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A Lunar Eclipse flat-Earthers have never seen.
Pi are not round…
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Happy 93rd trip around the Sun moonwalker Buzz Aldrin. And congratulations on the nuptials. Both, welcomed events en route to getting “Your Ass to Mars.”
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Happy 93rd trip around the Sun moonwalker Buzz Aldrin. And congratulations on the nuptials. Both, welcomed events en route to getting “Your Ass to Mars.”
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As stunning an image of our nearby universe as I have seen. Deep within the Eagle Nebula, find the “Pillars of Creation,” a stellar nursery made famous by the Hubble Telescope. Now laid bare by the infrared cameras of the @NASAWebb telescope.
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Not a big book buyer, and have nothing else to do when stuck in traffic during your morning & evening commute? Or on the treadmill at the fitness center?
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If interested, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization also lives as an Audio Book, which I narrated.
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Here’s a 1-minute commercial for it.
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Blue Lives Matter
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March 2023 marks the 50th anniversary release of @PinkFloyd’s legendary album Dark Side of the Moon.
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And I’ve spend 50 years undoing the misconception it has caused.
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The Moon has a far side, but no dark side — nor is it “all dark”. On the Moon, the day/night cycle lasts a month.
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Congratulations Argentina in your World Cup.
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Not that anybody asked, but…
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The chemical symbol for Silver, the most electrically conductive element on the Periodic Table, is “Ag,” from the Latin “Argentum,” after which Argentina is named.
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The Cell Phone Macarena
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October 9, 2022
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Full Moon tonight. Rising at Sunset. Setting at Sunrise.
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Not that anybody asked, but had this October Full Moon occurred three days earlier, then it would have fallen closer to the September equinox than did the September Full Moon, and would have become this year’s Harvest Moon.
Probably nobody cares, but the
@NBC Peacock feathers don’t match the sequence of those six colors in the actual electromagnetic spectrum. Just sayin’.
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Just remembered — this past week was the 50th anniversary of Franco Harris’s “Immaculate Reception” which led to his playoff-winning touchdown for the Pittsburgh @Steelers.
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But especially saddened to learn of his passing, five days ago. Franco Harris, RIP.
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[Sculpture of Franco Harris, the moment of his immaculate reception. Pittsburgh International Airport, November 2016; iPhone 6s]
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How to explain Jazz to Aliens.
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From the archives: @wayneshorterofficial (and @herbiehancock ) on @startalk
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Wayne Shorter: RIP 1933-2023.
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A brief…⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
ANONYMOUS LETTER TO THE WORLD
An excerpt from Neil’s latest book “Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization” 🌌 Available now, link in our bio!
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Merry Perihelion to Earth and all its residents.
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On this day in our annual oval orbit, Earth is closer to the Sun than at any other time of year. By how much? We’re 3% closer (3-million miles; 5-million km) now than than six months later in July.
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Sunset on the World Trade Center.
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[ WTC 1, World Financial Center Plaza. Sony Cybershot, Zeiss Lens. July 2, 2001 ]
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This past week @NASA celebrated its 64th birthday. From the Mercury Seven to Apollo to the Mars Rovers to the Hubble & Webb Space Telescopes, you’ve committed your life to bringing the Universe down to Earth by turning space into our collective backyard.
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Thank You.
***Solar Acne***
My co-author from “Welcome to the Universe in 3D” @robertvanderbei nabbed this photo of our Sun at 10am ET today (Monday, Jan 16, 2023). It reveals tons of sunspots: Good for aurora-watching in higher latitudes.
The Sun rotates about once per month, so these spots — day by day — slowly drift across the surface. Since they reveal magnetic disturbances in the Sun’s plasma-gas, they always appear in pairs: One with positive and the other with negative polarity, like any red-blooded magnet.
Sunspots track the Sun’s 11-year cycle of surface activity. We are currently on our way up to the next peak in 2025.
For detailed information on this image, and other cool astro-photos, see Bob’s Princeton website. https://vanderbei.princeton.edu/images/NJP/Sun.html
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The world looks different when you’re scientifically literate.
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[Interview with @AriMelber of “The Beat” – Video: 16m 45s]
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In my research on the multiverse, I found a version of myself, waving back to me.
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Meanwhile, in a universe where time ticks counterclockwise…
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This weekend “Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization” debut’s at #3 on the NYTimes Bestseller list.
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Thanks to all who care about what I think, what I say, & what I write. My motivation is, and will always be, to serve your cosmic curiosity.
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