#Space
Central Asian country Tajikistan has created its own planet in the solar system; named it after itself
Have to respect this power move by Tajikistan. Just up and creating its own planet. I mean, why not? With the villains and deadbeats of the Empire Proper generally disregarding science in the face of profit, why shouldn’t other nations throw empiricism and method to the wind? I applaud Tajikistan.
Watch: Check out how futzing fast a space probe is in comparison to a plane
I say goddamn. A space probe is simply not futzing around when it comes to. Well. Probing space.
Space Swoon: Ceres’ Lonely Mountain stands alone
Check out this lonely mountain. NASA’s Dawn space-craft sniped a lovely picture of it, just chilling in the southern hemisphere of the dwarf planet Ceres. Beckoning to us across space and time. To travel to it, to scale the peaks, to meet the space-elves that run their futuro-city from the top of the summit. Right?
Space Swoon: An Aurora from the International Space Station
A gorgeous picture of the aurora from the International Space Station, taken by Scott Kelly.
Astronauts are eating the first space-grown vegetables, today. Lettuce celebrate!
Terrible pun! But this is pretty gnarly. Astronauts aboard the ISS are eating the first space-grown vegetables today, in the form of some seriously red romaine lettuce. To space! To Mars! To Andromeda! With ruffage!