Adam Savage Blown Away by Neil deGrasse Tyson's Aerogel

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson wanted to blow Adam Savage's mind, so he whipped out his sample of aerogel. Learn about what this super-light low-density material does and how it's used, along with comic co-host Chuck Nice. @tested

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[StarTalk]

What would you do if you had a sample of aerogel?

[PichuMoreno]

It is the most CGI thing that’s it is not CGI that i have ever seen

[lytaylor]

"You brought a tesseract out" 😂😂😂

[jasonyoung]

"Is this how neutrino's talk about Earth"?
Excellent line.

[ChucksAstrophotography]

I could listen to Neil deGrasse Tyson speak all day long.

[rebellious]

Neil and Adam together is possibly the most entertaining way to learn. Like seriously someone needs to put them in charge of our education system.

[TheBenduOrder]

They Need To Work Together. Astrophysical Mythbusters

[exodiathegod]

Tyson hypnotizes me when he describes science with his hand movements..LOL

[IbizanHound]

Can't wait for the whole episode!
Adam Savage and Neil DeGrasse is always an awesome combo!

[schelsullivan]

And I almost looks like a bit of CGI trickery oh, I know it's real though but man!

[MakillaGorilla]

Seeing Adam geek out on something is always so damn infectious. Loved this.

[PowerScissor]

Who else was expecting Neil to be showing off his hair products from the 70's?

[jeremygonzal]

so glad you're back, Neil! Now, where's season twoooo?

[AE-ixiz]

Damn I remember seeing this on Beyond 2000. One of my favorite shows from the 90s

[abhinavraja]

Watched How its made Aerogel after this. Even more fascinating.

[Powerhugful]

So...even a space probe gets more tail than me...

[NurchinsCryptids]

stuff like this, and the possibility for it to be mass produced, is what keeps me excited about the future

[angelrivas]

During my time doing research in college, one of the Grad students made aerogel in the lab. It didn't come out quite as perfect as the one here (it broke into several pieces because it really is very brittle) but I still got to play with some of those small pieces and it was the best day I ever had in the lab!

[O]

"Graphene aerogel" is the lightest material on earth, although it's grayish and doesn't have the visual "wow" factor like silica based areogels do IMO.

[Lucas-zdhl]

Me:
Finds out what aerogel is.


Also me:
Opens up eBay