#November2012

Saturn’s moon DIONE got that crater face, but we still love her.

Oh Dione, you’re still pretty to be dammit!

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SATURN’S SIZE will make you feel like the mite you are. Relativity ++

Our fat brains can’t really process things. Consider Saturn’s sheer enormity in comparison to us. Then try and comprehend how small in relation to the sun. Then appreciate how fucking small the Sun is in the grand scheme. Nosebleed incoming!

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Andromeda has got that star cloud twinkle. Je t’aime.

Look at this beautiful sumbitch. Ain’t no party like a spiral galaxy party. Or something. Hit the textual mute on me and bask in the prettiness  If you stroke it, it purrs.

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Video: NASA animations follows the birth and death of a disk galaxy.

Do you want to follow the development of a disk galaxy, starting right up at the Big Bang? The answer is of course you want to. Enjoy some mid-afternoon existential toggling. Kindly reminding you that shit does not matter.

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This spiral nebula ia sexy Milky Way sculpture.

Behold this gorgeous spiral structure rocking out new a local Milky Way star. Is it truly local? Cripes, yo. Relativity is everything. I reckon I’m relatively close to you, when you consider how far away from the center of the Universe we all are. Just picture me breathing on your neck.

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Rotating 3D nebula is just the space porn needed to end long weekend.

Hell yeah! Look at this, for it is the berries. Delicious, rotating 3D nebula berries.

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SPACE JUNK is a problem. Solution? Ballistic gas clouds. Oh, humans.

Got a problem? Blow it the fuck up! Such is the mantra of the Western world, and at the very worst results have been mixed. We’re taking our tried and true method to space now, folks. There is a lot of junk up there, and certainly there is only one way to dispose of it. By explodey-time.

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NASA is engineering space bugs to make bricks on Mars. Reread that. Ridiculous.

The future is here, and Ray Bradbury is spanking it beyond the grave. So it isn’t exactly willing an atmosphere into existence like Martian Chronicles, but NASA is up to some pretty goddamn spectacular stuff.

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The MOON has volcanoes and craters mixing it up. Get along, all ready!

VIDEO: The Mars Curiosity landing in DELUXE SUPER HD. The glory.