Remembering this classic XKCD about telescope names with some colleagues, and the first thought was "Where is the Telescope of Doom?"
https://m.xkcd.com/1294/
#XKCD #TelescopeNames #Humor #AstronomyHumor
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A close-up image of the Moon's surface, taken by the Ranger 9 probe in 1965, showing a cratered landscape. A humorous April Fool's Day announcement claims that Hubble's new camera discovered the moon is made of green cheese, referencing a long-standing myth. The image depicts the lunar surface with visible craters and markings. A date is visible, fueling the 'expiration date' theory.
Astronomy Picture from 01/04/2002
Hubble Resolves Expiration Date For Green Cheese Moon
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020401.html
#MoonMadeOfGreenCheese #AprilFoolsDay #HubbleSpaceTelescope #Ranger9 #SpaceJoke #AstronomyHumor #LunarSurprise #GreenCheeseMoon #Cosmology
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Peanuts cartoon: Lucy doesn't think there are people in outer space, because if there were, they must certainly would have tried to contact HER!
Another fun Peanuts cartoon that I have shown in class, highlighting some of the vanity and narcissism that people bring to UFO stories and thoughts of life elsewhere
#astronomy #astroedu #SETI #cartoons #Peanuts #astronomyhumor #astronomycartoons #space #spacehumor #sciencecartoons #sciencehumor
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Peanuts cartoon: After looking at the stars, Charlie Brown says, "Let's go inside and watch television; I'm beginning to feel insignificant."
I'd show this cartoon on the 1st day of class, & tell students that, in fact, the study of astronomy will allow them to celebrate all that we small creatures have managed to learn about the universe.
#astronomy #astroedu #astronomyhumor #astronomycartoons #sciencecartoons #Peanuts #space #cartoons
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Peanuts Cartoon: Space is too large, the whole solar system needs readjusting. What can we, as individuals, do?
Another fun Peanuts astronomy cartoon that I used in my classes. Seems to also have an oblique connection with our politics.
#astroedu #astronomy #space #science #astronomyhumor #sciencehumor #solarsystem #cartoons #Peanuts #astronomycartoons #sciencecartoons
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Peanuts cartoon: How many stars? 365, one for each day of the year. We live in what is known as an orderly universe.
Another great Peanuts cartoon about astronomy. When I taught introductory astronomy, I always tried to cheer up my students with a cartoon like this on each exam.
#astronomy #astroedu #astronomyeducation #Peanuts #cartoons #astronomyhumor #sciencehumor #space #astronomycartoons #sciencecartoons
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Peanuts Cartoon: In the old days, people thought the world was flat... what do we think nowadays, Lucy asks.
One of my favorite cartoons from the Peanuts series... Charles Schulz loved to have the kids think about astronomical ideas.
#astronomy #astroedu #sciencehumor #cartoons #skepticism #science #astronomyhumor #astronomyeducation #sciencecartoons
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A Calvin cartoon: Calvin doesn't know the answer, so he says "I'll take Outer Planets for $100"
One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes cartoons from the days when I was a full time professor, teaching introductory astronomy.
#astronomy #astroedu #education #teaching #planets #school #jeopardy #teachers #science #astronomyhumor #quizshows #sciencehumor
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Cartoon: I've seen out to the limit of the observable universe, and believe me, it's no better out there than it is here.
An astronomical perspective, if you are grappling with difficult times. From the incomparable science cartoonist, Sidney Harris.
#astronomy #astroedu #science #sciencehumor #cartoons #sciencecartoons #telescopes #astronomyhumor #cosmology
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Cartoon: I understood each and every word you said but the order in which they appeared.
3600 astronomers are meeting this week near Washington DC for the winter American Astronomical Society meeting. This cartoon may be relevant to some of the technical talks.
#astronomy #astroedu #cartoons #AAS245 #sciencemeetings #sciencehumor #scientists #astronomyhumor #ScienceShared
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Bumper sticker says Blue Stragglers Live Forever
A bumper sticker for true #astronomy nerds. Blue Stragglers are stars that remain in an early stage of their development longer than other stars of their type. At today's #AmericanAstronomicalSociety meeting there was a news announcement about them.
#astroedu #bumperstickers #astronomyhumor #humor
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Cartoon: Fish in a bowl saying: Somewhere out there in the universe there :must be other bowls with just like us in them.
A cartoon I like to show when I am discussing #SETI and #lifeelsewhere in my introductory classes.
#astronomy #astroedu #science #cartoons #sciencecartoons #astronomycartoons #SharingScience #humor #sciencehumor #astronomyhumor
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I've been writing science fiction stories based on good astronomy, and have now had 8 stories published. A short humorous story "The Unwelcome Reply" has a #SETI twist. You can read it free at: bit.ly/unwelcomereply
#astronomy #astroedu #sciencefiction #scifi #space #sciencehumor #astronomyhumor
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Bumper sticker that says: Pulsars Turn Me On -- Fast
Another astronomical bumper sticker from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, from the 1980's. Pulsars are now known to be fast-rotating neutron stars with strong magnetic fields.
#astronomy #astroedu #bumperstickers #sciencehumor #humor #astrophysics #pulsars #astronomyhumor
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Bumper sticker that says "Interstellar Matter is a Gas" (from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Here is another of the astronomical bumper stickers we developed at the nonprofit Astronomical Society of the Pacific in the 1980s.
#astronomy #astroedu #bumperstickers #sciencehumor #astronomyhumor #science #space #interstellarmatter #astrophysics
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Cartoon of a couple looking at the night sky: This makes me feel almost as insignificant as the American political system does.
Here to give you a chuckle, is an astronomy cartoon that seems particularly relevant to our times.
#astronomy #astroedu #cartoons #sciencecartoons #astronomyhumor #sciencehumor #nightsky #humor #science #space #politics
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Peanuts cartoon about the Sun not rising, the Earth being the one that turns.
For those who feel a little dizzy because they celebrated New Year's Eve too thoroughly, here is an old Peanuts astronomy cartoon that seems somehow appropriate.
#astronomy #astroedu #science #cartoons #astronomyhumor #sciencecartoons #space
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Cartoon says: Star light, star bright, first supernova I see tonight.
An old, favorite cartoon. Supernovae are the rare explosions of massive stars at the end of their lives. The explosion can be so bright, it briefly rivals the light output of a galaxy.
#astronomy #astroedu #astronomyhumor #sciencehumor #supernova #space #science #cartoons
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Bumper Sticker says, Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
A bumper sticker from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific that is equally at home on the car of an astronomer and of a Hollywood studio director.
#astronomy #astroedu #bumperstickers #science #SharingScience #sciencehumor #amateurastronomy #astronomyhumor
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Bumper sticker that says, Titan Has Atmosphere
One more bumper sticker from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific from the 1980's. Titan is a moon of Saturn, and, mysteriously, it has an atmosphere thicker than Earth.
#astronomy #astroedu #planets #Saturn #science #sciencehumor #bumperstickers #astroeducation #solarsystem #astronomyhumor
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