Pym Bilek: In a gas giant like Jupiter the hydrogen, which we think of as a gas, turns into a metal. And so you have a core of metal, of conducting stuff that can swirl just like the core of metal in the Earth. That's how you get a magnetic field. He says Charles has already built a warp engine in his basement. But he won't say when it will be released because "that's classified information"
How can we use AI to explore the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer grab-bag questions about simulations, black holes, warp drive and more with astrophysicist and “Geek-in Chief '' Charles Liu.
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