#May2012
IMAGE: Star Formation in the Tarantula Nebula. Gorgeous.
The Tarantula Nebula ain’t fucking around, no sir. No ma’am. In fact, it’s the most violent star forming region in the whole goddamn local group of galaxies. Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, you can see allllll sorts of crazy shit going on in this picture.
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‘EVE ONLINE’ Developer Sends Its Players To Space; Sort Of. IT’S RAD.
EVE Online is one daunting ass community that I admire from a far. Motherfuckers be trashing each other’s lives with subterfuge on the regular, and that sort of thing would push me over the ledge. I’m already teetering. It ain’t all backstabbing and plotting though, as the community is tight-knit and the developer often respects these dedicated bastards. This week the game’s developer CCP sent its players to space.
Sort of.
Light From Alien SUPER-EARTH Seen For 1st Time. Yeah, NASA!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, this is getting my goddamn jollies off. Cover your eyes, close your mouth. There’s excite-fluids being flung. NASA has detected light from an alien “Super-Earth” for the first time. How, you ask? Hope you got a minute.
The OMEGA NEBULA Is Real; Clearly Best Nebula Of All.
Yeah, we got our own nebula. Big whup. It ain’t even that fancy. I wish I was consulted when the rest of the gang was choosing our own star-forming section of the Universe, I would have chosen something with more swag.
PHOTO: Black Hole EATING A Star Is Cosmo Destruction Bliss
Bask in the destructive beauty of the cosmos. We go about our daily lives not really contemplating the sheer magnitude of the fury that the Universe can unleash. Right here is a black hole devouring the shit out of a star.
ASTEROID MINING Could Be Against The Law. OH LET US HAVE FUN.
Shit. Shit, shit, shit. Here we go again with The Man preventing us from having any fun. Did you know that there are experts in space law (pretty awesome, actually)? I didn’t. Now one of these astronomical legalese masters is stating that asteroid mining could be against the law.
“Dinosaur-Killer” ASTEROIDS Way More Common Than Thought. Wee!
Apparently Jupiter is like, way slacking. You see, that big gassy son of a bitch is supposed to be our bulwark against cosmic refuse and shit smashing into us and like, ending civilization. Yet according to new reports cataclysmic asteroids used to be way more common than we’d rather think about.
Half-Mile Sized SNOWBALLS Hold It Down In Saturn’s Weirdest Ring
Getting my learn on today! Watch in amusement as I don my Thinking Cap – shaped like a giant phallus with built-in glowing veins courtesy of a AAA batter – and learn all about Saturn’s weirdest ring. Come along with me, and learn about half-mile sized snowballs and lurking moons.
WATCH: Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks About Link Between Space & Culture
You can’t turn around lately without bumping into NdGT holding it the fuck down. A myriad of television appearances complimented by a multitude of websites feelin’ his swag. It’s awesome. Last week NdGT delivered the keynote speech at the 28th National Space Symposium and it is everything you’d expect from the new Lord of Space. Humor. Inspiration. Wild gesticulations.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Official. JAMES CAMERON and GOOGLE Unveil Asteroid-Mining Plans
Ah, we’re living in the future indeed. It’s official. It’s official! James Cameron, Google and a gaggle of other wealthy individuals-institutions-whatever are taking us asteroid mining.
