#April2012
Mars Got Itself Some FLOWING SAND DUNES. Picnic Time, IMO.
Now, those sand dunes on Mars aren’t actually flowing like liquid. You’re looking at me incredulously. They aren’t. Believe me. However, I’m not going to fault you for thinking they are.
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Video: NASA Reconstruction Of APOLLO 8’S Earthrise Is The Goosebumps.
This is some deliciously stunning stuff. NASA has recreated the experience of the first Earth rise ever witness by humans and laid the actual audio for us the masses. It’s got me feeling the goosebumps. Imagine experiencing this? Imagine!
Hit the jump for the video.
Video: GORGEOUS SPACE FOOTAGE Is Solar System Swoon
Sander van den Berg has created this stunning cosmic moment. Compiling photographs from the Cassini and Voyager missions, he’s created a video of our solar system bound to make the tits tighten. In an awesome way.
Mysterious DARK REGIONS OF MARS Are Made Of Glass. Contemplate That Shizz.
10 Million square kilometers of northern lowlands on Mars are made up of glass. Volcanic glass. That fucking planet, man. Keeps paying dividens in awesomeness.
Most Detailed Picture Yet Of A STAR NURSEY BIRTHING Suns. Cosmic Awe
God bless the Hubble. For years it has been bringing us glorious snapshots of the glorious beyond. Stimulating the imagination while showing us what lies beyond the Big Blue Marble. This picture is no different. It is a look at 30 Doradus, which is “the brightest and most prolific star-forming region in our galactic neighborhood”. Hell yeah!
Video: Yesterday’s SOLAR FLARE In All Its Glory
Boom! Yesterday bore witness to a pretty friggin’ fantastic sunspot. I ain’t going to keep barking my gelantinous mind-mush.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Pilot Almost Crashes After Mistaking VENUS For An AIRPLANE. Common Mistake. Amirite.
Venus was brighter than a mofuckah’ outside a couple of nights ago. Prompted the girlfriend and me to stare in appreciation, as I waxed cosmic talking about (I’m sure she was bored) how “that’s really a planet up there” and “isn’t that fucking sick that it’s really real” and shit. I thought I was losing my cool, but this pilot one-upped me. Big time.
AURORAS Spotted On URANUS For First Time. Cue Puns.
Have you seen an aurora? I sure haven’t. My experience with them have been confined to Skyrim. Don’t get me wrong, those were gorgeous, I would just much prefer seeing one in person. Now, what could be more fantastic than that? Seeing one on a foreign planet.
ASTEROID That Killed DINOSAURS Might Create Life In Other Solar Systems. Paying It Forward ++
Here’s a potential happy ending to Jurassic Park. The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and thereby deprived me of my (don’t think about it logically you assholes) T. Rex that I ride around like a car could have seeded life throughout the rest of the galaxy.
Astronomers Find Evidence of STAR-KILLING Sandtorms. Guess ‘Episode I’ Anakin Was Right. Go Figure.
The cosmos is goddamn impressive for a variety of reasons. One of my favorite examples is its tremendous capacity for destruction. Marauding stars, black holes, and now this: sandstorms that rise up out of a star and friggin’ end it.
