The Vulcans have won, folks. Led by Spock, they have claimed victory in the poll which was deciding the name of two of Pluto’s moons. Pretty gnarly.
“VULCAN” wins Pluto’s moon-naming poll. Plus! Three-headed dogs.
February 26th, 2013 by Caffeine PoweredMars is actually white. Well, this f**ks up our sayings.
January 8th, 2013 by Caffeine Powered
Mars is white? This is probably not news to people smarter and more well-versed than myself. To me? It’s all fucking up my sayings. The Red Planet? The Pale Planet? The Superficially Red-y Planet?
This galaxy is a GRAND SPIRAL of cosmic enormity.
January 8th, 2013 by Caffeine Powered
Check out this resplendent Grand Spiral galaxy. Perched only a completely inaccessible 40 million light-years away is a galaxy that is somewhat like our own. So the wizards say. I don’t know if they tell the truth. I just smile and look at the pretty pictures.
Astronomers discover “potentially” habitable “Earth-like” planet “near us.” Qualifiers ++
December 19th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
Let’s all double-down on the qualifiers here, people. A mere 12 light-years away lurks a planet that may be habitable. So even though we can never reach it, and we will never truly know, let’s all get excited.
Cornell University honors Carl Sagan with sexy LED light display.
November 24th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
Before Neil deGrasse Tyson was the astronomer du jour, there was the first homeboy Carl Sagan. Cornell University is paying tribute to the original astronomer to penetrate the mind-pieces of the pop culture zeitgeist with a rather radical laser light display.
Gas Cloud Colliding With Our Galaxy’s Black Hole Next Year. Take That, Mayans!
June 26th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
Pah, Mayans! Pah! Our Existence will not be ending this year. No, no. Instead I’m pretty sure we’re going to be felled by a gas cloud colliding with the black hole in the center of our galaxy. I can sense it.
The War and Peace Nebula Is Gorgeous Interstellar Violence
June 22nd, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
The War and Peace nebula is laying waste across space a mere 8,000 light-years away.
NASA Downgrades AG5 Asteroid Threat. Only SLIM Chance It Pounds Earth’s Face.
June 19th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
Good news, folks. That sneaky asteroid that we discovered only a half-year ago is probably totally only not really going to maybe not definitely perhaps strike our face.
Former NASA Scientist: FTL May Be Achieved Between Years 2300 and 3000. There Goes My Bucket List.
June 16th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
FTL travel is the holy grail of science-fiction dorks. It is what shall let us venture into the depths of space, colonizing planets and ruining shit outside of our own solar system. Unfortunately, we aren’t anywhere near achieving the son of a bitch, if it’s even possible.
EARTH-LIKE Planets More Common Than Thought, Every Star Has Planets. Woah.
June 15th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
Ain’t this a hell of a find. New astronomical wizards have come to the conclusion that every star has planets. Take that factoid, and all of a sudden the possibility of Earth-like planets skyrockets. Or is it spacerockets? Yeah, I know. Groan.
