Letters to my Science Dad

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[meetingthestoryteller]

[kaiyves-backup]

Perhaps the world of 2044 will be as different from ours as 1979 now seems from our present time. But let us also echo this wish into the future— may they have peace and happiness.

[conifae]

[humanoidhistory]

Astronaut Mae Jemison, first African-American woman in space, wearing an automatic feedback training system suit as she conducts the Autogenic Feedback Training Experiment aboard the Shuttle Endeavour, September 1992.

(National Archives)

[peteneems]

[scientificphilosopher]

via: Tysonism

[jaxsonpohlman-blog1]

Always incredible to witness something like this. Shoutout to everyone that pulled an all nighter to see this. Captured just outside of Wichita, Kansas.

[exploregif-blog]

[gifsboom]

Perfect magnets

[hoiplatapolloi]

Fun story: One of the first things I was taught as an astronomy student is that, if you want to be a dick to someone giving a presentation, ask them “and how do the magnetic fields play into this?” and they will invariably say “fuck you I don’t know” because no one understands magnetic fields they are black magic.

[edwardspoonhands]

Originally posted by fencehopping

[kasaron]

Magnets are pure bullshit.

Pure utter bullshit. Electromagnetic forces somehow outstrip gravitic forces in strength by an obscene factor, for no reason I can comprehend and it bothers me.

I love magnets

[supernova2395]

One, that gif showing the Curie temperature is really cool. 

Two, you don’t understand, magnetic fields are the bane of my existance and I have a masters dissertation about them. I studied how magnetic fields develop in low mass stars and every single meeting with my supervisor ended in some conversation about how stupid magnetism is.

“Oh yeah and this is effected by the magnetic field strength…”

“But why?”

“God knows, I don’t have a clue.”

Was literally said to me by a professor who has spent 20 years of his life looking at magnetism in stars.

ALSO:

“Don’t ask why, we don’t know. Maybe magnetism? Who knows anything about magnetism.” - My Stellar Physics professor when asked about certain processes in stellar formation, something he has been studying for 10 years.

Like we know so little about that it’s actually funny.

[snailtattoo-deactivated20210605]

true space facts

if u look up there it is

[1st-1]

When I pass and my atoms are free I hope they explore the universe I never got to see

[thedragoninmygarage]

Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos (via thedragoninmygarage)

[crookedindifference-deactivated]

Happy Halloween!

[itsokaytobesmart]

We are all scare stuff.

[mikelikesscience]

If you wish to make a pumpkin pie from scratch…

[sagansense]

The cosmos is all scare ever was, or ever will boo!

[in-love-with-movies]

Contact (USA, 1997)

[carlboygenius]

10 Tyson Tweets

[meme-loving-stuck]

the fucking last one

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

@a-speck-of-the-universe

[sci-universe]

Well, this is definitely the most fun I’ve had while making a post.

Inspired by this one from capnphaggit. Images & copyrights: Trifid Nebula (M20) by Marcus Davies, The Cat’s Eye Nebula and Star-forming region Sharpless 2-106 by NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Please don’t remove the credits.

[portlandplantwitch-blog]

do it!

[s-r-f]

Makes the universe look like an organ, a beating heart

[scientificphilosopher]

If we imagine that we are purely, or even mainly, rational beings, we will never know ourselves.

Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan, ‘Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors’ (via scientificphilosopher)

[treksource]

#The Cutest Scientists

[rikerssexblouse]

Of all the possible ways they could have shown people using bad language on Star Trek, THIS WAS THE PERFECT WAY. 

Starfleet officers nerding out over SCIENCE. Love it. 

[themindmovement]

I have approximate answers, and possible beliefs, and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I’m not absolutely sure of anything.

Richard Feynman (via themindmovement)