Cosmic Queries – Galactic Grab Bag – Blue Steel

Welcome to StarTalk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. StarTalk begins right now. This is StarTalk, Cosmic Queries edition. I got Chuck Nice, my co host, Chuck. Hey, Neil. What's happening? Chuck, this is a grab bag. It is indeed. We used to call it the cosmic potpourri. We used to call it cosmic gumbo, which was my favorite. Galactic, not cosmic. Galactic gumbo. Galactic gumbo. Gotta get that alliteration. And, but now we have a grab bag, which it makes me wonder, where does that come from, grab bag? You know it means just, like, an assortment of pretty much miscellaneous items. Yeah. Yes. The presents that in the holiday season where you reach in and grab, and you don't know what you're getting. Is that really what it is? From Santa Claus. Why wouldn't it be? It's definitely Cool. Yeah. Yeah. We called that Christmas. You've been in my office. I have a grab bag in there that's a black hole. Right. Yes. It says black hole on the side of the right. It is. It says black hole. And that's So you know it's a black hole. It says it. Very nice. Very cool. That reminds me of, completely off topic, but the discoverer of Pluto, his name is Clyde Tombaugh. My boy lived to into his deep into his nineties. Right. And because he wasn't letting go of Pluto any sooner than he was. He was hoping that he was hoping that it would happen. He was he was trying to keep it. Yeah. On his deathbed, they told him, you did it. It's a planet. And he was just like, oh, thank god. And why'd you lie to him? He's die. He's dead. He's dead. What do you mean why did I lie to him? That's like somebody's dying and you say to him, you know I never loved you. Right. No. Long time to report that information. Exactly. It's like he's dead. Like, let him you know, I loved you so dearly my entire life. I shall miss you. And then they die, and you're like, oh, thank god. So he so he was asked, how did you how what did it take to discover Pluto? You know, how hard was that? And he said, well, when I got the photos of the night sky, it was really easy because there was an arrow pointing to it. Oh, that's hilarious. Every picture you've ever seen of Pluto There is an arrow. Got an arrow. That's funny. So there you go. Alright. So let's do this. Grab it, I assume. Yeah. That's right. Under the sun and above it as well. There you go. So let's go for it. Alright. Here we go. Give it to me. This is David Brian Smith, and he says, yes. This is really my name, not just made up. So, actually, you can pronounce it, Chuck. Oh, you jerk. I should read these in …