The coriolis force is that which forces winds on earth to curve into storms. So here i am. Tr, i see a a low pressure system. Tand i'm a nice puffy cloud, ok. But wait, if i'm going nort to meet my low pressure system, and i'm a cloud south of it, lest we're i the northern hemisphere. Now, wait, aminu. I've tried it. Youv oe trieditri, but wat, chuck, it was stationary when you ha ha, haa h. H alla, ok. And i'm going to make a bee line for it, or cloud line for it. Ok.
How far back in the universe’s timeline can the JWST see? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the Coriolis Effect, hurricanes, the gridiron timeline of the universe, the physics of spinning objects, and much more!
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