#March2012
Gorgeous View Of The MILKY WAY Above A Monsoon. Space Swoon.
Bret Webster took a gorgeous photo of our Milky Way galaxy hanging out above a raging monsoon at Canyonlands National Park. It’s one of those tit-tightening reminders that we’re at all times we are within a galaxy, orbiting the center of the universe. Astounding.
Hit the jump to check it out.
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NASA Releases Infrared Map Of THE ENTIRE GODDAMN UNIVERSE. Space Moan.
Even with little funding and a space program that is withering quicker than my Nana’s nethers, NASA has managed to accomplish something that I find pretty (inter)stellar. They’ve release an infrared map of the entire universe.
Dude Makes Successful 13-Mile SPACE JUMP. Brazen ++
Felix Baumgartner is a man who has leaped from something approximating space, and lived to tell the tale. The good sir, with Red Bull as his co-pilot and sponsor, plummeted to the Earth from 13-miles up.
The Sun’s Furious Sunspots Look Like PINK SPHINCTERS OF DOOM
Listen. We can pretend to be adults, or we can admit that these righteous sunspots look like a goddamn pink sphincter of Armageddon.
Infographic Depicting Every Manned Space Mission Is Cosmic Win
Between 1961 and 2011, the U.S. rocked 166 manned missions into space. This sexy infographic summarizes the glory of the days when we Dreamed in one tight package.
Hit the jump to check it out.
SPACE-WUNDER: Galaxy Groups And Integrated Flux Nebula In This Pic.
Just look at this picture. Zillions upon gazillions of burning machines of creation. You’re gazing into the M81 group of galaxies. What’s exactly going on here?
Hit the jump to find out.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON VIDEO: “We Stopped Dreaming”
Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t just a cuddly teddy bear and astrophysicist. He’s also a goddamn inspiration of mine, and a space-bound philosopher. This video has him laying it down about our lack of star-gazing in his typically dulcet tones.
Hit the jump for some NdGT.
IMAGE: How Big Is A Neutron Star Compared To Brooklyn?
NASA has answered the question I never dared to dream: how big is a neutron star in comparison to Brooklyn? How many hipsters can we fit in its core? (I made that one jump)
Hit the jump for the comparison.
Dust Devil On MARS Shows The Red Planet Looking Lively
Check out that there picture up thurr. Woah. Syntax+grammar vomisplosion. Anyways. That little spectral goody is nothing more than a dust devil wandering about the surface of Mars. A concept, which when thought about, is actually pretty cool.
Video: Huge Coronal Mass Ejection Slammed Into Earth Today. Sun Activity ++
On Tuesday evening, a curmudgeonly old Sun decided to erupt in a violent solar flare. Ole sumbitch Sun has been acting up for a while now. Early this morning, the Solar Puke smashed into our Earth’s atmosphere.
Hit the jump for videos of the ejection and some deets. It’s swoon.
