23 Times Neil DeGrasse Tyson Was So Sassy It Hurt

    Astrophysicist with attitude.

    1. On the end of the world:

    In 5-billion years the Sun will expand & engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have a nice day

    2. On measuring the length of blood vessels:

    Just an FYI: If you removed all veins, arteries, & capillaries from your body and laid them end to end, you will die.

    3. On intelligent life:

    I'd bet aliens have already visited us, but after careful observation concluded there's no sign of intelligent life on Earth.

    4. On alternative medicine:

    Q: What do you call Alternative Medicine that survives double-blind laboratory tests? A: Regular Medicine.

    5. On professional athletes:

    Based on comments from winning players, it's remarkable how much time God spends to help athletes defeat their opponents.

    6. On middle fingers:

    If we had twelve fingers, there’d be no middle finger to flip at people with whom you’ve run out of words to communicate.

    7. On The Los Angeles Angels:

    Does it disturb anyone else that "The Los Angeles Angels" baseball team translates directly to "The The Angels Angels"?

    8. On "toxins":

    The likelihood that a person uses the word "toxin" correlates strongly with how much Chemistry the person does *not* know

    9. On Snoop Dogg:

    If @RealJeffreyRoss and other comedians honored @SnoopDogg, would that be a “Pot Roast”?

    10. On July 4th:

    July 4 - Happy Birthday USA. Celebrating the day we declared Independence, and not the day we actually achieved it.

    11. On "total eclipses":

    Total Eclipses occur every couple of years or so. If anyone calls them "rare", ask if they feel that way about the Olympics.

    12. On the state of television:

    America 2012: The Learning Channel has HoneyBooBoo, History Channel has PawnStars: and the Science Channel has PumpkinChunkin

    13. On the "Super Moon":

    Moon Lunacy strikes again: The impending Supermoon is to an average full Moon what a 16" Pizza is to a 15" Pizza. So chillax.

    14. On hip-hop:

    I’m quite sure that Frogs were into Hip-Hop long before the music industry was.

    15. On soccer players:

    I wonder what Rugby players think every time they see a Soccer player crying in pain from being grazed by another player.

    16. On psychics:

    A news headline you hardly ever see: "Psychic Wins the Lottery Again"

    17. On Spanish sportscasters:

    Good thing Spanish fútbol sportscasters don’t announce basketball, they’d spend 1/3 of playing time saying “Goooooooooooool”

    18. On plane cabins:

    Flight Attendants say: "Cabin pressurized for your comfort & safety." What they mean is: "otherwise you'd freeze & suffocate"

    19. On "Miss Universe":

    Astrophysicists are monitors of extreme adjectives. Which is why "Miss Universe" to us is just "Miss Earth".

    20. On airport customs:

    Had to wait in line to renew a Passport allowing me to visit members of my own species across artificially conceived borders.

    21. On Olympic curling:

    I occasionally wonder whether people who are good at Olympic Curling are also good at sweeping out the basement.

    22. On Red Bull Stratos:

    I'm told somebody's jumping out of a perfectly good balloon from 23-miles up. The theory of gravity no longer needs to be tested in this way

    23. And on his DJ name:

    If I were ever to become a Hip-hop DJ,I think I'd choose the name "MC-squared"