Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Will enjoy colorful fireworks tonight? Thank Aluminum Barium Calcium Chlorine Copper Iron Nitrogen Oxygen Sodium & Strontium. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Are you a citizen of #Rationalia ? https://t.co/wot8pW2Baj — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Earth needs a virtual country: #Rationalia, with a one-line Constitution: All policy shall be based on the weight of evidence — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@FredTheGrower Earth is pear-shaped by about a few miles, just below the equator. Hard to notice across our 8000 mi. diameter — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@212Gibbs White it is. Looks yellow/orange at sunset because the blue has been significantly filtered by Earth’s atmosphere. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@FrancisKinnear Indeed, a fundamental element of philosophy, but manifests in all fields of inquiry. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Comment-Thread Virus: The urge to argue vociferously even when you have no actual idea of what you are talking about. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Some of my best friends -- actually every one of my best friends -- are made of chemicals. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

June 20 vs June 21: Solstices (& Equinoxes) annually migrate 6-hrs later, until a Leap Year, when they reset 24-hrs earlier. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@erlender @GoogleFacts When Feb has no Full Moon, often January & March each get two. The 2nd in a month we call a Blue Moon. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@erlender @GoogleFacts You’d expect no Full Moon in February every few decades. As in: 1915, 1933, 1961, 1999, 2018, and 2037 — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

JUST POSTED: @StarTalkRadio’s “Climate Change and the Future, with @algore.” On @iTunesPodcasts & https://t.co/dnJhSoRPYU — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@kennyvn2003 Learn Math first. That’s the language of the Universe. Later, you can worry about understanding my English. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

And sometimes you will find colors of the Rainbow on flags. https://t.co/fl9AJuJANK — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Most people can take or leave Indigo as a Rainbow color, but Newton was mystically fascinated with 7, so we’re stuck with it. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Newton assigned seven colors to the color-continuous Rainbow: Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue-Indigo-Violet. Meet ROY G. BIV — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

If we had vision like @StarTrek’s Giordi, Rainbows would look twice as thick, and include parts of ultraviolet & infrared. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Isaac Newton, in Opticks (1704), published his discovery that white light is composed of colors - the colors in Rainbows. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

A Rainbow forms only broadside to your line of sight. That's why the pot of Gold at its base remains eternally out of reach. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Rainbows are always the same angular size in the sky — they are various segments of a circle that is 84-degrees across. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

The exact Rainbow any of us sees in the sky is entirely our own -- a personal, yet communal gift from the laws of optics. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@charlescwcooke So then the tweet does not apply to you. And of course it was a one liner because that's what tweets are. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Odd how many Americans invoke the 2nd Amendment to justify gun ownership, rather than explore whether or not it's a good idea — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@GerardoBarbosa The Planetarium shop brings me a stash every now and then to sign. You happened to draw from such a batch. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Common Evidence of Bias: Your candidate is the best, and you can find absolutely nothing good to say about other candidates. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

JUST POSTED: @StarTalkRadio “StarTalk Live! at the Beacon [Pt 1]: Chasing Comets” On @itunespodcasts: https://t.co/NgyNTIqkF5 — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Indeed, from atop Burj Khalifa in Dubai, they get four extra minutes of daylight: two in the morning & two in the evening. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@AlgonquinGuy Yup. So a daylight lasts about four minutes longer (total) for high-floor residents. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

From the top of Burj Khalifa in Dubai, daytime Ramadan fasting lasts 2-min longer due later sunsets. https://t.co/VwCoekm6al — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@booohive And that one’s got a rotating space station on it. At least textile manufacturers are still thinking that way. — PolitiTweet.org