Of all 88 constellations, the southern cross is the smallest. Your thumb nail at arm's reach would completely cover all four stars of the southern cross. The sky has a sextant and an octataise that feels a little excessive to me. Crosbie stills a song, crosbie and vasby, stills and nas the southern cry. F te ous as at a all te song in our blood. Did i sing that? Inaousanda, resa, sir, you know. Sa lo cockin. I'm just taning.
How did Uranus get its name? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explain all the things you thought you knew about the names of the planets and moons in our solar system, the formation of the moon, and the constellations.
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Photo Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXO/University College London/W. Dunn et al; Optical: W.M. Keck Observatory
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