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Neil DeGrasse Tyson reveals the most astounding fact about the universe & illustrates it with stunning imagery

Cris Popenoe — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:30:40 +0000

03:35 Tyson’s answer is as eloquent as it is mind-blowing and as beautiful as it is sublime. This video ties his insights together with breathtaking visuals to create a powerful representation of the science behind Tyson’s answer, which is perhaps best revealed in one particular quote: “We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s most astounding fact adapted into a comic

Cris Popenoe — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:29:01 +0000

Cartoonist Gavin Aung Than offers his graphic version of the famous quote, illustrating it in a single, beautiful webcomic. The beginning of Than’s comic is below, you can see the whole thing at his delightful Zen Pencils website.

In Zen Pencils Than takes various inspirational quotes and illustrates comics around them. They’re well worth checking out.

Symphony of Science: We Are All Connected

Cris Popenoe — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:19:02 +0000

04:12 This fascinating video packages scientific knowledge and philosophy into music, auto-tuning the voices. It draws from Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos,” “Universe series,” Richard Feynman interviews, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s cosmic sermon, and Bill Nye’s “Eyes of Nye,” with added visuals from “The Elegant Universe,” “Stephen Hawking’s Universe,” and “The Powers of 10.”