Watch Cosmos Pasquale. Neil will tell you everything.
Calvin’s Dad gives much better answers…
Nice try, Jimbo!
Okay, okay — a star twinkles when it lights its own farts.
I thought Daddy was gonna say something else, not hiccup. When he said “gases”……..
Well, that’s better than the stars are God’s daisy chain, an explanation a character from a P. G. Wodehouse novel. . .
Jimbo using some MAGA level logic there.
Here I always thought it was star farts that caused the twinkling. But then, my mom told me as a kid that thunder was just Thor farting after eating beans.
a point light source viewed through a turbulent atmosphere will twinkle, while planets, which are close enough to not be point sources, do not.
Right up to a point and the spectacularly.
I thought they were star farts.
amethyst52 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Watch Cosmos Pasquale. Neil will tell you everything.
Trilobyte Premium Member over 4 years ago
Calvin’s Dad gives much better answers…
jagedlo over 4 years ago
Nice try, Jimbo!
PleaseStay6PixelsAway over 4 years ago
Okay, okay — a star twinkles when it lights its own farts.
stillfickled Premium Member over 4 years ago
I thought Daddy was gonna say something else, not hiccup. When he said “gases”……..
1953Baby over 4 years ago
Well, that’s better than the stars are God’s daisy chain, an explanation a character from a P. G. Wodehouse novel. . .
vehlers over 4 years ago
Jimbo using some MAGA level logic there.
pchemcat over 4 years ago
Here I always thought it was star farts that caused the twinkling. But then, my mom told me as a kid that thunder was just Thor farting after eating beans.
yangeldf over 4 years ago
a point light source viewed through a turbulent atmosphere will twinkle, while planets, which are close enough to not be point sources, do not.
mjb515 over 4 years ago
Right up to a point and the spectacularly.
cwg over 4 years ago
I thought they were star farts.