still wondering why we’re all interrupting its day 😁).

[@bishopscatacomb9217]

I cannot say enough how much I appreciate you guys and this you tube show. I learn so much so easily with your style. Mr. Nice is a great example of a smart everyman kind of guy, who asks very good questions and often forms theories that are on point. Dr. Tyson’s responses and method of relaying deep subject matter in small bits is so humble and frankly honest feeling I can’t help but listen. I love your dynamic because you both bring a synergy to topics and a real human connection. There is no ego involved your both just honestly teaching for the masses. Thank you!

[@michael-4k4000]

Love you

[@arielatomhc]

The Cat impression was hilarious. "How did you get keys to my house"😂

[@SA-101]

I so appreciate the silliness with the science.

[@Mrphilipjcook]

Neil and Chuck cracking each other up after all this time is so cute! Thanks guys for making science so accessable 😊

[@n3k0lein]

This is why you're the only podcast i watch consistently

[@mchugh929]

I just can’t imagine a world without Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice!! Hats off to you both 🙇🙇🙇

[@DeanPavlicek-rd1pc]

I love the sense of humor that goes back and forth in their dialogue

[@Phoca_Vitulina]

These episodes are so fun! I love both the guest ones and these ones since you do learn a lot in a fun relaxed way! Also petitioning for dei noise instead of white noise

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

Neil and Chuck for 2024!

[@venkatsrkyt]

deGrasse-Nice

[@viekent]

I disagree. Neil is coming for our jobs with all this teleportation talk. 😂

[@GregScottBailey]

I think I've said this before, but I'll say it again; I usually get rubbed the wrong way when comedians make jokes at the expense of discussions on science. Usually it's always just about them and how funny they can be, instead of staying on topic with what is being discussed. Chuck, don't ever change man. You and Neil together on these make science fun and wonderful to listen to. Thank you both for yet another fun watch/listen.

[@chriscarmona7725]

I really appreciate you guys doing the occasional just Chuck & Niel episodes, and holy smokes is the humor on-point. Thank you both.

[@vincenthaddad]

Awesome episode! Lord Nice our Cosmic Comedian was on FIRE!❤‍🔥❤❤❤‍🔥

[@MeelaudBoozary]

Thanks!

[@SergiuGothic]

Thank you Mr Tyson for making us all smarter 🫡

[@justz3973]

I love you guys! You were the perfect silliness today!

[@MeelaudBoozary]

Oh my god, Chuck is so damn funny. Neil and Chuck are the most perfect duo of all time.

[@lizz-ards1032]

Man I love star talk especially at night ⭐❤❤❤⭐⭐⭐❤❤❤

[@Sammasambuddha]

Sun Talk starts at 8am. Moon Talk at midnight.

[@noty7618]

Your such an amazing teacher by asking leading questions it makes me learn in such an amazing way thank you

[@samauri_nemisis856]

I absolutely love you and everything you do. Keep up the awesome work!

[@sadiqmohamed681]

On wormholes for transportation. US science fiction author Larry Niven came up with two devices in the 1970s. Transporter Booths were like a telephone kiosk. You got in type in a code for your destination, and when you stepped out your were there. They had some limitations with distances, and they could be locked to only go between two places. That allowed for aircraft and spaceships. |he also had a Hyperdrive! They other sort of transporter was called Stepping Disks. These were linked together so if you stepped onto one you would step off another at some fixed distance. "Seven League Boots" if you can remember them! A great episode. I studied physics a long time ago, and spent the intervening years working with electronics, so I know most of this already, but I love the way Neil explains things, and these two together are hilarious.

[@kerrygrella9608]

Thank you, Neil! I am adding this to my lesson on potential and kinetic energy for my freshman. I’m going to play the first 13 minutes of this video because it’s hilarious 😂

[@lanatrzczka]

Chuck's jokes usually make me smile, they're decent, but "black noise" was truly hilarious! That one could go into a stand-up routine.

[@PazLeBon]

they are jokes? ohhhh

[@willrose5424]

😂😂

[@philetaranma4918]

@@PazLeBon🤫

[@AwakeInAnacortes]

The white noise segment made me laugh till I cried. Thank you guys!

