Neil DeGrasse Tyson Puts Together List of 33 Cosmic Car Names
Noted astrophysicist, Cosmos host, and rap battler Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Twitter yesterday to share his thoughts on vehicles. Not which ones he thinks are the most environmentally friendly, or the most technologically advanced, or even the coolest—Tyson was focused on which cars have the most outer spacey names.
It all started with this tweet about Subaru’s name and logo, which provided a little tutorial for anyone that hasn’t read our own article on the history of the brand’s badge:
Subaru is what Japanese call the Pleiades cluster. The car’s logo evokes its six brightest stars. pic.twitter.com/bisozxqW2O
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 29, 2016
Interesting stuff. But Neil wasn’t finished. No, the noted astrophysicist had some other observations to make:
Gotta love the classic Chevy Nova. But not sure if General Motors knew the car shared a name with stars that just exploded. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 29, 2016
Heh, yeah, that is pretty funny…
Oh, what’s that, Neil? You have a few more?
More cosmic car names: Astro Geo Mercury Eclipse Equinox Galaxie Infiniti Prizm Solaris Saturn Subaru Solstice Spectra Taurus
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 29, 2016
Yep, I suppose those fit, too. Welp, I guess…
Even more cosmic car names: Aerostar Apollo Aries Aurora Comet Focus Fusion Gemini Meteor Pulsar Solera Scorpio Telstar Vega. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 29, 2016
Ah, OK, let’s just hear them all, Neil…
My full list of Cosmic Car Names. @Ford does well. So does @GM, especially in their @Chevrolet line: https://t.co/ciqV5eFRnc
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 29, 2016
That’s right, Neil deGrasse Tyson spent his Friday making a comprehensive list of 33 different car names that are related to the cosmos! And who knows, maybe none of this interests you in the slightest. But if so, then guess what? Neil’s got a term for people like you:
Always wanted to call people who don’t like astronomy “Galactos Intolerant” — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 28, 2016
Oooooh, snap!
Do you feel like Marvis Frazier circa-1986? You should. Because you just got KO’d by Tyson, bro.
Patrick Grieve was born in Southwestern Ohio and has lived there all of his life, with the exception of a few years spent getting a Creative Writing degree in Southeastern Ohio. He loves to take road trips, sometimes to places as distant as Northeastern or even Northwestern Ohio. Patrick also enjoys old movies, shopping at thrift stores, going to ballgames, writing about those things, and watching Law & Order reruns. He just watches the original series, though, none of the spin-offs. And also only the ones they made before Jerry Orbach died. Season five was really the peak, in his opinion. See more articles by Patrick.