Tonight's Tonight

The Attitude

Today's Nerdy Thing

The Ort Cloud

• We don't really know what it looks like
• It takes light from the sun 8 minutes to get to Earth
• It takes light from the sun about a month to get to Neptune
• It takes light from the sun about a year and a half to get outside the Ort Cloud

Reprieve - Probably

The probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 crashing into Earth has dropped from 3.1% to 0.004%.

It's expected to safely pass Earth in 2032.

So the probability has been greatly reduced, but don't get cocky. Yes, it's really low, but it ain't zero. There's still a chance.

Credits: NASA/JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies

Carl Speaks

Our intuition is not adequate to the task.

A Dose Of Reason:

Today's Nerdy Thing

Elle & Toni

Smart Guys

I'm really glad there are people who volunteer to get the headaches that come from thinking this stuff through.

My head thanks you for your service, guys.

Today's Golden Oldie

Word Porn

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Sez

I'm alive in the universe,

but I feel small.

No.

The universe is alive within you,

and you should feel large.

Today's Nerd

"... a brand new physics..."

My new favorite phrase from my new favorite ÜberNerd.

Today In Nerd Things

Go places and see things. It might surprise you how doing that makes you less inclined to fuck with people.

Today's Nerdy Thing

I'll keep saying it - I love me some excitable nerds.

Dr Becky (Rebeccah Smethurst, PhD) - a little amped up about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Gazing At The Sky

We must always dream of the day when we can knock off he shit, stop fucking with each other, and just lie back and count the stars.

Some day.

It's OK To Be Smart - Hubble

On A Sunday

Carl Sagan asks only for us to think it over.

Song: The Earth Prelude
Artist: Ludovico Einaudi

Paramecia, People & Petunias

The Powers Of Ten:

More Bad News

Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková will NOT destroy the earth this time around, so our long global nightmare will continue for (probably) another 5.25 years - until it comes back around.

Of course, with "President" Chaos in the White House, the odds improve greatly for the end to come a little sooner.

Sleep well.

Today's Video

Amy Schumer seems to be working hard and she's getting better at it.

hat tip = Little Green Footballs

A Star Died That You Should Live

"The universe is huge and old, and rare things happen all the time." --Lawrence Krauss

Apollo's Entourage