[@stephengillenwaters1950]

Brought back memories on this one. Heard this once decades ago in school from a substitute earth science teacher...lol...and never heard of it again. Great content as always!!!

[@occheermommy]

Chucks demonstration of black noise was amazing!

[@SeasonedCrouton]

I love you guys. You two always have me cracking up. 🤣 Thank you for brightening my evening! (Black Noise would be TOUGH btw 🖤)

[@jonatanciltea]

I could listen to Mr. deGrasse all day long, the format of the show is awesome, keep it up :D !!

[@etiennerenevey2698]

I have to say overall what Neil said about white noise is correct. But i think he mistakenly said higher frequencies have more energy that’s not correct. Lower frequencies have more energy. First because a movement of the membrane of a speaker in ex. is far more to the depth of each side (plus and minus polarity) so it creates more pressure and therefore more energy. That’s for some part of this equation why you hear lows in a free field farther away than highs. But our human ear has a so called response on a fletcher-munson curve that shows by data and tests that we can hear 1khz under 0dB SPL and lows must be around 40dB SPL on 50hz to be perceived equally loud. That’s why in fact the main transport frequency of voice in telephones is around 2.5khz. That’s also because of the basilar Membrane in the cochlea of the human hearing system that is built to process the frequencies from the beginning right behind the mechanics to the deeper inner-ear from high to low..so higher frequencies will arrive earlier in the Cochlea than lower frequencies those gonna be processed deeper down on the end of the basilar membrane. Pretty equal to the travel time and distance travel of frequencies in nature produced by sound sources like Loudspeakers. Just this one time neil…All the other 1000times you were always right. Genius Guy! And you’re one of a kind Chuck! Thanks guys. Cheers from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@TRVPHAUS]

my favorite part is when neil goes, *"UAU-HAH-EHEH"* 0:20

[@Mohlatlego_Makgato]

Chuck is simply hilarious, the white noise joke killed me😂

[@PeachMangaPie]

I love chuck and the humor he adds to every discussion 😂

[@MamaGemini68]

😂😂😂😂 I just started watching Star Talk about two weeks ago because I saw you two on TikTok. As much as I love science, science fiction & lore, this episode was educationally hilarious 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you both. 🥰🥰

[@vidyashankars]

Neil makes learning fun. Chuck makes it hilarious!

[@nimrodlevy]

I loooovvvveeeee long explainers! That was so much fun!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!! Btw, what about plastic plates? What about its heat resistant? Isn't it potential energy? Which ceramic is better than plastic it is molecular bond also, nevermind... Thank you!

[@dahnyahollier-day4217]

Glad this came up in my feed, lost it during the identity correction. Best two science involvement presenters ever. One day, definitely wanna see a Carl Sagan's Cosmos type series hosted by these two

[@TWX1138]

In _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ there was a defunct culture called the Iconians that used wormholes instead of transporters. The long-dead Iconians still had functional means of crossing the universe with wormholes rather than using ships.

[@GarrettFrechette]

Haters gonna hate

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Note that we are already experimenting with quantum teleportation in labs right now. It just seems implausible to me that, a few centuries from now, we will still need spaceships.

[@illuddivinus3309]

@@lawrencedoliveiro9104AI will eventually teleport itself around the universes- mankind will be long gone by then.

[@RickEvans-zr5uc]

It's a big step up to even just one molecule from one sub-atomic particle. We are going to have to shoot down a bunch more flying saucers.

[@michael-4k4000]

Hope Chuck gets married soon!

[@facespaz]

Informational, funny, awe-inspiring... I love Star Talk!

[@kylekane5727]

Can I just say I love Chuck so much!!

[@IWishUWereTacos]

I might have to rewind certain sections multiple times to understand, i love that feeling when it clicks.

[@SRGoldfish]

U and chuck are perfect together.

