Astronomical Aphorisms
  • Plasma is another matter

  • Interstellar matter is a gas

  • It's worse than that, it's physics, Jim!

  • "Apple" (c) 6024 B.C., Adam & Eve

  • "Apple" (c) Copyright 1767, Sir Isaac Newton

  • "The faster you go, the shorter you are" - Einstein

  • A stitch in time would have confused Einstein

  • And God said: E = +mv2 - Ze2/r ...and there *WAS* light!

  • All that glitters has a high refractive index

  • Black holes are out of sight

  • Black holes were created when God divided by zero!

  • Black holes really suck...

  • The universe is a big place... perhaps the biggest

  • The Hubbell works fine; all that stuff IS blurry!

  • Do radioactive cats have 18 half-lives?

  • Friction can be a drag sometimes

  • Going the speed of light is bad for your age

  • Gravity:  Not just a good idea...it's the LAW

  • How many weeks are there in a light year?

  • Power corrupts, but we need electricity

  • Resistance is futile!   (If < 1 Ω)

  • Supernovae are a blast

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