#December2013
Watch: SATURN’S TRIPPY JET STREAM
Up at Saturn’s north pole is a pretty bananas circulation of gas. Said circulation of gas forms the “north polar vortex” and the whole son of a bitch not only forms a hexagon, but it’s enormous. Astronomers have released a gif of the highest-definition capture of this vortex yet, and it’s trippy.
Hit the jump for more details and to check it out.
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BRITISH THINK TANK is revisiting their 40 year-old plan to BUILD SPACE COLONIES.
Yeah fuckers, yeah! It’s about time we got some Brits drumming up ways to colonize the fucking space-lands. I mean, ’cause let’s face it. We’re only going to ride this awesome wave of ecocide for so long before we’re eating dirt and drinking boogers.
Or something.
China launches LUNAR ROVER. All exploring the Moon and such.
China’s on the moon! Or, their lunar rover shall be soon enough. The humanist in me is all like “fuck yeah, humanity’s back on the moon!” The jingoist with American pride is all, “god dammit, when are we going back?!”
South of Orion lies a NEBULA that parties like it’s 1999.
Get it? ‘Cause it’s called NGC 1999. So like, it’s partying. Like that Prince song. Ha! Hahaha! Oh whatever.
Today NASA launches MAVEN, their latest MARS MISSION.
NASA is launching another mission to Mars. Going down today. The latest little scientific jaunt (is there any other kind at this point? Blessed be Uncle Ray’s heart — no) is aimed at figuring out just where the fuck Mars’ water went.
ASTRONOMERS find NEW TYPE OF SPACE OBJECT. Progress!
Don’t let them tell you it’s all been done, it’s all been found. You know, them. The Man. ‘Cause we’re finding new sorts of ass-puckering goodies throughout the cosmos all the damn time. The latest find (or rather the latest one I’ve read about) is a new kind of space object.
SPACE SWOON: The Little Sombrero Hanging Out In Pegasus
Check out the Little Sombrero. Just hanging out. Completely chill. How chill? The LS (as we who are its friends call it) is so chill that it doesn’t even mind being called “Little”, despite the fact that it’s pretty much the same size as the Sombrero Galaxy proper.
MASSIVE STAR carving itself out a GALACTIC CASTLE
NGC 6357 ain’t fucking around. The diffuse nebula is churning out some of the most massive stars smarter people than me have ever discovered. What gives? Why is it behaving in such a manner? Life is short, do work. Do work, son!
This look at SATURN by CASSINI is top-down space porn.
Fucking Cassini! Good guy Cassini! Floating through space and taking staggeringly beautiful pictures of Saturn. This latest mosaic is fucking phenomenal.
Deets and the full image after the jump.
New found ASTEROID *MAY* f**king HIT EARTH IN 2032
Sensational headlines! Will we be lucky enough to watch as humanity is blighted out by the rocky hand of the Cosmos? Maybe. Maybe not. But who fucking cares how possible it is, when writing about it gets the blood pumping! A fear boner! Carpe Diem! Let’s all the pizza we want, and dance in the streets with our genitals greeting the open winds! ‘
