Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

.@chrisbersbach: I once got a bar trivia question "wrong" for saying the Sun's name is Sol. // You're clearly hanging out at the wrong bars. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@TechYeti02: Isn't that just like saying "The proper name for the US is États-Unis"? // No. All planets have Latin (Roman) names. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

.@ionature: Why don't "The Sun" & "The Moon" have proper names? // They do. So does Earth. From the Latin: Sol, Luna, & Terra — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Interstellar space travel today, taking a thousand generations to arrive, would require a crew of extremely fertile people. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

If we sent our fastest-ever space probe to Alpha Centauri, the Sun's nearest star system, the journey would take 75,000 years — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

.@kissylovey: What about women's menstrual cycles? // Unless they're 29d 12h 44m 50s apart, they don't sync with the Moon. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

.@KStarostin: If there were no Moon how would it affect us? // We'd no longer have an excuse to blame our Lunatic behavior. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@dia5Fl3c: For the first time, I must disagree with you. // I offer perspectives, not opinions, so there's nothing to disagree with. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@bemery2012: Have you tried googling it? // Yup. Clever people in their employ. Gives us all some hope for the world. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

The "Edge of Space" jump: A corresponding fall to a schoolroom globe begins 1 millimeter above its surface. I'm just saying. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Recursion is a curious concept because it can refer to sentences, such as this one, that refer to curious concepts. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

.@Jftelford501: How do we know we're not living inside a huge computer simulation? // We don't, unless you take the Red Pill. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

.@LawrenBowles: If you lived in a world made of diamond, what would be your most sought after material? // Dirt, to grow food — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Alka Seltzer is fizzable. Uranium is fissionable. I'd prefer that my leaders knew the difference between the two. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

America 2012: The Learning Channel has HoneyBooBoo, History Channel has PawnStars: and the Science Channel has PumpkinChunkin — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@Nerdist: I sent @TomHanks a vintage typewriter... // But I was on your show for free. Next time I'll demand some unobtainium — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

I'm told somebody's jumping out of a perfectly good balloon from 23-miles up. The theory of gravity no longer needs to be tested in this way — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

BacktoPhysics: Congrats to DavidWineland (USA) & SergeHaroche (FRA). 2012 Nobel Prize for observing elusive quantum particles — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

FYI: Though not acquired at TraderJoe's, that wine with excessive French labelling from 1958 cost me about $75. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

.@JediWineMaster What wine did I drink on my Birthday, you ask? 1958 Jaboulet-Vercherre Volnay Santenots Cuvee Jehan deMassol — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@lwalchuk: I'm going to visit Arecibo Obs today. Anything I should take note of? // Try to visit beneath the dish -- an otherworldly place. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

JUST POSTED: Part 2 of Sex, Drugs, Religion, & Science with @BillMaher on @StarTalkRadio [Audio: 40min] http://t.co/R4AGqijO — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Every now and then, the universe compels me to invent a new mixed drink [2m 20s]: http://t.co/AXb9tKOA — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@Psychovinny16: 54 years, have you ever lost your temper? I say no. // I think I'm as temper-free as they come. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Fan of James Bond? Interviewed by NPR's @MorningEdition on the Physics of Bond Gadgets. [Audio: 5min] http://t.co/XwAThOMl — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Yes, today is indeed my birthday. Thanks for all the kind wishes. And, come to think of it, I don't feel a day over 54. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Hmm. Obama & Romney spent 22 min on job-creation with hardly a sentence on the seminal role of sci-tech innovation in 21st century economies — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

FYI: My Dow Jones Industrial Averag (DJIA) analysis across Presidencies was inspired by a tweet from @michaelshermer. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Change in DJIA during Pres. terms, continued: Carter: -1%; Reagan 1: +37%, Reagan 2: +77% — PolitiTweet.org