#July2011
BSG Composer Bear McCreary Scored the Shuttle Launch
That’s all she wrote, ladies and gentlemen.The curtain closed on America’s greatest achievement yesterday with the final shuttle launch in U.S. history. I was about 11-10 miles away and it was hard not to get emotional as the Atlantis disappeared behind the cloud line; leaving behind an enormous trail of exhaust and history in its wake. And my god, the sound wave. It took about one minute for the sound wave to hit and once it did, it shook me something fierce. But what I wish I was hearing at the time of launch was Bear McCreary’s “Fanfare for STS-135.”
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Watch A Comet Streak Across The Sun’s Surface. A Glorious Burning Death.
NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory caught a comet locked into a path across the Sun’s surface on July 5 or 6 of this year. It’s a glorious descent into death, providing us entertainment whilst it surely screamed to itself in pure horror. Right?
Hit the jump to check it out.
Betelgeuse Sheds Billions of Kilometers of Space Dust. Colossal.
That red outlined spec in the middle of that picture is Betelgeuse. The roaring, rumbling, amorphous sexily shaded cloud surrounding it is an enormous nebula of dust.
Corona Australis Has Galactic Dust Problem, Looks Gorgeous Anyways.
The Eight Burst Nebula Is Explodey Space Fun.
The ATV-2 Johannes Kepler Looks Like A Real Life X-Wing.
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Through the sheer will of our Collective Unconscious, we have willed Star Wars into exist. Orbiting the perimeter of our dimension is clearly a feet of X-Wings, waiting to strike us bastards. Or, when the meds don’t work, the Angels in basement sing such things to me. In reality, this is a picture of the ATV-2 Johannes Kepler, which just happens to look like my favorite unit of space-combat destruction.
Check Out The Suicide Plunge Of A Comet Into The Sun. Cowards Way!
NASA’s SOHO satellite caught a gorgeous video of a comet’s suicide plunge into the Sun. No comet, no! There’s beauties worth living for in this universe. Especially for a lucky little thing like you, non-sentient but blessed with being able to zip around space.
Hit the jump for the video.
Saturn Is Linked To Its Moon Enceladus By An Electron Beam. Righteous.
If you’re ever feeling dulled with reality, just follow some fucking astronomy news. It’ll moisten your science-fiction glands, infusing you with the knowledge that the universe is fucking awesome. Take for example: Saturn is linked to its moon Enceladus by a fucking electron beam.
Young Stars Are Much Cuter Than Human Newborns. IJAF!
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Everyone’s always pimping their new born kids. Don’t get me wrong, some are goddamn adorable. Usually in tight correlation with their parents’ appearance. Some kids though, are man. Just woof. Eighteen years removed from sitting at the prom drinking by themselves and staring at taut asses they can’t get near.
The Red Square Nebula Looks Like Rez Gone Galactic.
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Everything in my existence is funneled through comparisons to video games, comic books, Star Wars, and sporting events. So when I’m staring at MWC 922, all I can see is the beginning of a level of Rez. What I’m really looking at is a fucking square nebula. Brimming with red and oddity.
