His passing has left an intellectual vacuum in his wake. But it's not empty. Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy… https://t.co/WR2TtwbNgh
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Evidence collected over many years, obtained from many locations, indicates that the power of Prayer is insufficien… https://t.co/OJtkpXlI43
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
When did it become okay to be more offended by what someone with no power says than by what someone with power does?
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Imagine how much more advanced society would be today if women, who comprise half the world’s brain power, were soc… https://t.co/NRkxeKNc7d
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Today, the greatest threat of extinction we face is not asteroids or climate change or disease or famine. It’s soc… https://t.co/BI1T17mQxF
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
In five-billion years, as the Sun begins to die, its outer layers of glowing plasma will expand stupendously, engul… https://t.co/jvU2f2eNqZ
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
I’m okay with a US Space Force. But what we need most is a Truth Force — one that defends against all enemies of ac… https://t.co/sXg8jMfTEj
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Born before Edwin Hubble discovered the expanding universe, he ultimately created an expanding universe of his own… https://t.co/scoxSgU9OX
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Not that anybody asked, but one-third (95 out of 289) of all American Nobel Prizes in the Sciences have been earned… https://t.co/hJmbiIZ7o8
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Just to be clear, if you carefully removed, and laid end-to-end, all the veins, arteries, and capillaries of your body, you will die.
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
The perennial cry to “Save Earth" is odd. Planet Earth survives massive asteroid strikes -- it'll survive anything… https://t.co/P8eJmauvQw
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
In case you were wondering, one-third (95 out of 289) of all American Nobel Prizes in the Sciences have been earned… https://t.co/fUfu9K0G4L
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Sometimes I wonder if people who aggressively seek political power are precisely those who should not be entrusted to wield it.
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Getting into shape for Cosmos. By my measure, 6’2” and 260 lbs this morning. Leaving me to wonder what height & we… https://t.co/Uuvpu0kpM4
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
If I were Cuban, and if I smoked Cohiba Cigars, and if I knew how to write music, and if I composed pensive songs a… https://t.co/sU7jPnzb9C
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Scientists & engineers launched “InSight” from Earth (a moving platform) across 300million miles to arrive where Ma… https://t.co/KKkiBT1oU9
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
A subject is scientifically controversial when actively debated by legions of scientists, not when actively debated… https://t.co/qDrd11MTNs
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” -Martin Luther King J… https://t.co/TlrV6ycXIY
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes — traditionally “Acts of God” on Insurance Forms. But as climate-change continues,… https://t.co/ONzBLbvBHb
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
You want to speak with a Spaniard, you learn Spanish. You want to frolic in France, you learn French. You want to c… https://t.co/XTADlnA9y3
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Seems to me, if an Octopus wanted to lock a human in a room, it would just need to design the exit with three doorknobs.
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Isaac Newton Born December 25, 1642 (on the Julian Calendar in use at the time in England) who, by… https://t.co/a1nJJIfDue
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
In case your mind hasn’t been blown yet today: The speed of light through space is 670x faster than a million miles per hour
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Not that anybody’s asked, but New Years Day on the Gregorian Calendar is a cosmically arbitrary event, carrying no… https://t.co/zoSKxyrSp2
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Seems to me, if the Conservative Right were conservative in all ways, they’d do all they could to conserve the environment.
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Mind Blown yet today? How about: The *thirteen* letters of “eleven plus two”, when rearranged, also spells “twelve plus one”.
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
If pundits tells you something is true, and you don’t have the critical thinking skills to evaluate their statement… https://t.co/JCGiEGdeBG
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
If you do the full calculation you will find that Friday the 13th is no less rare on the calendar than Thursday the 12th.
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Studying those who succeed in spite of broken childhoods might be more illuminating than studying those who don’t succeed because of them.
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Yup. We got the band back together. Another season of Cosmos is officially real. “COSMOS: Possible Worlds” To air… https://t.co/W58JVEaKmg
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
They run into burning buildings as we flee them. They approach where bullets are fired as we frantically escape the… https://t.co/1FDLYp2Phm
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
While eating as a guest at other people’s homes, I’m thinking their dogs are genetically obligated to-convince you… https://t.co/H6vaR7sNDF
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
As is true for all Mammals, we nurture, care for, and protect our young. So I’m guessing that if we were Bears, ICE… https://t.co/sqv4BIRtpA
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
A friend of @StarTalkRadio. A friend of Food & Culture. A friend to us all. Anthony Bourdain, RIP. (1956-2018). https://t.co/uVqEgldGsL
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Pointlessly geeky fact: 33 is the number of Pi digits required to manifest all ten numerals at least once: 3.1415… https://t.co/S887ziantw
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)
Happy June Solstice to all residents of planet Earth: Longest day of the year for north of the equator. Shortest fo… https://t.co/JOWSYss3Eb
— neiltyson (@neiltyson)