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Neil deGrasse Tyson On Aliens, Simulation Theory, and What Happens Inside A Black Hole

Explore episode Jul 9, 2026

I think it's a bad term, bad because it's— it leaves the witness. We don't know what it is at all. So don't call it dark and don't call it energy. Call it Fred, okay? Something. And dark matter, we don't know what that is either, okay? Let's call that Wilma.

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