In 1991, Marvel issued a Thor's Hammer trading card where they said Thor's hammer is made of a fictional material and it weighs precisely 42.3 pounds. Dr. Tyson filled out the density that and he tweeted it. That was like, you're like, nerd alert. And then I got out-nerded. Oh, somebody said, uh, Dr. Tyson is wrong about this calculation. So yeah, I got totally smoked on this one.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He is the host of the weekly show “Star Talk” on National Geographic and the head of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He has a new book “Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization” out now.
Neil deGrasse Tyson joins the show to chat with Theo about cosmic musings, the new space race, facts vs. feelings, flat-earthers, climate change and much more.