#May2019

Pluto’s atmosphere is going to completely freeze in 11 years. Dope event in our lifetime alert!

pluto atmosphere frozen

Pretty rad stuff to happen in our lifetime: Pluto’s atmosphere is going to completely freeze in 11 years. Winter only hits Pluto every 248 Earth years, and it’s arriving in 2030.

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Mars got some gnarly landslides at volcanic plains called the Cerberus Fossae. This entire headline fucking rules!

mars landslides

Mars! Got itself some fucking volcanic plains! And some fucking landslides! Man, I’m down for all of this.

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Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft bombed an asteroid to release dust and collect a sample. Space exploration fucking rules!

hayabusa spacecraft bomb asteroid

Japan’s Hayabusa has bombed an asteroid, friends. Just let that marinate. It did so to collect some dust samples, and how fucking metal is that?

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Hubble captures image of asteroid spinning itself apart. Space sublimity!

hubble asteroid coming apart

Even in death, the cosmos comes off sublime. For example, here is an image the Hubble captured of an asteroid spinning itself apart.

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China is launching its own Mars probe next year. Fuck yes, all of us, get to the Red Planet!

china mars probe

China is launching its own Mars probe next year folks, and I’m torqued. I don’t give a single fuck what nation gets our asses locked into the Red Planet. Rather, I just want us to get there.

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You can now check the daily weather on Mars. Science fucking rules, no?

mars check weather

Thanks to NASA’s Insight Lander, we can now check the daily weather on Mars. While it may seem a bit superfluous, it’s a reminder that we out here doing dope shit in space.

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Space Swoon: Chinese satellite captures gorgeous far side image of the Moon and Earth

chinese satellite far side moon earth

Take a look at this goddamn glorious far side image of the Moon and Earth, my dudes.

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Citizen Astronomers found new planet that NASA algorithms missed. We out here DOING WORK, friends

citizen astronomers new planet nasa missed

Citizen astronomers out here doing work! Making moves! Finding planets! What a future, friends. What a future.

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Space Swoon: This spiral galaxy is gorgeous, despite its short and stubby arms

ngc 3981

Hey! Here’s a look at NGC 3981, which is gorgeous! Despite being short and stubby, cause hey. We’re all beautiful despite our flaws, right?

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Jupiter’s moon Europa got five-story spikes of ice. Sounds dope, makes landing on the moon a pain in the ass

jupiter moon europa frozen spikes

Space is fucking metal, my dudes. Jupiter’s moon Europa has got five-story spikes of ice! This sounds fucking dope! However, it makes the prospect of landing on Europa decidedly more difficult.

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