Kardashev

Impact

Reincarnation

"In your previous life you were a star."

"Really?"

"... then the star shed its outer layers, scattering a great amount of chemical elements in the interstellar space..."

"Oooh."

Equation

"So, R* is the star formation rate, fp is the fraction of stars that have planets around them, ne is..."

Shooting star

"Look! A shooting star! Make a wish!"

"Done."

"What did you wish for?"

"I wished for you to stop ruining natural wonders with your superstitions."

Asteroid

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is as follows. In twenty-eight days' time, the asteroid Seymour will impact Earth. In the next twenty-four hours, a ship carrying an especially trained crew will take off with the mission of intercepting this asteroid and presenting it with the Nobel Peace Prize it has been granted."

Black hole

Balls

"It's a known fact that a skillful ball player can make a ball follow a curved trajectory. This is an effect of air pressure. The lower the pressure, the harder this is to achieve.

"At a bigger scale, planets are balls that go on a curved path around the Sun. How is this possible? There's no air in space! Why don't planets stray from their orbits? The answer is obvious if we think about it: planets carry their own air. We call this "atmosphere."

Therefore, even though established science claims otherwise, every planet and moon must have an atmosphere. If they didn't, they'd drift away.

"And it's done! I have proven the scientific paradigm wrong and revolutionized astronomy. You can ask my secretary for my address to send the Nobel prize. Thank you."

Vocabulary

Can someone explain to me where 200 cartoons came from?

"No way! Those names are synonymous with superstition and irrationality and I have banned them from my rationalistic, atheist vocabulary. It's a matter of principles!"

"As you wish, but if you don't tell me the names of the planets, you'll fail astronomy."

Stars

"They're fireflies!"

"They're the souls of the departed!"

"They're flaming dragons!"

"They're light bulbs!"

"They're holes in the sky!"

"They are gigantic balls of gas emitting vast amounts of energy due to the nuclear fusion reactions that..."

"Bah! Who cares?"