Neil deGrasse Tyson

Not that anybody asked, but… The first 13 months of Reagan’s second term the stock market (DJIA) rose 33%, setting a record high closing of 9 times The first 13 months of Clinton second term the stock market rose 25%, setting a record high closing of 5 times. The first 13 months of Bush’s Second term the stock market rose 5%, setting a record high closing of 0 times. The first 13 months of Obama’s second term, the stock market rose 20%, setting a record high closing of 12 times. The first 13 months of Biden’s term, the stock market rose 12%, setting a record high closing of 11 times. The first 13 months of Trump’s second term, the market rose 10%, setting a record high closing of 10 times.

One more: 2026 -- Star Trek's 60th Anniversary I shat with William Shatner for 5-hrs in his LA backyard. We shared personal stories of our lives & careers that we’ve never before shared publicly. "Cosmos Confidential: Bill & Neil’s Excellent Bromance” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-02-…

I think I’ll end with a @SuperBowl Sunday dad-joke thought… Would be cool if, at the end of the season, they corralled all @NFL players who are vegetarian, and allow them to play in their own Salad Bowl.

A @SuperBowl Sunday Fact… In a North-South oriented football Stadium, the rotating Earth forces a kicked field goal to deflect to the right. Depending on the hang-time and distance, it can be as much as 1/3 of an inch.

A @SuperBowl Sunday Fact… If a football field were a timeline of cosmic history, cavemen to now spans the thickness of a blade of grass in the end zone.

A personal @SuperBowl Sunday revelation… I only just figured this out Many people who watch @AnimalPlanet's "Puppy Bowl" would rather see dogs play football than humans.

A WTF @SuperBowl Sunday Fact… In a perfect spiral with high arc, aerodynamics keeps the football’s spin axis angled upward on the way up & but tips it downward on the way down.

A WTF @SuperBowl Sunday Fact… With high consumption of Buffalo wings, Super Sunday is a bad day to be a chicken. But so is any day of the year. On average, Americans consume a million chickens per hour — for every hour of every day of the year.

A Super Sunday fact… There's a small but real chance that a flipped coin will land on its edge. But sixty @SuperBowls is not enough to reveal it.

A @SuperBowl Sunday Fact… Examples of Elastic Collisions: Two bouncy balls. Two helmets. Inelastic collisions: Two pillows. Two marshmallows. A successful tackle.

Some @SuperBowl Sunday Science… Kinetic & Potential Energy. Friction. Momentum Transfer. Elastic & Inelastic Collisions. Spin-stabilized projectiles under the force of Gravity. The greatest displays of classical physics anywhere in the Universe occur not in the Lab but during a game of American Football.

A Super Sunday offering… If anybody does the “tush-push” during today’s @SuperBowl, here’s a primer on the physics of why it works. And it’s probably not why think. @StarTalk Explainer: [Video: 21 min] youtu.be/bVKD5HdExIo

From the Archives….Lindsey Vonn On @StarTalk Sports Edition — “Pain & Gain” [Video: 51 min] youtube.com/watch?v=rEC233…

A Super Sunday Audio offering… Get ready for the @SuperBowl…. From the @StarTalk archives — on the Physics of Football, featuring three @NFL players as guests. [Audio: 45 min] startalkmedia.com/show/the-physi…

Super Sunday I'm busting at the seams with sciencey Football posts. Half will spill out over the next five hours. The other half during the @SuperBowl itself. Just a head's up.

William Shat-ner. The one and only. An Audio Original — Just Published. “Cosmos Confidential” Bill & Neil’s Excellent Bromance neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-02-… Video trailer [80 sec] of the Audio Original

Wanna see Jupiter in the sky tonight? It’s the bright “star” near the almost-full Moon. Both Jupiter & Earth are currently on the same side of the Sun, so we’re close to each other. Even so, due to light travel time, you see Jupiter only as it once was, 36 mins ago.

After a slow start in the voting, “Make America Great Again” wins, with “Make Lying Wrong Again” coming in second. So let’s do both… Basic science research, which seeks objective truths in the natural world, is mostly invisible to the public. To many it's obscure & irrelevant. Yet it's the engine room of tech-innovation, itself the foundation of our health, wealth, and security. Cut funds for science & you ultimately leave us sick, poor, and unsafe. Feed that engine room and the heights of American greatness will know no bounds. Looks like a bipartisan Congress has just figured that out, even if the White House has not. commerce.senate.gov/2026/1/ves-exi…