Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Neil’s Most Important Explainer Ever
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August 6, 2026
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August 6, 2026
526,740
24,140
1,907
4.94%
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22:45Now PlayingWhat is light? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down perhaps the most important explainer. Learn how electricity and magnetism joined forces (or fields) to become the electromagnetic spectrum we know today.
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