Look, there is a difference between astronomy and astrophysics: you say “astrophysics” when you want the conversation about what you do for work to end right away, and “astronomy” when you want it to end only after they realize you don’t mean astrology

The problem with science denial is that those who deny science, truly do not believe they deny any science. Nobody is a proud "science denier"

I think the scariest alien scenario ever would be if they came to earth, didn’t talk to humans, communicated with something in the ocean for a few days and then just left

I get such a kick out of astronomers referring to "now" as "the last few million years"

the finite physicist We are closer to the time of the dinosaurs than there are grains of sand in the visible atoms

RECORD BROKEN: Hubble observed the farthest individual star ever seen! This extraordinary new benchmark detected light from a star that existed within the first billion years after the universe's birth in the big bang. Find out more: go.nasa.gov/3tRj5cP

Speaking as an IPCC Lead Author, these are some of the most important new messages from the #climate report out today: (🧵) 1. For the first time we’re seeing evidence of real, sustained decreases in greenhouse gas emissions from some countries. But take a breath because…

if you were a kid who read books by flashlight under the covers you're now an adult who gets lost down wikipedia rabbit-holes at 2:00am

I'm grateful we tried. Man, oh, man, did we try.

One reason that twitter doesn’t have tons of nuanced takes is because they’re actually a lot of work.

I'm awake at 3am with anticipation about the announcement this morning from Event Horizon 'Scope about our galaxy and our beloved black hole, Sag A*. Reporters ask me what it means to me. What it means to me is that it's meaningful for all of us. We all orbit this black hole together

We finally have the first look at our Milky Way black hole, Sagittarius A*. It’s the dawn of a new era of black hole physics. Credit: EHT Collaboration. #OurBlackHole #SgrABlackHole Link: eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronome…

Petition to replace "quantitative" and "qualitative" with "numbery" and "feely"

LITTLE FYI 🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢 + Hank Green 's Awesome Coffee Club is consistently the best coffee I've ever had AND 100% of profits are donated to help reduce maternal mortality in impoverished communities. AND it just shows up at my door every month? I love it so much.

“No one wants to hear about your special interest—” I do. Tell me all about how the Appalachians are older than Saturn’s Rings or how the invention of the compass led to the atomic bomb. Life is so brief and the world is so big and we have to learn from each other.

Happy 65th B’day Sputnik — “Fellow Traveller.” Launched by the USSR Oct 4, 1957 At the time, the United States lost its shit. Not because we hadn’t yet launched anything, but because a hollowed-out Intercontinental Ballistic Missile shell delivered the little satellite to orbit.

Neil dGT live ⁦Pioneer Works⁩ with the fab ⁦StarTalk⁩ crew to celebrate his new book with coauthor/producer ⁦Lindsey N. Walker⁩ September 12! See ya there. Tix available but going fast: pioneerworks.org/programs/start…

On September 12th, co-authors Neil deGrasse Tyson & Lindsey N. Walker bring StarTalk to Pioneer Works to celebrate the release of their new book, “To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery” 🪐 Tickets will go fast, so get yours! 🔗 pioneerworks.org/programs/start…

It’s here! ✨ Today’s the release date of ‘To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery’ 🪐 A big congratulations to co-authors Neil deGrasse Tyson & Lindsey N. Walker who worked very hard to write the most exciting book you’ll read all year!