The noted astrophysicist and science wiz took to Twitter to break down some of the real world applications of the show's mythical beasts.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is known for his real talk when it comes to science and took to Twitter last night to share some thoughts on 'Game of Thrones' and more specifically the show's much-loved dragons.
Tyson checked in with his followers and gave them a brief spoiler warning before diving in with some dragon talk, so consider this your spoiler warning also.
Everybody all caught up on #GameOfThrones? I have a comment or two, if anybody is interested…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 24, 2017
I thought the frozen dead dudes couldn’t swim, but aside from that…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 24, 2017
Tyson then got into it, first of all calling out one of the most shocking scenes of the season and it's lack of scientific accuracy before moving on to the good science in the show and explaining just how the zombie dragon was able to get The Wall down and let the Night King and his army of the dead into Westeros.
Bad Physics in #GameOfThrones: Pulling a dragon out of a lake? Chains need to be straight, and not curve over hill and dale. pic.twitter.com/VIJlIuDz3L
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 24, 2017
Good Bio-Physics in #GameOfThrones: The Dragon Wingspans are sensibly large, as their body weight would require for flight. pic.twitter.com/gzD5wI38u5
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 24, 2017
The sensibly large wingspan of Dragons in #GameOfThrones contrasts with aerodynamically useless wings of Renaissance cherubs. pic.twitter.com/I8L8ILBtUu
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 24, 2017
Good Biology in #GameOfThrones: As in #LordOfTheRings, Dragons forfeited their forelimbs to make wings, like birds & bats. pic.twitter.com/pguBe6rosQ
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 24, 2017
Intriguing Thermal Physics in #GameOfThrones: BlueDragon breath would be at least a factor of 3X hotter than RedDragon breath pic.twitter.com/RvpBkqJ1sw
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 24, 2017
So there you have it, all the 'Game of Thrones' producers have to do now is work on their real world chain physics and he'll be happy.