Neil deGrasse Tyson (Image via Craig Barritt/Getty Images)Uber-popular astrophysicist and television personality Neil deGrasse Tyson is known for debunking myths with scientific explanations. Tyson, who has 14.5 million followers on Twitter, tweeted several scientific facts addressing the legends of Santa Claus from Christian culture.On Christmas Eve, Neil deGrasse Tyson explained how it would be impossible for Santa Claus and his reindeer to deliver gifts worldwide. The planetary scientist further elaborated that traveling at hypersonic speed in the planet's lower atmosphere would vaporize Santa and his reindeer.Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltysonFor Santa to deliver gifts to all world's Christians in one night requires hypersonic speeds through Earth’s lower atmosphere, vaporizing his reindeer & sleigh.Just sayin’.3:07 AM · Dec 25, 2021336484320For Santa to deliver gifts to all world's Christians in one night requires hypersonic speeds through Earth’s lower atmosphere, vaporizing his reindeer & sleigh.Just sayin’. https://t.co/ONkW4HyBYaNeil deGrasse Tyson@neiltysonSomething Einstein’s Theory of Relativity never considered:Maybe Santa’s Reindeer are stationary, and it is we who fly past them on Christmas Eve.5:03 AM · Dec 25, 2021130341142Something Einstein’s Theory of Relativity never considered:Maybe Santa’s Reindeer are stationary, and it is we who fly past them on Christmas Eve.Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltysonSanta doesn’t know Zoology:Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers. But all male Reindeer lose their antlers in the late fall, well-before Christmas.So Santa’s reindeer, which all sport antlers, are therefore all female, which means Rudolf has been misgendered.6:13 AM · Dec 25, 2021215923002Santa doesn’t know Zoology:Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers. But all male Reindeer lose their antlers in the late fall, well-before Christmas.So Santa’s reindeer, which all sport antlers, are therefore all female, which means Rudolf has been misgendered. https://t.co/03skVxyYREIn another separate tweet, the 63-year-old Manhattan native talked about the antlers of Santa's eight reindeer. Neil explained that male reindeer lose their antlers before Christmas, around September to November. However, since Rudolph has antlers, it could be possible that the reindeer have been mistakenly assumed to be male.Twitter did not appreciate Neil deGrasse Tyson's fact-filled tweets about Santa Claus and his reindeer on Christmas eveSeveral tweets criticized Neil DeGrasse Tyson for posting his facts on Christmas Eve. In contrast, numerous others added to his scientific explanation.The Guillotine Implier@impliedChoppy@neiltyson Why are you like this4:33 AM · Dec 25, 2021249019@neiltyson Why are you like thisTheGreatAlexander@AlexBennie7@neiltyson This is why people don’t like atheists. You post this on Christmas Eve?4:07 AM · Dec 25, 2021232022@neiltyson This is why people don’t like atheists. You post this on Christmas Eve?OE bridd plus metathesis@theanibird@neiltyson5:14 AM · Dec 25, 20217055570@neiltyson https://t.co/kvb3fsd9yfMatt Jones@othermattjones@neiltyson Being pedantically correct for a living is getting less & less endearing, dude4:53 AM · Dec 25, 202111392628@neiltyson Being pedantically correct for a living is getting less & less endearing, dude https://t.co/BHuIMMwb6bPhelan@PunishedPhelan@neiltyson5:01 AM · Dec 25, 2021167011108@neiltyson https://t.co/wQTWQKVa1uMitch Gross@MitchGross1@neiltyson My 4 month old daughter read this and doesn’t believe in Santa now :(3:09 AM · Dec 25, 2021169811@neiltyson My 4 month old daughter read this and doesn’t believe in Santa now :(Bob Dole Memorial Ocean@antitractionist@neiltyson He’s magic, Neil, and unbound by physical laws. Embarrassing oversight on your part.4:46 AM · Dec 25, 2021152230@neiltyson He’s magic, Neil, and unbound by physical laws. Embarrassing oversight on your part.Alimations (Finally beat Absolute Radiance)@AlimationsX@neiltyson6:03 AM · Dec 25, 2021185985@neiltyson https://t.co/88Chr7enhJTony FJB Bruno@TonyBrunoShow@neiltyson Wow! You keep sinking to new lows every day.6:39 AM · Dec 25, 202139913@neiltyson Wow! You keep sinking to new lows every day.Jean-Paul R. Soucy@JPSoucy@neiltyson I wish I could vaporize this Tweet from my mind.9:36 AM · Dec 25, 2021262@neiltyson I wish I could vaporize this Tweet from my mind.Chris Alexander@ChrisAT_norfolk@neiltyson No it doesn’t. Santa’s sleigh is magical and therefore not subject to the otherwise indisputable laws of physics. Get a grip Neil.3:08 AM · Dec 25, 202118274485@neiltyson No it doesn’t. Santa’s sleigh is magical and therefore not subject to the otherwise indisputable laws of physics. Get a grip Neil.Frank Ashe@frankashe@neiltyson This is a fallacy, coming from accepting classical mechanics and ignoring the quantum nature of the universe.Santa deliveries are a an example of Schrodinger's wave function.4:07 AM · Dec 25, 20212647172@neiltyson This is a fallacy, coming from accepting classical mechanics and ignoring the quantum nature of the universe.Santa deliveries are a an example of Schrodinger's wave function.Frank Ashe@frankashe@neiltyson Santa delivers all presents at the same time (according to time zone of course) as long as the wave function is not collapsed.This is why it's important that no children stay up and observe the delivery of presents.4:09 AM · Dec 25, 20212868193@neiltyson Santa delivers all presents at the same time (according to time zone of course) as long as the wave function is not collapsed.This is why it's important that no children stay up and observe the delivery of presents.Kaiji Von Tang@KaijiTang@neiltyson Neil if you did any sort of research you'd know Santa is a master of Quantum Entanglement and can deliver presents/eat cookies simultaneously in every household across the world.5:11 AM · Dec 25, 202125617@neiltyson Neil if you did any sort of research you'd know Santa is a master of Quantum Entanglement and can deliver presents/eat cookies simultaneously in every household across the world.Although a few tweets even targeted Tyson's personality and labeled him an atheist, the scientist does not consider himself one. In a 2012 video from Big Think, Neil claimed to identify himself as agnostic, which means he believes that nothing can be known about the existence and origin of god.What did Neil deGrasse Tyson try to explain with the Tweets?As per his tweets, Neil DeGrasse Tyson suggests that Santa Claus would have to travel at hypersonic speed to deliver presents. However, since historical depictions of Santa showcase him traveling at lower altitudes with his reindeers and sleigh, it could vaporize him.Hypersonic speeds would be upwards of Mach 5, i.e. 3000 mph, at a lower altitude where the air is denser than at higher altitudes. Thus Santa's non-aerodynamic sleigh and reindeers traveling against the particulates in the air would cause immense heat, which would end up vaporizing him and his reindeers.However, some tweets argued that Santa could have magical powers that enable him to travel instantaneously and simultaneously deliver gifts. This falls in line with Marvel Comics' representation of Santa Claus as an Omega level mutant with teleportation as one of his abilities.