Hacking is some dastardly shit. Though sort of interesting. Last month we heard that US drones were infected with a virus. Today? Today we’re hearing NASA has had one of its satellites hacked.

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Check out this ghoultacular image of the Cepheus constellation. Nothing says Halloween like some cosmic ghost imagery. Well, perhaps women in clothing that would make their parents blush and teeth-rotting sugar time.

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The asteroid  Lutetia is a “primitive body”, which means that the son of a bitch was around at the formation of our solar system.  Lutetia is currently single, and despite her advanced age is still looking for love.

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Check out the white rock fingers of Mars. Once thought to be dried up lakebed, recent findings have them being something different altogether. The remains of Martian rave sites, dedicated to their Red War God, Urutur. I made that up.

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Pluto stumbles back onto his feet. Shamed, disparaged, red faced. He stumbles back onto his feet, and once again rightfully claims his place as the ninth largest body in our solar system to orbit the sun.

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At this point we know that Mars has water. Had water. Maybe has water, definitely had water. One mineral we’ve retrieved from the Angry God could held the key to figuring out exactly when the Red One was covered in water.

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Check out these young suns lighting up a sexy cosmic sky. Not too shabby being a young, couple-million-years-old star hanging out in the cosmos. Lookin’ fly, being hot.

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It used to be pretty fucking fantastic when we would “find” an “Earthlike” exoplanet. These days they seem to come in droves. Yawn! Ho-hum! Whatevs. However the concept of “Earthlike” is pretty fucking rubbery. However  HD 85512b may totally be “Earthlike” in a somewhat sensical way.

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This is the Heart Nebula, and it throws with the cosmos eternal. Oh yeah, and it’s also sort of/really goddamn sexy like most nebula. All nebula. Yep.

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Check out the rings of Saturn, managing to levitate both Titan and Dione. Well, in my mind. In my mind magical rings have magical powers and levitate the Space-Objects. The reality is a bit less sexy, but sexy nonetheless.

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