Science·Posted on 19 Apr 201726 Science Tweets That Will Leave You Shook"If Earth stopped rotating, everyone not bolted to the ground would fall over and roll due east at the speed of a jet plane."by Kelly OakesBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Megs @megsylhydrazine Hypervelocity impact sample 💥 When a ~1/2" diam. Al ball impacts a 7" thick Al block @ 15k mph, simulating space de… https://t.co/tppTEH41Dh 10:16 PM - 02 Apr 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 2. Katie Mack @AstroKatie In case you need some escapism, almost every colorful smudge in this picture is a galaxy. Some of them have planets… https://t.co/hCkXawYnMX 02:36 PM - 03 Apr 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 3. Russell Bloor @MoonCat666 Possibly the saddest, most heart breaking "This exhibit is currently out of order" sign ever!! 04:14 PM - 18 Oct 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 4. Dr. David Shiffman @WhySharksMatter One fish: "fish" 🐟 Multiple fish of the same species: "fish" 🐟🐟🐟🐟 Fish of multiple species: "fishes" 🐡🐟🐠 07:57 PM - 11 Feb 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 5. James Vincent @jjvincent this is so confusing. i need a bird expert to hold my hand and explain green herons' necks to me please 11:34 AM - 09 Jan 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 6. Massimo @Rainmaker1973 Watch a tool cutting steel at the microscope & in slow motion https://t.co/UUztD3K0D0 #TechnicalTuesday 11:00 AM - 14 Mar 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 7. Mexican Philosopher @mexphilosopher The four F's. 06:14 AM - 11 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 8. Ryan Nelson @RyanJohnNelson That Ferrero Rocher can rotate like gears is probably the most important thing I've learned today. 10:25 AM - 16 Feb 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 9. malin christersson @malincse The difference between an easy model and a complicated one. https://t.co/JuSdG84xel 12:10 PM - 09 Jan 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 10. Alexandra Petri @petridishes why isn't the paleo diet called caveats 06:15 PM - 18 Jan 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 11. Scott Kelly @StationCDRKelly My colleague @Astro_Kimiya took this photo of the eye of this Eastern Pacific typhoon. Impressive! #YearInSpace. 05:08 PM - 29 Aug 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 12. Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz Proof by Clementine: the surface area of a sphere is 4 pi r^2 (trace around widest part of clementine 4 times) 10:47 PM - 14 Jan 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 13. Vsauce @tweetsauce Built a model of the 3-dimensional shadow cast by a 4-dimensional hypercube. It makes beautiful 2-dimensional shado… https://t.co/EuE7NvlEVc 08:29 PM - 15 Apr 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 14. kelly oakes @kahoakes Your periodic reminder that birds are dinosaurs 04:24 PM - 10 Jun 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 15. Daniel "Kibblesmith" @kibblesmith Clerk ringing up all my sodas: Wow, you must really love Dr. Pepper Me: Yes, I do love *HER* Clerk: GAAAASP Me: YEAH 09:28 PM - 22 May 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 16. Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLab Orbiting orbits for your #humpday #GIF #science #space 03:47 PM - 14 Oct 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 17. Lori Fenton 🥐 @LoriKFenton Two wind directions = crazy pretty dunes on #Mars | https://t.co/4n9yBtoq1H 10:56 PM - 10 Apr 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 18. Karen L. Nyberg @AstroKarenN Jupiter, on nearest approach to Earth, as viewed from my backyard and from @NASAHubble telescope. #perspective 02:55 AM - 08 Apr 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 19. Aerodork @AeroDork Behold this gif of an actual fucking volcano erupting on Jupiter's moon Io. 06:07 AM - 19 Apr 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 20. Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson If Earth stopped rotating, everyone not bolted to the ground would fall over and roll due east at the speed of a jet plane. 08:47 PM - 05 Sep 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 21. Myles Dyer @MylesDyer Mind. Blown. 02:59 PM - 08 Jan 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 22. GabrielleLainePeters @GabrielleNYC Describing a #Soyuz descent: “Kind of like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, but the barrel is on fire” -… https://t.co/6ohQE6giKP 10:45 AM - 10 Apr 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 23. Kjell Lindgren @astro_kjell This area looks ancient, even from space. Pyramids on the right. 07:18 PM - 07 Dec 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 24. Aatish Bhatia @aatishb Just realized: your fingernails grow at the same speed at which continents drift. Imagine traveling across the Earth at a nail's pace. Wow. 07:05 PM - 16 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 25. Rob Dubbin @robdubbin two of the deeply weirdest things you've maybe never seen are jupiter from above and below 05:32 AM - 08 Dec 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 26. Gabriel Morton @gabrielenguard Land: Okay, there's like 4 basic shapes and everything is pretty much that. Water: I MADE A MONSTER FROM FEATHERS A… https://t.co/9h3MZaqBDt 07:25 AM - 26 Nov 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite