#Space
Video: Neil DeGrasse Tyson Tells Us The Most Astounding Fact Of The Universe
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is fucking awesome. Fact. Scientific fact. He was asked be a reader of TIME magazine what the most astounding fact of the universe was. This is his answer.
Hit the jump. Bask in the glory.
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Oxygen Discovered Around Saturn’s Moon Dione. Spacegasm ++
Man, Cassini keeps paying dividends. According to a new report published in a fancy pants science thing journal, the spacecraft has detected oxygen around Dione.
NASA Lost A Laptop With Unencrypted Space Station Codes. Cold War Heats Up!
Don’t pay any attention to the last half of the headline. It’s just my Cold War-obsessed brain making something more interesting out of the fact that NASA has exercised their rocket scientist brilliance by losing a laptop. Chock full of unencrypted space station secret info stuff.
Things.
FIGURED OUT: Why Astronauts Crave Spicy Food In Space. Thank Goodness.
The latest Mystery of the Universe has been figured out. When astronauts get their lucky asses up off this here Blue Marble, they begin to crave spicy foods. It seems that people didn’t know why, but they ever asked me and I would have explained it to them. They’re closer to Martian brain-wave manipulation. Obviously. Don’t buy my explanation? Some deceiver scientists offer a different one.
Playboy and Virgin Want to Build A Night Club IN SPACE.
Now I don’t go to night clubs, but this is one I’d kill to attend. A night club in space. This is something out of Neuromancer or Altered Carbon, and that gets my loins writhing.
Astronomers Discover New Class of Exoplanet: The Waterworld. Space Fist-Pump.
The Kepler mission has kept us space zealots in writhing moments of euphoria for a while now, but this one is a doozy. Courtesy of its All-Seeing-Eye (listen that’s how I imagine it, okay) they’ve discovered a new class of exoplanet: the waterworld. Insert easy jokes.
Volcanoes May Erupt On The Moon Someday? There Goes That F**king Space Colony.
I’d love to see me some goddamn volcanoes on the surface of the Moon. That barren ass surface, long since deprived of any sort of activity. Give it volcanoes! Volcanoes I say. Wiping out space colonies and the headquarters’ of Bond villains alike.
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1073 Is Long-Distance Sexiness.
NGC 1073 is a pretty, barred spiral galaxy. It’s also a bit of a hike. Planning on visiting it? It’s going to take you 55 million years. After you master travel at the speed of light.
Merope’s Reflection Nebula Is Mirror Image Of Beauty. Get It? Rimshots. Everywhere.
Check out Merope’s Reflection Nebula. Looking all pretty and the such. Wouldn’t you know it though, it’s a parasite. Totally piggybacking on the splendor of a nearby star’s light.
Saturn’s Moon Enceladus In High-Res Wunder-Detail.
The Cassini orbiter snagged a gorgeous picture of Saturn’s moon Enceladus back in January of last year. Fucking stunning. Hit the jump for some details on the picture, and try to remember: this is a real moon that is really floating relatively close by. So rad.
