((christianne klein)) aduba and neil degrasse tyson. we'll see you back here tomorrow night./// to prove how authentic my new brewhouse bacon burger is i'm going undercover, at an actual brewhouse. you are eating a jack's brewhouse bacon burger from jack in the box. not this one. absolutely lying. and what if i told you... that i'm jack. whaaaat?!! no way! no! didn't see that coming, did you? porter ale cheese sauce, grilled onions, and bacon on a artisan potato bun. jack's new brewhouse bacon burger, new from jack in the box. >> two minutes, stephen. >> stephen: thanks, mark. ( laughter ) ( popping sound ) ( laughter ) ( popping sound ) ? ? ? >> tonight, stephen welcomes uzo aduba. astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson. and a musical performance by adia victoria.

astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson. and a musical performance by adia victoria. and now it's time for "the late show with stephen colbert"! ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. hey! hey, what's going on? hey! thank you very much. welcome. welcome to "the late show." i'm stephen colbert. we've got to get to the big story that's happening right now, might still be happening as i say this. have you guys heard about this? representatives, democrats have staged a sit-in to force action on gun control. ( cheers and applause ) join in. why not? why not, i'll do that. i'll do that. after all, they're fighting for two things 90% of americans are in favor of: stopping terrorists from getting guns and sitting down. ( laughter ) we all like it. i don't know why i don't have a chair out here actually. this feels unnatural, un- american, certainly, to stand for this long. now in response-- and this is true-- republicans shut off c-span's cameras-- ( booing ) --which really upset c-span's viewer. ( applause ) ( laughte

please welcome neil degrasse tyson! good to see you.plause ) good to see you. there aren't a lot of scientists that audiences will get on their feet for. >> i'm deeply moved. >> stephen: i talked to a few. >> i'm feeling the cosmic love. >> stephen: thank you for wearing the vest. you got to have the vest. how many of those things do you go through? >> a flasher. i have about 120 ties, which i would wear without the vest, because they speak for themselves. >> stephen: sure. >> but i wear the vest, then i have to wear a neutral tie because otherwise it's too much going on. >> stephen: too much neil. ( laughter ) >> so i got about a half dozen vests, but many more ties. >> stephen: let's talk about the astronomical phenomena that people are talking about this week, the strawberry moon was making news just yesterday. what the heck is that? and-- >> every moon of the year has a name in practically every culture. >> stephen: i know, like harvest moon. or hunter's moon. >> there's a blue moon, there's a hunter's moon, there's a snow moon. and

>> in terms of science, we have welcome to the universe by neil degrasse tyson and neil strauss are. you'll, of course, know neil degrasse tyson as director of the hayden planetarium in new york city. michael strauss and richard gott are leading astrophysicists at princeton, so this is your personal tour of the universe. they zoom out from the earth looking at things like stars, galaxies, some more quirky things like worm hoels and time travel -- worm holes and time travel as a possibility in the universe x. this book goeses deeper than just naming different phenomenon. it describes the science behind what scientists know about the universe today. >> host: okay, one more title. >> guest: sure. roger penrose, of course, one of the most influential and important theoretical physicists, and this is basically his take on 21st century physics. so faith in term of our faith and belief in different theories, fashion in terms of what is envogue in the field at the time and fantasy in terms of fantastical ideas like the big bang theory. and so penrose is arguing all three of these ideas have a

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astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson. and a musical performance by adia victoria.

astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson. and a musical performance by adia victoria.

astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson. and a musical performance by adia victoria. featuring jon batiste and stay

astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson. and a musical performance by adia victoria. featuring jon batiste and stay

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but one of our essayists, neil degrasse tyson, wrote about one of his lesser-known accomplishments, his establishment of the national academy of sciences. dr. tysons essay was so well received after it came out, the bill gates actually made a video of it to help encourage america's youth to engage in scientific study and exploration. if you are interested, it is available on youtube. you can take a look at it in your free time. neilld like to read degrasse tyson's essay for you now. it is called "the lincoln seedbed." divided the united states of america, yet in its wake we would neil as one nation under visible. president lincoln chartered the national academy of sciences, comprised of 50 distinguish it ,esearchers whose task was then as now, to advise congress and the executive branch of all of the ways the frontier of science and contribute to the health, wealth and security of his residence. , we hadng nation the industrial revolution the transformed europe, but americans have yet to embrace the meaning of science to society. now with more than 2000 members, the national academy enc

. >> what else is coming out to do >> guest: we have welcome to the universe by neil degrasse tyson, you know him from the host of the cosmos tv series and director of the hayden planetarium in new york city. michael strauss and richard got at winston, this is your personal tour of the universe by three leading voices in science today. they zoom out from the earth looking at stars, galaxies, wormholes and time travel as a possibility in the universe. this book goes deeper than naming different phenomena, describing the science behind what scientists know about the universe today. we 19 one more title coming out. >> guest: faith, fashion and fantasy by roger penrose, one of the most influential from theoretical physicists of our time. this is his take on 21st-century physics. faith in terms of faith and belief in different theories. fashion in terms of what is en vogue in the field at the time and fantasy in terms of fantastical ideas like the big bang theory arguing all these ideas have a place in science as they move progress forward and inspire researchers but there is potential fo