Neil deGrasse TysonVerified account

Pointlessly geeky fact: 33 is the number of Pi digits required to manifest all ten numerals at least once: 3.14159265358979323846264338327950

In five-billion years, as the Sun begins to die, its outer layers of glowing plasma will expand stupendously, engulfing the orbits of Mercury, then Venus, as the charred ember that was once the oasis of life called Earth vaporizes into the vacuum of space. Have a nice day!

Odd, isn't it. Every reason given for Daylight Saving Time in summer months could just as well apply to winter months.

A square spiral. Also, a reminder of why somebody invented Elevators. Pilgrim Monument,… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf_gxkmAfHy/ 

Bears repeating: Creativity that satisfies & affirms your world view is Entertainment. Creativity that challenges & disrupts your world view is Art.

If the #Olympics were a bit geekier, they would measure aerial acrobatics in Radians. Every half-rotation is Pi Radians, making it easier to track and say how many rotations were executed. You're just counting Pi’s.

If there’s anything we’ve learned from the aerial acrobatics of 2018 Winter #Olympics, it’s which numbers are fractionally and fully divisible by 360 degrees.

A subject is scientifically controversial when actively debated by legions of scientists, not when actively debated by the public, the press, or by politicians.

A Puffin in profile, posing as if they know in advance they’re more photogenic that way.… https://www.instagram.com/p/BfbEMvPAGIy/ 

Feb 18, 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. The little ice-ball is so far away, it has barely finished 1/3 of its 248-year orbit around the Sun

Feb 18, 2018: Eighty-eight years ago today, Clyde Tombaugh of the @LowellObs discovered Pluto -- a legit planet until @PlutoKiller cemented its dwarf-planet fate, then confessed it in his twitter handle. (I was merely an accessory.)

Evidence collected over many years, obtained from many locations, indicates that the power of Prayer is insufficient to stop bullets from killing school children.

Just an FYI: The proper word for someone from Venus, -- the planet of love, beauty, and its consequences — is “Venereal.” But medical doctors took the word before astrophysicists did. So we’re stuck with “Venusians”.

Not enough of us are impressed by plants whose vitality require no more than a crack in the… https://www.instagram.com/p/BfCHP5YATzV/ 

They run into burning buildings as we flee them. They approach where bullets are fired as we frantically escape the danger. They mobilize for natural disasters as we shudder in fear of our lives. First Responders -- a rare & cherished subset of our species.