‘Mars’ follows a crew of international astronauts on humanity’s first manned mission to Mars and combines it with some of the groundbreaking work that is actually being done in real life to lay the foundation for our eventual journey to Mars.
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This week is our holiday gift to you: our mindblowingly awesome chat with superstar astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson! Enjoy!
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If you’re like me, you may have missed ‘Ice Age: Collision Course’ when it breezed through theaters earlier this year. Surprisingly, it’s the fifth entry in the series, which has seen the same pack of friends outlast primitive man, melting glaciers, dinosaurs, shifting landmasses, and pirate monkeys. Like any franchise with five films, it’s had its ups and downs, but where does the latest installment land?
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From constellations to blues songs, Neil deGrasse Tyson can talk about anything.
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It’s GeekDad at #SDCC!
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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s ‘StarTalk’ makes a disappointing debut in late night, but there is enough to bring me back next week.
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Raising science-loving kids doesn’t mean pricey STEM toys and classes. It has to do with saying “yes.” Here’s how it works.
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What happens when an astrophysicist graces the stage of the Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino, one of the world’s largest casinos where some of the biggest musicians once entertained thousands with rock-star energy? He brings another kind of energy all together. Physics!
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I just wanted to take a moment to wish Stephen Hawking, one of the people who inspired me to study physics and astronomy, a very happy birthday!
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Professor Tyson weighs in with his opnion on the esteemed theorist and subject of the movie The Theory of Everything.
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All signs point to… maybe.
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Please take just a few minutes, register with SXSW (it’s relatively painless) and then click on the thumbs up for each of the topics (links below).
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If you missed any episodes of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s awesome series Cosmos, there are many ways to catch up. If you’ve missed all the episodes then what are you waiting for, now is the time to binge watch it all! Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is a modern reboot of Carl Sagan’s PBS Series, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Host Neil deGrasse Tyson, with help from producers Ann Druyan, Steven Soter, and Seth MacFarlane, leads us on a fantastic journey to explore the Cosmos, near and far.
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Tune in online to watch a live Q&A with the Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ann Druyan, and Seth MacFarlane discussing their new science miniseries COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey, tonight at 9-10pm EST at COSMOSonTV.com. Send in your questions via Twitter using #cosmoslive.
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I can’t tell you every session or event to be at, but I can recommend ten events that every geek dad should go to.
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The March event will include Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth MacFarlane, Ann Druyan, and more.
Continue ReadingDon’t be afraid of the Dark Universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts this new space show at the Hayden Planetarium all about dark matter and dark energy.
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We at GeekDad have been anxiously awaiting the new Cosmos series, to be hosted by the one and only Neil deGrasse Tyson, since it was first announced nearly two years ago. FOX has just released the first official trailer for the series at Comic-Con International, and it’s just as awesome (and I mean that literally) as I’d hoped it would be.
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In our favorite astrophysicist’s latest installment on AOL On’s “School of Thought” series, Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses a little-known-about paper written in the 1950s, titled “Synthesis of the Elements in Stars” and published in several scholarly journals such as Reviews of Modern Physics. This paper discussed the formation of the fundamental elements on earth, those that are taught to us in the periodic table of the elements.
Continue ReadingHave you ever wondered how the US got to the point where funding missions to space just isn’t that important? Paul Hildebrandt wondered, and he’s launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a documentary and answer that question.
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The goal here is not to solve the problem, but to start a discussion. There are complex social, political and economic factors that each play a roll in where our space program is today and only by understanding them can we hope to have the program rebound and inspire future generations.
Continue ReadingNeil deGrasse Tyson is one of the very few people smart enough, knowledgeable enough, charming enough, and, yes, famous enough that he might just be the best spokesperson for science alive. He’s certainly the best spokesperson for American space exploration, …
Continue ReadingNeil deGrasse Tyson is one of the very few people smart enough, knowledgeable enough, charming enough, and, yes, famous enough that he might just be the best spokesperson for science alive. He’s certainly the best spokesperson for American space exploration, …
Continue ReadingIt doesn’t matter where you start. Any exposure to astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson creates ever increasing urges to absorb more of this man’s wisdom, delivered with the charisma and wit rarely packaged in one person. For example, a newly released video by science enthusiast Max Schlickenmeyer adds music and visuals along with Dr. Tyson’s answer to the […]
Continue ReadingToday in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto! Although the discovery wasn’t announced by the Lowell observatory until early March. Recently that rebellious little ball of ice may have been kicked out of the planet club, but its discovery by the …
Continue ReadingAstrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will host a follow-up to the groundbreaking Cosmos science series.
Continue ReadingWe’ve come a long way since the early days of MTV. Designed to spread knowledge and philosophy, the Symphony of Science is a music video project paying tribute to the great minds of popular science. “We Are All Connected,” featuring …
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