#Space
The International Space Station captures Hurricane Dorian’s sublime horror
Hurricane Dorian is a beautiful monster. Beautiful, yes. But, also considerably destructive. Here’s a glimpse at it from the ISS.
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Newly found exoplanet slingshots itself around its solar system. The cosmos fucking rules, dudes
Hohum! Another exoplanet found, another head-scratching discovery. The discovery? Exoplanet HR 5183 b slingshots itself around its goddamn solar system. Like a boss.
Watch: Check out this timelapse of the Milky Way with the sky held motionless and the Earth rotating
Here’s some existential glory for your Saturday. It’s a timelapse by Aryeh Nirenbergof the Milky Way with the sky held motionless and the Earth rotating.. Soothing, comforting, daunting. I love it.
NASA confirms its mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa to hunt for signs of life. Go, go, go!
NASA has confirmed it’s going to Jupiter’s moon Europa, folks. Launching a sumbitch up into the Cosmos to hunt for life. Expected launch date? Somewhere between 2033 and 2035.
India’s space probe is officially orbiting the Moon. Gimme a hell yeah for lunar exploration!
India’s space probe is orbiting our fucking moon, folks! Hell yeah. But, it ain’t fucking done! It’ll be touching down on the Moon on September 7.
Space Swoon: Hubble captures a gorgeously gassy star!
Oh hell yeah! More gorgeous imagery courtesy of Hubble, one of the hardest working motherfuckers in the game. I mean, it’s a telescope. But still.
Astronomers have detected eight new potential alien signals. Listen, just let me be excited!
Astronomers have detected eight new potential alien signals. Oh fuck yeah! Listen. I know there is a rush to point out that this shit is probably not aliens. That said, let me pretend it is? For a little?
Milky Way Galaxy’s supermassive black hole got 75 times brighter for two-hours and we got no goddamn clue why
Recently, our Milky Way Galaxy’s supermassive black hole shone brighter than a motherfucker for two-hours. And, the reason for it? We got no idea. Which is half of the awesomeness.
Jupiter had something seriously huge smash into it on Wednesday. The Cosmos don’t give a shit about us!
I’ve long known that Jupiter serves as a bulwark for the rest of the solar system. Eating some tremendously large objects to protect the rest of it. Whelp, Wednesday night? Something seriously huge smashed into the planet. This all, you know, underscores the importance of getting humans spread across the solar system. Diversify our asses for when Earth inevitably takes one right off the chin.
