#August2013
The Milky Way Galaxy’s MAGELLANIC STREAM is a pretty ribbon.
The southern hemisphere of our galaxy is gassy. Much like my southern hemisphere. Unlike my own Tootin’ Corner (as I call it), the reasons for the Milky Way Galaxy’s ribbon of potentially star-forming gas are much, much more epic.
Hit the jump to behold the Magellanic Stream! Oh, and some more info.
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NO WAIT — VOYAGER 1 left our SOLAR SYSTEM LAST YEAR. LOLWUT.
I have to enjoy small victories in life. Like when I watch people far, far, far more intelligent than me trip all over themselves. Take for instance: those Astronomical Wizards who keep trying to figure out if Voyager 1 has left our solar system.
NASA abandons repair plans for KEPLER TELESCOPE. Goodnight, Sweet Prince.
After finding roughly three-fucking-zillion exoplanets, it appears that the Kepler telescope is no longer going to hunt for the little balls of hope out there in the cosmos. It was a good goddamn run. But it needs repairs to maintain its accuracy, and NASA says they probably wouldn’t take.
M74 is the PERFECT SPIRAL GALAXY. I guess. I’m not really sure.
Hey, if NASA calls this shit the perfect spiral then I’m totally down. I don’t know anything about perfection. Or spirals. Stars are pretty though. I look at them, thinking of you. Your beautiful biceps. I hold myself, thinking of you. Staring at galaxies.
Wait uh whatever. Just hit the jump for the full beauty.
THE CONE NEBULA is all ICE CREAM FREE, BUT STILL BEAUTIFUL
Yeah, sometimes churning up the headlines for our space porn titles is difficult. Pretty much all of them can read “Nebula X is fucking beautiful!” and I’d be done with it. Being a chubby-chub, I hear “cone” I think “ice cream.” Welcome to my world.
Hit the jump for more details as well as the entire image.
Watch: DEPARTING EARTH as seen by NASA’S MESSENGER
Swoon! So this is what it will look like when I finally finish building my Rocket Ship. It’s taking a bit longer than expected. Do you know how many Diet Mountain Dew cans it takes to build a functioning hull? I don’t either, which is why I’m probably going to be vaporized. Eh, whatever! If I succeed, I’ll gather a glimmer that looks much like this.
WATCH: The EXPANSION OF THE CRAB NEBULA. Mind-Warp ++
I think we all folks around this here parts know of the Crab Nebula. What we may not know (and I didn’t, but that isn’t saying much) is that the said Crab Nebula is expanding quicker than a motherfucker. Photographer and part-time wizard Adam Black has put together a video that underlines this expansion. It’s pretty pretty.
NASA spots huge hole near SUN’S NORTH POLE. Size of 50 Earths. LOL.
Here is some hump-day perspective. NASA has spotted a rip-roaring coronal hole on the Earth. This son of a bitch is large. We’re talking to the tune of 50 Earth’s placed side by side. Dios mio.
The ESKIMO NEBULA is PRETTY OR SOMETHING.
Yeah, I don’t know. I’m not one to besmirch William Herschel and everything, but I’m not seeing an Eskimo when I look at this image. It’s neat as shit, but an Eskimo? Ehhh. Who knows. Smarter minds than mine, et cetera.
UK TEAM unveils PRETTY FRIGGIN’ DETAILED PLAN to send HUMANS TO MARS
Perhaps fittingly, the Imperial College of London has unveiled a detailed-as-fuck plan to send humans to Mars.
