#April2012
“Yuri’s Planet” Is Stunning Look At Earth
Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin was the first human to gaze upon the Grand Blue Marble we call home from space. He did so on this day way back in 1961, and in honor of the anniversary NASA has posted this picture. Damn, it’s a pretty one.
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This SPACE PHOTO Has A Fox Fur, A Christmas Tree, And More.
The human mind is wonderful in its capacity for seeing familiar objects in the unfamiliar. NASA all claims we should be seeing a Christmas tree and a fox fur or some shit in this photo, but all I’m seeing is a vagina. Yes, a vagina. I’m sorry. I apologize. I see it. It glares at me.
JUPITER IS ENORMOUS. Here’s A Photo Reminder.
That gorgeous piece of insignificance being eaten up in the frame by Jupiter is Io. That moon is almost the same size as our own, and serves as a reminder of Jupiter’s enormity.
Mars’ TRAVEL POSTERS Make Me Wish For The Impossible
I want to travel to Mars. It ain’t that far away, and depending on your science-fiction author of choice there’s either gold, land, intelligent life, or something equally dope there. Ron Guyatt has put together these travel posters, and they have served to stoke my yearning. I’m ready! for the million-year picnic.
SPACE PHOTO: Robot Ship Docking With The ISS. This Is Like Totally Sweet.
This picture right here is the glory to kick off your post-Easter week. Feeling woozy? Questioning the bloat in that belly of yours? Escape it all by shucking your mortal flesh and galavanting up to the stars courtesy of this picture. Robotic supply ships! Space! Party!
Hit the jump to find out what’s going on.
Centaurus A Is Closest ACTIVE GALAXY. Also: Awesome
Zounds! She’s resounding. Check out Centaurus A, the closest active galaxy to us. It’s pretty close, too. 11 million light-years. Gather that fucker E.T. into a magical bicycle and I’ll be right there behind you.
On Venus Our Voices Would Sound Like “BASS SMURFS”, Awesome.
Here’s a tidbit upside your head. Professor Tim Leighton and a crack squad at the University of Southampton have calculated what we would sound like on different planets. Provided, you know, we could speak on them. What they’ve found is that humans’ voices would be so alien to us that we’d look physically different.
Ancient SOUND WAVES Sculpted Galaxy Formation. That’s Rockin’ Hard, Yo.
Galactic formation back in the day is the result of sound waves. Sound waves! What the fuck. Now there’s something I hadn’t thought of when it came to how the Universe formed. However, usually when I think about the Universe forming I end up picturing (invariably) the Multiverse and then I’m onto imagining myself in present day riding a T. Rex with Jesus to the Drive Thru at Taco Bell.
The April Fools Day Asteroid Came Closer Than F**king Expected
Did you know about the April Fools Day asteroid? I sure as fuck didn’t. I didn’t know about it when it was considered no big fucking deal, and I doubly didn’t know about it yesterday when it passed far closer than anticipated.
Newly Discovered EXOPLANETS Are 13 Billion Years-Old. Big Bang Levels Of Old.
A mere 375 light-years away lurks the star HIP 11952 and its two planets. These days exoplanets are a dime a goddamn dozen, but these two are a bit on the special tip. Using their brain-cannons to calculate and tabulate, people smarter than me have dated these two pigs at nearly the same age as the Big Bang.
