#December2012

Saturn’s dark side will haunt you. No force lightning though. Get it? Dark side?

Check out Saturn’s back-lit donkey! It is a wondrous image captured by the necro-astronomers, far beyond the pale of our Earth’s purview. I promise. I’m not making this up.

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The Collisional Ring Galaxy got that post-crash sexiness.

Look at NGC 922 all wilin’ out and shit. It’s got itself a decent sized collection of black holes, and nobody seems to know why. I mean, I think I have the answer but no one will listen to me. It’s trans-dimensional unicorns who use the reality-skin of that cluster as their interdimensional warp point. Every time they make a jump, it punctures the fabric just a bit more. Obviously. Right? Is this the DayQuil talking?

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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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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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The PRAWN NEBULA rocks that fishy cosmic swag.

Relativity in motion, folks. While it is has been dubbed the Prawn Nebula, anything is 250 light-years across gets the nod in my book as fucking enormous. It is all relative. That’s why me and my demur cottage crotch only date people under three feet in height. Relativity.

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Saturn ninjas its own rings with SHADOWS of DOOM. Or something.

Cassini has been capable of capturing some pretty righteous space pictures as it goes about in the Saturn system. This little bit of lighting awesomeness is only the latest example. Where be the rings, you ask? Double doi! I respond. In the shadow.

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NASA Releases New Picture Of MARS, It’s So Gorgeous I Want To Weep.

No need for words. Drink in this picture. It’s Mars. That’s the planet Mars. Stunning. Oh, all right. NASA provides some context.

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The War and Peace Nebula Is Gorgeous Interstellar Violence

The War and Peace nebula is laying waste across space a mere 8,000 light-years away.

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Close-Up of Saturn’s Moon Dione Reveals Pock Marks, But She Is Still A Beautiful Bitty.

Hell of a picture right hurr, taken by Cassini. Check out a close-up of Saturn’s moon Dione, with all sorts of interesting things happening in the back ground.

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SPACE PHOTO: Robot Ship Docking With The ISS. This Is Like Totally Sweet.

This picture right here is the glory to kick off your post-Easter week. Feeling woozy? Questioning the bloat in that belly of yours? Escape it all by shucking your mortal flesh and galavanting  up to the stars courtesy of this picture. Robotic supply ships! Space! Party!

Hit the jump to find out what’s going on.

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