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@neiltyson

Astrophysicist

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Joined January 2009
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  1. Nov 14

    Don’t know for sure. I’m told that God only Zooms with Thy camera turned off.

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    So, God is a white man?
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  2. Nov 14

    This might be God’s Zoom screen, complete with Pronouns.

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  3. Nov 12

    Tried hard to teach about lunar tides, but instead he taught me that the Earth & Moon require Couples Therapy. [ excerpt: 6 min]

    6:07
    The perfect duo doesn’t exi…
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  4. Oct 20

    We’ve all seen Tides ebb & flow on shorelines. But Earth’s tidal bulge is fixed in space relative to the Moon. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Earth’s rotation is what drags us into and out of that bulge, leaving us with the daily illusion that Tide waters moves at all.

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  5. Oct 20

    Oct 20, 2021 — Full Moon today. Nothing special — Earth gets 12 or 13 of them per year. FYI: Even though high tides are highest during Full Moon, let’s not forget that low tides are also at their lowest.

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  6. Oct 20

    Oct 20, 2021 — Full Moon today. FYI: The strength of the Moon’s tides on Earth have nothing to do with the Moon’s phase. During Full Moon, the (weaker) Sun tides add directly to the Moon’s, leaving us all to think the Full Moon itself exacts magic forces on Earth. It does not.

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  7. Oct 19

    Cosmic Mysteries.. 1. How Dark Energy accelerates the universe. 2. How Alien bio-chemistry might encode their identities, if not via DNA. 3. How stray Lego pieces attack the bottom of your bare foot, causing excruciating pain, yet leave no sign of their assault.

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  8. Oct 13

    Don’t tell anybody. But part of me actually wants to do this.

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  9. Oct 13

    Godspeed . Will reach Mach 3 (3x the speed of sound) on ascent. That’s 0.00034% of Warp Factor 1, but it’s a start.

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  10. Oct 8

    In a world of Smart Phones and GPS timing, I mourn the loss of that singular, quiet moment — as they stand in a small circle with heads gently bowed — now forever lost in Heist films, when the leader declares… “Let’s synchronize our watches.”

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  11. Oct 5

    And Happy Birthday to the other 22-million human Earthlings born into the October 5th club.

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  12. Oct 5

    My age today, reckoned in the years of other places: Mercury = 261.5 yrs Venus = 102.4 yrs Mars = 33.5 yrs Jupiter = 5.3 yrs Saturn = 2.14 yrs Uranus = 0.75 yrs Neptune = 0.38 yrs Milky Way = 0.00000028 yrs.

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  13. Oct 5

    Indeed born October 5, 1958. A warm thanks to all those who have wished me a happy birthday. I don’t feel a day over 63! That’s nearly 37 billion total miles (60 billion km) around the Sun — with a little help from the Earth. And I don’t feel a day over 63!

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  14. Sep 24

    An almost-perfect solar system rap by . [Video: 2m 50sec]

    Who Gave the Mic to Pluto!?
    @keatsdidit, what's up with that!?
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  15. Sep 22

    Happy Equinox to all Earthlings. Latin for equal-night, today we all get 12 hrs of day & night — except we don’t. FYI: Sunlight crossing from the vacuum of space into Earth’s atmosphere refracts, adding a few minutes more light at sunrise & sunset than we’d otherwise receive.

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  16. Sep 19

    If you spend too much time being too cool for school, you might end up too ignorant to get a Job.

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  17. Sep 19

    Dear Chicago, Galaxies, black holes, killer asteroids, subatomic particles. They all collide. The topics for this evening. Good to back in town. I missed you. See you at 7pm CT. -Neil

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  18. Sep 10

    In remembrance...

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  19. Sep 5

    **Follow the Water** Mesmerizing.

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  20. Sep 1

    **Vaccine Science** I host a podcast, if you didn’t know. Here’s a episode with that’s all about Vaccines, in case you’re not entirely sure how they work, or in case you retain doubts about their efficacy. [Video: 48 min]

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