A mass and a velocity squared, it's an energy. One way to write down a value of energy is the mass times the velocity of that object squared. So lookyou go down to the molecules and their molecules connected to each other inside this solid object. And you can ask, with what energy are these molecules hanging on to each other? What will it take for two people to pull us apart? Thatle eiser will either release your grip or rip your arm off.
What happens when two galaxies collide? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic cohost Chuck Nice answer questions about explosions, asteroids, quarks, and all things that go BOOM. Was our Big Bang someone elses Big Rip?
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