Blog Post 7: Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still

Blog Post 7: “Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still”

In this episode, Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses the subatomic worlds that we have. He utilizes the ship of the imagination to view microscopic organisms and he discusses how atoms use processes such as photosynthesis to help evolution.  Tyson also goes into detail about the structure of atoms and how these atoms can overcome their electromagnetic forces to go through nuclear processes (which in turn create neutrinos).  Tyson ends the episode by discussing neutrinos in depth and how some neutrinos from the big bang still exist.

I liked this episode because Tyson does a great job summarizing molecular structure and how they can overcome their electromagnetic limitations to create nuclear processes. My favorite part was towards the end when Tyson discusses that Neutrinos from the big bang exist but are unobservable because of a “wall” that limits are ability to see beyond it. I did not know this wall existed so I found that really interesting.