Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@DarisBrownSEO They indeed have official names… Moon: LUNA Earth: TERRA Sun: SOL — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Fan of Jeff Goldblum? Science with swagger. “Making Science Cool” on @StarTalkRadio [Audio: 50 min] https://t.co/AfaONwuJhk https://t.co/zLZlmtOlWo — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Odd that we don’t solicit a second opinion from Doctors after receiving a good medical diagnosis. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Stars in the universe that burn the brightest, live shorter lives than others. And with their high-energy light, they transform all that basks in their luminosity. Farewell John Singleton (1968-2019). — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@fernandocuri Yup. I suppose I should have specified Euclidean space. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Sometimes I wonder if in Deer Heaven they are outfitted with rifles and hunt Humans. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

As the area of our knowledge grows, so too does the perimeter of our ignorance. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

If you wield the power to snap your finger and end half of all life in the universe — to preserve resources for those who remain — then you surely have the power to snap your finger and double the resources instead. @Avengers, I checked the math on that one. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@nhatier @e_downer @jeffgolenski You don’t **consume** 20 liters of water per day. More like 2 liters, I suspect. I choose my words carefully. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Caught #AvengersEndgame last night in a private @IMAX screening. All three hours of it. Never before knew how many @Avengers were actually running around the universe. Including blue ones and red ones and green ones and black ones. And one that glows. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@Haroldj111 Estimates fall between 80 and 100 billion. So nearly ten percent of all humans that ever lived are alive right now. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

FYI: An average comet contains as much water as has ever been consumed by all humans who have ever lived. FYI: A garden-variety metallic asteroid contains vastly more gold than has ever been mined in the history of the world. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Sure, Thanos is singularly evil. But I bet he flunked Astro 101. He wants to kill half of all living things to save the other half — due to limited resources. But the universe has vastly more resources than can possibly be consumed by civilizations that have access to space. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

For me, every day is #EarthDay. https://t.co/BcjWWt6dql — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@GoodieMorales If you didn’t watch the video then you missed an entire part about the Gregorian Calendar. And the jokes Chuck tells about it. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@jamerpalms Good one. In that case, yes, there would be eclipse “spillage" into the wee-morning hours of Easter. Lunar eclipses are long and boring, lasting about three hours. So you could get up to ninety minutes of one crossing into Easter Sunday. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Not that anybody asked, but… Easter Sunday can never have an Eclipse of any kind. Here’s why. Also, why Easter meanders on the calendar from year to year. [Video: 4m 30sec]. https://t.co/l6qs4R20nO — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@gregborbonus @levarburton It’s a geeky StarTrek reference: https://t.co/Or3C2QB0mc — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@joe_standishj97 Ooh. I missed that one! — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@Floating_Door @elonmusk @michiokaku @StationCDRKelly @BillNye @NASA @WorldAndScience @Tesla FYI: Accurate timings of Pulsars across the Galaxy can provide a kind of solar-system-wide GPS for residents of all planets. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Wishing Director John Singleton (age 51) a speedy recovery from his stroke. An occasion, perhaps, for the rest of us to be amazed that human physiology works at all. https://t.co/x4H1iFjvZG — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@levarburton Sure. But can he detect all wavelengths of light with *those* shades? — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

*** April 20 *** The only day of the year I would possibly post this video. [2min] https://t.co/7vH3PONp6R — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Is it just me, or does @NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope resemble the @NHL’s Stanley Cup? https://t.co/45IhlpLsdE — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@keninstream @BiffNola @AlexMenasche FYI: Everyone’s weight is already slightly less than it would otherwise be (except for Santa Claus), due to the centrifugal forces of Earth’s rotation. Maximum effect is at the Equator, where 150-pound residents weigh about 8 ounces less. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@BiffNola @AlexMenasche No. We would still have lunar tides. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Is it just me, or does Thanos resemble Hellboy — minus the forehead hockey pucks, of course. https://t.co/xVuvUbY6YQ — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@AlexMenasche Neither the rotation nor Earth’s gravity would change. Note also that if the Sun disappeared, we would not know about it for 8 min 20 sec -- the time it takes light and the change in gravity to reach us. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@LuisCityCouncil @chasestrangio They’d still be alive on Earth if that darned asteroid didn’t take ‘em out. And mammals would not likely have evolved much past the rodents that we were, scurrying under foot, trying to avoid getting eaten by T-Rex. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@WillDeanJr Yup! Leaving me to wonder how many kids like that were re-directed, in generations past, because society was not entirely ready for black (or female) scientists. — PolitiTweet.org