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Turning the Hayden Planetarium Into a Giant Videogame

pigrabbitbear writes "Remember your first visit to the planetarium? Neil DeGrasse Tyson does — it was what inspired him to become an astrophysicist in the first place. That same planetarium, now under Tyson's direction, is currently undergoing a transformation the likes of which Neil's young self couldn't have possibly imagined: It's becoming a giant videogame."

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  1. Re:Neil Tyson by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No! We must never forget that he was the man who demoted Pluto. I liked Pluto.

    The year is A.D. MDXLV...

    Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter: Dude, Nicolaus Copernicus was awesome.

    Bartolomeo Spina: No! We must never forget that he was the man who demoted the Earth as the center of the Universe. I liked Earth as the center of the Universe!

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    Ezekiel 23:20