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@neiltyson

Astrophysicist

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Joined January 2009
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  1. 12 hours ago

    JUST POSTED: ’s Cosmic Queries: "Primatology” w/ . On &

    24 replies 128 retweets 787 likes
  2. 13 hours ago

    If a millipede ever stumbled on something in its path, that’s gotta be embarrassing.

    443 replies 3,525 retweets 18,052 likes
  3. 19 hours ago

    Always seemed to me that millipedes have more legs than are necessary.

    1,035 replies 4,886 retweets 25,076 likes
  4. Jul 4

    Colorful Fireworks tonight? Hug a Chemist & thank Aluminum Barium Calcium Chlorine Copper Nitrogen Oxygen Sodium & Strontium.

    854 replies 18,707 retweets 66,216 likes
  5. Jul 4

    July 4th 1776: To all Americans, Happy Independence Day. Declared seven years before it was officially won from the British.

    679 replies 6,838 retweets 38,906 likes
  6. Jul 3

    Indeed we do. Chapter 8: “On Being Round”.

    Replying to @barrykibrick @WLIW21 @neiltyson
    And we still don't know why the worlds are round! Or are they?!
    110 replies 348 retweets 2,388 likes
  7. Jul 3

    ECCENTRICITY for Weenies: CIRCLE = 0 ELLIPSE: 0.0167 Earth 0.2488 Pluto 0.9671 Halley’s Comet PARABOLA = 1 HYPERBOLA > 1

    345 replies 2,618 retweets 12,391 likes
  8. Jul 3

    For Aphelion Weenies: DATE: 03 July 2017 TIME: 20:11 GMT ORBTITAL ECCENTRICITY: 0.0167 SUN-EARTH DISTANCE: 152,092,504 km

    162 replies 1,694 retweets 7,757 likes
  9. Jul 3

    July 3, 2017: Happy Aphelion! Single day of the year when Earth is farthest from the Sun — 1.7 percent farther than average.

    713 replies 14,861 retweets 39,849 likes
  10. Jun 30

    Ooh. Forgot about him. Must then also include Benjamin Button. And maybe Merlin, who, I think, lives backwards through time

    Replying to @neiltyson
    Unless your name is Dorian Gray.
    165 replies 286 retweets 3,172 likes
  11. Jun 30

    If you think you look old in a Photo you just took, consider instead that you will never again be that young.

    1,283 replies 12,376 retweets 44,247 likes
  12. Jun 25

    Thought I saw a dino-Transformer eat a Car. Seems to me that would make it a Carnivore.

    938 replies 6,081 retweets 31,140 likes
  13. Jun 25

    Agreed. Would be disturbingly funny if the all the Vegans from Vega were actually carnivores.

    249 replies 1,878 retweets 13,251 likes
  14. Jun 25

    Would be cool if we discovered intelligent life on a planet orbiting the bright star Vega and learned that they're all Vegans

    1,505 replies 13,142 retweets 57,235 likes
  15. Jun 24

    JUST POSTED: Extended Classic “Cosmic Queries-The Science of Love” on &

    39 replies 248 retweets 1,319 likes
  16. Jun 22

    Me & — Reminding you that when cosmic knowledge blows your mind, sometimes you gotta wear shades.

    865 replies 13,687 retweets 50,532 likes
  17. Jun 20

    Especially to all those Aussies who like to think of themselves as “down-under”: ¡sǝʇɐɯ 'ǝɔᴉʇsloS ɹǝʇuᴉM ʎddɐH

    379 replies 4,319 retweets 23,638 likes
  18. Jun 20

    And for the 10% of the world’s human population living on the 30% of land below Earth’s equator, Happy Winter Solstice.

    249 replies 3,571 retweets 18,045 likes
  19. Jun 20

    The day with most Sunlight: Happy Summer Solstice to all Earthlings north of the equator. Now thru Dec 21 daytime get shorter

    477 replies 10,971 retweets 33,399 likes
  20. Jun 20

    Summer Solstice, apparent to ancient observers, must nowadays be announced. That's today. That's now. 12:24am ET / 4:24 GMT.

    409 replies 6,028 retweets 22,494 likes

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