The size of stars compared to the space between them is incredibly tiny. When galaxies collide, the stars within them don’t! 🌌 #astronomytok #spacetok #physicstok #astrophysics
Big Bang Books! 🌌 Was this video an excuse for me to geek out about some of my cosmology books? Perhaps. Recommended books: 1. The End of Everything by Katie Mack 2. The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg 3. An Infinity of Worlds by Will Kinney 4. Cosmology’s Century by James Peebles 5. An Intro to Cosmology by Barbara Ryden #BookLover #TikTokLearningCampaign #spacetok #astronomytok
Galactic years and the Sun’s wavy path around the Milky Way! 🌌 Credit to @Dr Kirsten Banks for inspiring this video with one she made on the Sun’s galactic age awhile back! Check out her page! ☀️ #spacetok #astronomytok #physicstok #astronomy
One of the ways to measure huge distances in outer space is with exploding stars. Is that not that the coolest thing ever? Standard candles! 🕯️ #spacetok #astronomytok #physicstok #astronomy
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” 🥧🌌 One of Carl Sagan’s most iconic lines from the original run of “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage”. What a freaking legend. #TikTokScenesContest #spacetok #astronomytok #astronomy