[@aaaashleyyyyy]

As someone with synesthesia, I can say that (for me at least), white noise does not look white to me, it's more of a dark grey / indigo color, but hard to describe since it's not just a color but it has moving shape and form too. Anyway, different people with synesthesia will see different visualizations, so I can only speak to my own experience.

[@chuck1804]

42:10 chuck is just so on point LOVE his sense of humor!

[@mikeymasochiss6530]

You guys are the best!!!! Over hear laughing and learning!!!

[@MagicToenail]

This man can somehow make everything incredibly interesting with the way he talks and explains

[@jpdemer5]

This episode had me laughing out loud. Chuck was on fire!

[@glennk.7348]

These guys educate and entertain and make be laugh! Priceless! 😅😊

[@TheStevewhelan]

25:16 Chuck... You have to make that album!

[@danielmadar9938]

You are killing me 😂😂😂 But you missed a joke: Why did Schrödinger poison his cat? Because the cat broke all his plates...

[@cloudzero2049]

This whole conversation had me laughing so much. Thanks for another great video.

[@wysteriaherr8306]

I have no idea what they are talking about but thisans voice soothes me

[@shaunhall6834]

Love this channel!

[@johnnstamoezz5491]

They have such good back and forths.

[@ThyDeliverer]

I gotta say, your wormhole explanation has branched off from the original episode and found its way to multiple other videos including this one. As an observer of this paradox, I believe your editor has successfully created digital wormholes all over the internet. The Deja Vu is strong with this one guys. Wormholes are only good for worms! I'm not a Worm. Gotta change that idea to Humanholes ;) Never the less the idea of wormholes is impossible.

[@ShadowPotato-zb3zm]

I have an old TV and trust me I seen and heard that static and here I am a young generation also loves the white and black noise bit

[@AdoptionLawSourceTrinity]

You two are great! 😀

[@shawnlayne2736]

When white noise is edited (EQ'd) so that all frequencies have equal loudness (Fletcher-Munsen curve) it is called Pink Noise.

[@Sammasambuddha]

Pink Floyd? 😅

[@CoajaCristiandance]

science + humor = perfection.

[@dclamp123]

Great stuff! Interesting, fun, and very informative as always. Science fiction writers have already had their field days with wormholes. For example, decades ago Larry Niven included transfer booths (like a phone booth but when you input the number you were physically transported to the corresponding destination) and later stepping discs ( a sort of open-air transfer booth) that people (and others!) used to get around. It's a great mental exercise to think of the ramifications this technology would carry.

[@robinbrowne5419]

You guys are so much FUN 💓 Everything Neil says sounds reaaallllll deeeeep, and everything Chucky says sounds hiiiillllaaaaarious. Aaaaaaand I learn stuff too. Awesome 👍👍

[@catserver8577]

Cat: Hey, human! Pick up that broken plate! Edit: My husband walked in and saw what I was watching and said "Neil losing his mind?" I said "Yep, there's a cat involved.".

[@freeculture]

Well you know what happens when they involve cats, they end both dead and alive at the same time, until you observe it...

[@Nitelifebuzz]

We need a cutting room blooper reel with Chuck making Neil laugh uncontrollably. At least 10 minutes of clips.

[@DavidSmolej]

fr

[@Zurpanik]

Instead of "white noise", how about "uniform noise"? Any good? Haha love you both! Great video as always!

[@marcuscampbell4743]

Yes, the black-and-white noise was so funny. I love this show!

[@VickyViolet]

Chuck is amazing, the whole intro summarizes the channel. 😂

[@jesusfrodriguezrodriguez6108]

Fav channel!

[@RainingUchiha]

In the words of the cat. "I wouldn't have had to knock this plate over if you didn't put it up here in my way."

[@DB-rg2dk]

I could listen to Chuck hating on cats ALL day long!

[@EricSchultz-zs8hz]

A good follow up to "Why Things Break" could be an explanation of how the impact is absorbed when dropping a plate on a mattress.

