Cosmic Queries – ALIENS! with Jake Roper
Oct 24, 2025•50 min•Season 16Ep. 111
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Summary
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Vsauce3's Jake Roper delve into cosmic queries about aliens in cinema, exploring topics from the easiest alien movie to survive and the science behind movie weaponry, to the plausibility of "Men in Black" and the most believable alien depictions. They also discuss hypothetical first contact protocols and the potential forms of advanced alien life, intertwining scientific principles with pop culture.Episode description
Which Alien movie would be easiest to survive? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice answer Cosmic Queries about aliens in film alongside Jake Roper, host of the YouTube channel Vsauce3 and their series “Could You Survive The Movies?”
Originally aired January 13, 2020.
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