Well be a few minutes late but we’re organizing something cool tonight. Hang tight!
Hmmm… when knowledge conquers fear. Sounds good to me.
We’re live-blogging with the help of a room of astrobiologists this week. Britney Schmidt, Aaron Goldman, Steve Vance, David Grinspoon, Lucas Mix, Ty Robinson, and Matt Powell are all here watching this together. They’re are all in town for a workshop. So the tweets I put here are going to echo their thoughts quite a bit. (Also, a cosmos party game involving the words “universe,” “spaceship of the imagination,” religious references, and any Sagan-isms.) Good times.
Early on it looks like week 1 was intro to everything, week 2 intro to evolution, week 3 intro to observational astronomy #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
This #COSMOS episode coming up is #3: "When Knowledge Conquered Fear." Which we could use more of, frankly. #YayKnowledge #BooFear
— Nick Sagan (@nicksagan) March 24, 2014
The comets a LOT more spread out this time. But still probably not spread out enough. #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
Astrobiologists/planet scientists in the house complaining boo at the comment that comets turn into asteroids. #cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
"Yeeeaah!" room of astrobiolgists cheers (and drinks to) Neptune. #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
As seen on #Cosmos: The Oort Cloud is an area between five thousand & 100 thousand AU from Sun http://t.co/HdVmOiJwDc pic.twitter.com/6BstLmlD1C
— NASA (@NASA) March 24, 2014
livetweeting tonight with @DrFunkySpoon, lucas mix, steve vance, britney schmidt, ty robinson, matt powell, and aaron goldman
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
This episodes rocks so far! Great comet surface simulation. Yay!
— David Grinspoon (@DrFunkySpoon) March 24, 2014
On Oort, who was discussed:
Oort was the first to use a radio telescope to map the shape of the Galaxy. (Radio Astronomers happen to be the coolest kind) #Cosmos
— Catherine Q. (@CatherineQ) March 24, 2014
Oort was the first to use a radio telescope to map the shape of the Galaxy. (Radio Astronomers happen to be the coolest kind) #Cosmos
— Catherine Q. (@CatherineQ) March 24, 2014
“HELL’S BELLS”
Edmund Hally: Scientist, philosopher, mathematician, AC/DC fan.
#Cosmos
— Richard McGovern (@RichardMcGovern) March 24, 2014
That was a bud for Carl! Thanks @neiltyson #Cosmos
— David Grinspoon (@DrFunkySpoon) March 24, 2014
So apparently astronomy has been getting done in coffeehouses for quite some time. The pre-Starbucks era on #cosmos tonight.
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
FYI, Kepler was more than a bit awkward himself. The stereotype of the socially misfit scientist. #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
@COSMOSonTV Not quite. Orbits, not composition defines the difference. #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
… and @bio_geo_chem and Leslie Mullen just arrived! And they brought the last ingredients to make cosmos for #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
The Astrobiologists are not happy with this bit on Newton. "He was much more of a maniac than this." #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
@tweek75 Well, he did kinda lose it. They didn't really discuss that part. At least not yet.
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
Didn't live up to financial expectations? That, too, will resonate with modern scientists/astronomers. #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
As seen on #Cosmos: Learn all about Newton's Laws of Motion in this educational activity from @NASAedu: http://t.co/JOSLmGGqDk
— NASA (@NASA) March 24, 2014
Hey @COSMOSonTV, @neiltyson Newton was a lefty! #cosmos #oops
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
@PlanetDr @DrMRFrancis yes it was a source…
— David Grinspoon (@DrFunkySpoon) March 24, 2014
Here’s another angle of our group live-tweet:
Enjoying my Cosmo and Cosmos! pic.twitter.com/BZBymA8e7h
— Lindsay Hays (@bio_geo_chem) March 24, 2014
World-renown astronomer Julianne Dalcanton in on the Hells Bells puns:
@kellecruz There's a local all women ACDC cover band called Hell's Belles, which is the most awesome thing ever.
— Julianne Dalcanton (@dalcantonJD) March 24, 2014
SPACEFLIGHT MONTAGE!!!!!! Yea!!! #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
You can read #Newton's 'Principia' online here https://t.co/zKJ6AS3BXS #Cosmos http://t.co/U4JXA6FaTq
— NASA Goddard (@NASAGoddard) March 24, 2014
Discovering a comet: One of the few things that Halley never did.
#Irony #HalleysComet #cosmos
— COSMOS (@COSMOSonTV) March 24, 2014
Seriously: Dude had shots all over the world for this week’s episode:
I desperately want @neiltyson's travel budget. #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
Edmond Halley invented the weather map. #Cosmos
— Jeff Frame (@VORTEXJeff) March 24, 2014
As seen on #Cosmos: Venus crosses the disc of the Sun. Learn about the last Venus transit: http://t.co/oCziOBayDa pic.twitter.com/EF0BOZoNh8
— NASA (@NASA) March 24, 2014
Was that a helix shape in the foreground rocks? Nice little easteregg @COSMOSonTV #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
Below is the best three-dimensional map of the Milky Way's center ever created. http://t.co/37G7isy1N2 #cosmos pic.twitter.com/n0nJsiDASo
— BI: Science (@BI_Science) March 24, 2014
Halley was "… beating them (mystics) at their own game… prophecy." #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
Halley's study of Earth's magnetic field continues-@NASA's twin Van Allen probes #Cosmos http://t.co/kbk3tXMjN0 pic.twitter.com/CQjfpd4ub7
— NASA Goddard (@NASAGoddard) March 24, 2014
MT @OperaGaga #Cosmos. Cause 'Murica.
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
Stunning visual of galaxy with orbiting stars bobbing up and down. Fantastic! #cosmos
— David Grinspoon (@DrFunkySpoon) March 24, 2014
We're loving the display of the orbits on the spaceship. Very, very good demonstration of the solar system's orbits. #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
The connection between this celestial physics and @NASA is these guys gave us the equations we need to get around the solar system. #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
"His one true friend." Who? Math? Physics? Science? #Cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
Earth’s sky in a few billion years when the #Andromeda Galaxy will collide with the Milky Way. #cosmos #MilkyWay pic.twitter.com/NhbK6MMvg7
— Observing Space (@ObservingSpace) March 24, 2014
@DrFunkySpoon Clearly, that was this week's climax.
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
@CubicSnarkonia The science behind it, the engineering behind space travel, even understanding past climate all depend on that math #cosmos
— Shawn DomagalGoldman (@shawndgoldman) March 24, 2014
Tweet science questions from #Cosmos to #CosmosAfterParty . We'll try to answer them.
— Michael Busch (@michael_w_busch) March 24, 2014
