Thor's hammer is not that heavy—but it is scientifically interesting
Monday, February 18, 2013 - 08:00
in Mathematics & Economics
In early February, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said on Twitter that the superhero Thor's Hammer (aka Mjolnir) "weighs as much as a herd of 300 billion elephants." News outlets pounced on this, and the news was quickly circulating online. Sadly, Tyson was wrong.