[@CiCis_Mom]

Ever read Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro? Portions of this first of a three part series posit an explanation for how FTL engineering could work using imaginary numbers, stasis coils, and inversion engines. She's written 30 books based in this universe, but read Primary Inversion first if you want some of the speculative "hard" science. Some of her later works also deal with klein bottles. Her father was a nuclear chemist who was part of the team that discovered the iridium anomaly. She herself has a B.S. with highest honors in chemistry from UCLA, and both a master's in physics and a PhD in chemical physics from Harvard University. She manages to weave a fascinating tapestry of science possibility while also pulling in bioengineering, some of which goes wrong of course, telepathic abilities, mushy soul mate stuff, and ethical/political conundrums.

[@tazimusmaximus]

I've watched a lot of startalk at this point. The absolute best thing I've ever learned: Black noise.

[@darkstar8827]

Speaking of a wormhole equiped home, my kitchen would be in France, and my garage would be at a race track, and my bedroom would be on the top floor of a building with a terrific view!

[@alwaysU916]

It was the hiss of the tv static being partially identified as the cosmic microwave background for me 🤯 I could remember days staring at that those ‘rice grains’ 🇯🇲 . feeling like I was looking deep into the universe 😵‍💫 ..

[@axle.australian.patriot]

I used to love to sit and watch the background noise as a child and even into my adulthood. I looked for low entropy in the chaos, although somewhat naively lol But that's OK, because it trained me to read entropy in word search and eventually binary arrays at 20FPS :P

[@1947SteveC]

I was sent to Ft. Monmouth, NJ to learn microwave repair as an Army E-4, in 1966. I assumed the static sound I heard was the combination of all past broadcasts and every frequency and harmonic possible. Now we know.

[@Sammasambuddha]

Wrap a lot of copper coils huh?

[@dizzzy12]

I love how lofty and deeply intelligent Neil comes across and yet still adds relatable/pop culture memes

[@michelleboylan9617]

Yes, this made me feel like I was back in HS physics class. I’m surprised I remember most of this. Also this is why I love rollercoasters so much and place my IPhone low when charging it. These break to easy when falling from high. 😭 about black noise versus white noise lol

[@StaticBlaster]

I enjoy the theme music of StarTalk. It compels me to nod my head up and down, and sway it from side to side. lol

[@kcolv9798]

I love it when Chuck makes himself cry 😂😂😂

[@Sammasambuddha]

Like a bully. Why you crying yourself?

[@isatousarr7044]

The universe's background noise, often referred to as cosmic microwave background radiation, is a fascinating remnant of the Big Bang that provides a profound glimpse into the early universe. This faint, uniform glow permeates the cosmos and serves as a crucial piece of evidence for our understanding of cosmic evolution. Studying this background noise helps scientists probe the conditions of the early universe, the formation of galaxies, and the fundamental laws of physics. It’s remarkable to think that this ancient echo from the universe's infancy is still detectable today, connecting us to the very origins of the cosmos and continuing to reveal new insights about its history and structure.

[@ryvyr]

Chuck and Neil make this increasingly chaotic world more tolerable :>

[@earlworley-bd6zy]

Out standing guys!

[@TheSouthernSiren]

Dream walking works the same way.❤

[@geomax3465]

I WANT... No, let me say that again... WE NEED the Unedited version of this episode... That was SO MUCH fun. 🤣😂🤣

[@petra_fine]

Chuck is on a roll this episode lol

[@brianupsher6675]

Use the same dei noise logic for light and you got dei-light, which Newton exposed his prism to. Full circle, it went from daylight to dei-light

[@orchid623]

🤯😵🫠

[@dancooper8551]

Chuck was on a roll today!😂

[@lessonkoirala480]

Wow Great video i would be willing to use the wormhole to meet you

[@robnol84]

Howl’s Moving Castle uses this idea of wormholes and I love that this made me think of that movie. Gonna watch that again soon.

[@Bluelizardfarm]

Oh, god Chuck I have been laughing about the "white noise and back noise going together" for hours. Great one so funny. Thank you.

[@robertwhitemoto]

Y'all are such a great pair... Chuck omg I'm crying. Neal, I have a headache.

[@sekaramochi]

This video is amazing Couldn't stop laughing Love you guys ♥️