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Boston, MA
Joined June 2012
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Pretty sure adults are almost extinct now, regardless of age
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Look again at this dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. No longer pale, but absolutely glowing. My book Rad Future is out now! Let’s build the future we all want and deserve together 🩵
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what is the point of anything
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Is technology a religion, a godlike system promising salvation and threatening of damnation? Yes, says @gregmepstein. @PublishersWkly talks with Epstein about his new book "Tech Agnostic," God, and the charm of being agnostic. bit.ly/3YyXxA4
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26 years ago, I was made redundant and given a few grand. I decided that if I was careful, I could live off the money for 6 months trying to become a comedian before I had to get another job. I was 37. Worth a punt.
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The Sun photographed for a year and a half every day from the same spot at the same time ♾ teapaw.org/i/status/1832703923162…
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there are no words needed for how beautiful jupiter is.
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And there she stood awaiting her mission, standing mighty, proud, and tall. Over 350 feet long, more than six million pounds in mass, and pushing nine million pound-feet of thrust, the Saturn V rocket was a magnificent marvel of power and capability. It remains the only rocket to have transported humans beyond low earth orbit – it was our ride high into the sky. #Apollo11
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Happy #EarthDay2024 As it's also the anniversary of Apollo 16 - here's a stunning shot from the mission, taken of our home, hanging in the black, lifeless void. Remastered from the original flight film.
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Earth and the Moon imaged by JAXA’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft on November 26, 2015 from a distance of about 3 million kilometers
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This April, a mesmerizing total solar eclipse will occur along this narrow track. Who's in?
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Just in case this wasn't obvious... 😋 The Moon is visible at night (and day) due to sunlight reflecting off its surface. Our position on Earth and the Moon's location in its orbit around our planet determine its phase. 1/
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🧵Returning to life Prior to January 2020, I was traveling about 50% of the time as I presented at conferences and worked to make the world a bit more scientific. I was sick a lot, but that’s just part of being immune compromised. I wanted to see the world & I did. – at St Ann, MO
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What would y’all like to know about Plato the man, his life and times? I’ll be interviewing Robin Waterfield next week about his new biography of Plato (the first ever in English) Your questions are welcome!
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Happy Birthday to our co-founder, Carl Sagan. ♥️ This candid shot captures him by the Viking lander, script in hand, in between scenes while on the set of his acclaimed public television series "Cosmos." Carl played a key role in Viking mission design. Credit: @NASAJPL
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Now that the 10/14 annular solar eclipse is over the full focus can be on the Super Bowl of eclipses: the 4/8 total solar eclipse. If you were impressed by the annular (or if you weren't) get ready to have your mind blown!
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We touched down in Salt Lake City today and will be heading south toward the eclipse path tomorrow. It was a gloomy day but the forecast calls for improvement by Saturday. Saw this sign on I-15 outside the city.
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Lots of epic items were signed at MGSCON! We'd love to see what you brought home to your collection!
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“Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.” H.G. Wells War Of The Worlds
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