Rapper B.o.B took to Twitter to rant about his belief the Earth is flat, attempting to prove his theory with photos of the horizon. The "Nothin' on You" rapper had astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson weighing in on the subject to educate B.o.B., who refused to hear it. Read More »
Shortly after 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' came out last December, rock star astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson took to Twitter to basically say that new favorite droid BB-8 is a physics impossibility. Of course, fans took it to heart and now he's about as hated as Jar Jar Binks is you listen to some, just when people had gotten over his role in demoting Pluto to a dwarf planet. Read More »
Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson stopped by Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday and was surpsied to hear that he was able to change Maher’s mind on the whole water on Mars issue. Apparently, Maher never thought finding liquid water on Mars was that big of a deal. Tyson, through his “spiel,” was able to change the mind of the oftentimes-labeled “opinionated” comedian’s mind. Read More »
Key & Peele is easily one of the best shows on Comedy Central right now. And recently, the comedy duo unveiled a series of sketches that (sort of) mock Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson. In the bits, Tyson gives scientific reasons for doing stupid things around the house, which we’re assuming is helping husbands all throughout the country get out of sometimes precarious situations. Read More »
Images from Pluto recently surfaced thanks to NASA’s New Horizons spaceship. For the first time, we’re able to get a glimpse at what the dwarf planet actually looks like. And while the world is oh, so excited over the photos, it appears astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson thinks its “awesome minus ten percent.” Or, at least, that’s what he told soon-to-be Late Show host Stephen Colbert. Read More »