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I do not know whether biologists walk around every day awestruck by the diversity of life. I certainly do. On this single planet called Earth, there coexist (among countless other life forms), algae, beetles, sponges, jellyfish, snakes, condors, and giant sequoias. Imagine these seven living organisms lined up next to each other in size-place.
Mar 10, 2014 · From the original 'Cosmos' "We are all made of star stuff," astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tells us in episode one of Cosmos. And the second way: the line itself comes from the original Cosmos ...
Jan 23, 2016 · Once an objective truth is established by these methods, it is not later found to be false. We will not be revisiting the question of whether Earth is round; whether the sun is hot; whether humans and chimps share more than 98 percent identical DNA; or whether the air we breathe is 78 percent nitrogen.
Neil deGrasse Tyson (US: / d ə ˈ ɡ r æ s / də-GRASS or UK: / d ə ˈ ɡ r ɑː s / də-GRAHSS; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University , the University of Texas at Austin , and Columbia University .
Jan 26, 2016 · Rapper BoB in bitter row with cosmologist Neil deGrasse Tyson over whether the world is flat or round 'A lot of people are turned off by the phrase ‘flat earth,' the rapper says.
Again and again across the centuries, cosmic discoveries have demoted our self-image. Earth was once assumed to be astronomically unique, until astronomers learned that Earth is just another planet orbiting the Sun. Then we presumed the Sun was unique, until we learned that the countless stars of the night sky are suns themselves.
Mar 8, 2024 · Earth is as round as a billiard ball [but still it would make a terrible billiard ball] Speaking of roundness, is Earth as round as a billiard ball? Earth’s equatorial diameter is 7,926 miles (12,756 km), but from pole to pole, the diameter is 7,898 miles (12,714 km) – a difference of only 28 miles (42 km).
