#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.
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.
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.
VIDEO: NASA’S ‘Perpetual Ocean’ Animation is Trippy Ocean Current Bliss
NASA is getting their trippy on with this animation. It depicts all the ocean currents rocking out at once, and we the viewer get to bask in their science. I’m personally doing so in my underwear, mowing a cold can of Campbell’s Chunky soup. You continue on NASA with your wizardy, I’ll continue seeing the bar low for us geeks of the world.
MERCURY Has Frozen Water, Despite Being Hot As F**k? Zounds.
Mercury is straight chilling next to Sol, having the distinction of being the planet closest to the star in this fine system. With temperatures off the chain, one doesn’t generally imagine there be water on the planet. Unless you’re like me and you spend too much time imagining things in the Multiverse like my dumb ass. Going against all (seeming) sense there isn’t just water on the Scorcher. There’s frozen water.
NASA VIDEO: “Evolution Of The Moon” Is Cratery Bliss.
A smidge old, but I kept forgetting to post it. This is for you!, person who hasn’t seen this yet. NASA has released a video detailing the entire evolution of the Moon in almost three minutes. It’s goddamn fantastic.
NASA Releases Infrared Map Of THE ENTIRE GODDAMN UNIVERSE. Space Moan.
Even with little funding and a space program that is withering quicker than my Nana’s nethers, NASA has managed to accomplish something that I find pretty (inter)stellar. They’ve release an infrared map of the entire universe.
Video: GM And NASA Create Real Life POWER GLOVE. Wield Responsibly!
GM and NASA have teamed-up to create the real life Power Glove. A technology so fierce you’ll finally be able to beat the piss out of that Test Your Strength machine at the local burger joint.
Hit the jump for video and details.
