Turn Right, And Never Meet That Man!

Neil deGrasse Tyson slams rapper B.o.B for his flat-Earth theory. Watch the mic drop heard ’round the world.

Global Map of Pluto

“Our job is not to wipe out propensities, but to arrange the stencils, to design society so the best in us is brought out.”

In this archival interview from October 9, 1992, Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan talk about their book Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are, an investigation of our human origins. Sagan and Druyan discussed human prejudice and distrust of other cultures in the context of the Cold War and the presidential election of 1992. But many of the conversation’s themes about fear and xenophobia seem just as applicable today.

astrophile

(noun) Astrophile is known as a person who loves the stars and everything to do with astronomy. Consider them amateur astronomists.  (via wordsnquotes)

The “Spider” during testing on the Apollo 9 mission. 

#getreal, Flat-Earthers.

We’ve arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces

Carl Sagan (via nasahistory)

Man was a prophet.