This spiral nebula ia sexy Milky Way sculpture.

October 16th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered

Behold this gorgeous spiral structure rocking out new a local Milky Way star. Is it truly local? Cripes, yo. Relativity is everything. I reckon I’m relatively close to you, when you consider how far away from the center of the Universe we all are. Just picture me breathing on your neck.

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IMAGE: Star Formation in the Tarantula Nebula. Gorgeous.

May 16th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered

The  Tarantula Nebula ain’t fucking around, no sir. No ma’am. In fact, it’s the most violent star forming region in the whole goddamn local group of galaxies. Thanks to the  Hubble Space Telescope, you can see allllll sorts of crazy shit going on in this picture.

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