#August2011
NASA Discovers Stars That Are Cool To The Touch. Well Done, Universe.
The Universe never fails to impress me. On the almost daily tip. Today we have cold stars. NASA has identified stars, called Y-dwarfs that are colder than the human body.
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Gorgeous Mosaic of the Sun. Existential Swoon.
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Check out this gorgeous mosaic of the Sun by César Cantú. The All Glowing Orb is a sexy specimen in general, but it’s looking exceptionally swank in Cantú’s work. So what exactly are we looking at here?
Loggerhead Turtles Have Internal GPS, Oh Mother Nature <3.
When are we going to begin splicing other animals’ superior traits into our DNA? I want the reflexes of my eight week-old kitten, and apparently I also want the internal GPS of a loggerhead turtle. Mother Nature rules.
Image: Sand Pit On Mars. Where The Sarlacc At?
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Behold this righteous sand pit found on the surface of Mars. It leads to a cavern beneath the surface where undoubtedly Martians are planning their fatal assault on Mars-2, or what we call Earth. They terraformed it, they released us onto it, and now they’re coming home. Uh, right? Moving on.
Wondering how such a thing came to be?
Functioning Anal Sphincter Grown In Petri Dish. Ah, Science.
We, as man, have grown a functioning anal sphincter in a petri dish. Let no one say that the wonders of science aren’t always readily apparently. I will smite you.
Lotus Supercar Runs On Cheese, Chocolate, and Wine. No Seriously.
Meet the Exige 270E. This futuristic son of a bitch is a car designed to run off of some of the more refined deliciosities in the universe. A car that can be fueled with chocolate, cheese, and win. This car is single-handedly looking to put France into a famine only the Bible could describe.
Video: Neil deGrasse Tyson Spits Hot Fire About US Budget And The Death of Dreaming.
Because I’m a hippy liberal who watches Bill Maher while kissing my transgender significant other and eating organic cashews, I already saw this last Friday. If you’re a more balanced person and you don’t watch the show, you still need to see this rant of Neil deGrasse Tyson. Provided you love space and our continually diminishing focus on it saddens you.
It’s an epic rant.
NGC 1929 Is Looking To Inflict Street Justice On A Cosmic Scale.
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While Phil Plait sees a monkey with a gaping hole in its skull when looking at NGC 1929, I see one-half of the Punisher’s symbol. To each his own. Regardless of your psychic disposition when reading this image, NGC 1929 is a rather gorgeous gathering of stars.
Sun Unleashes X-Class Solar Flare. Our Star Be Workin’ This Year.
You have to hand it to the Sun this year. It’s been acting up like nobody’s business. Well, except for ours I suppose. Today it set forth a gorgeous X-class solar flare. It’s scientifically proven that anything with an “X” makes it at least 100-times cooler.
Three New Dwarf Planets May Be Found Near Pluto. It Has Friends!
Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet, and everyone cried. Do not lament to hard. For not only was Pluto not the only dwarf planet when the Cosmic Canine was removed from planetary status, but now it may be getting even more friends. Discoveries abound!
