There are plenty of things
scientists don’t understand about the universe, but for everyday folks, some of
the biggest misconceptions are about the basics: time and size. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the world-famous
astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York and host of the
“StarTalk” podcast and TV show, tried to break them down in the clip above.
The video was initially
posted by Tech Insider last year, but it went viral again. Perhaps people are
looking for reassurance that four years isn’t such a long time ― at least on a
cosmic scale.