Cosmic Quandaries

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about the mystery of “dark matter” and a new planet, discovered in a distant galaxy, that looks remarkably like planet Earth.

Space is full of bizarre objects and mysterious forces, but perhaps none is more puzzling than something called “dark matter.” Living on Earth host Bruce Gellerman talks with Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of New York’s Hayden Planetarium, about the nature of dark matter and about a new planet recently discovered outside our solar system that might host life.