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The Many Motions of Mother Earth

2025-12-13 Science & Technology
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Do we ever stop moving?! Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down all the ways we are moving throughout the universe, from Earth's rotation, precession, to the Milky Way galaxy’s movement toward the Great Attractor. Timestamps: 00:00 - Everything that’s in Motion 00:11 - Rotating Earth 01:15 - Earth’s Precession & Chandler Wobble 04:17 - Elliptical Orbit 05:27 - Orbiting the Galaxy 07:02 - Falling Towards Andromeda 08:26 - Can You Feel It? 09:00 - Earth & the Moon 10:17 - Closing Check out our second channel, @StarTalkPlus Get the NEW StarTalk book, 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PL0NFn Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalk About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson

Top Comments (10)

@ShaunHead-s8i 2025-12-13

Can you do a show on the Great Attractor?!

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@gjatt7410 2025-12-13

The animations are so helpful.

575 11 replies
@RexCoggins 2025-12-13

Cop: “do you know how fast you were going?” Me: “it’s complicated” 😆😆😆

538 16 replies
@acevivendi 2025-12-13

"Are you ready?" - "No...?" - "Aight here we go"

354 4 replies
@Jedicake 2025-12-13

"Mother Earth is twerking in 9 dimensions." Thank you. Got my new bumper sticker.

154 4 replies
@chrisabruzzi2803 2025-12-14

"The corkscrew is also on a rollercoaster" That was a great way to put it!

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@PuffingOnClouds 2025-12-14

Funny how it only took Neil 10 minutes to explain something that the public education system failed to teach us in 13 years of school. The average person thinks we just do regular circles around the sun.

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@willbrink 2025-12-14

It's not a three body problem, it's a 300 billion + body problem.

25 1 replies
@martymart42 2025-12-14

8:30 good to know I will not be alive when the galaxies collide

22 4 replies
@Gustavo_Silveira1 2025-12-15

The first astronomy shock I had was realizing the sun is actually travelling around the universe and so are the planets with it. Totally crazy.

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