#January2012
This Supernova Is Missing Its Cosmic Companion In The Oblivion Waltz.
Take a drink in of that glorious supernova. Pretty swank, no? Gaze into the tempting eyes of solar systemtic oblivion. I’m just making up words, but roll with me! Roll with me, and feel for this supernova, which seems to be missing its companion star. Frown time!
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Video: Two More Tattooine-Like Planets Orbiting Binary Stars? Force-Swoon.
There was a Tattooine-like planet discovered last year that orbited two stars. Swag! It was thought that this planet was something of an oddity, but apparently there’s a lot more Binary Sunsets occurring throughout the galaxy than previously first thought.
NGC 6946 Is The Face That Could Launch A Thousand (Space) Ships! Lit Puns!
Check out NGC 6946. Gorgeous spiral galaxy that faces us directly, and is located a mere 10 million light-years away. Start swimming!
Check Out Our Gooey Galactic Center! A Mere 26,000 Light Years Ago.
Check out our gorgeous galactic center. It’s funny that NASA drops this image on us today, because last night I was marveling at the under-appreciated fact that we can see our galaxy in the sky if we gave a gander. Look around you, folks! Around you!
Astronomers Find First Four Exoplanets of 2012. Pshaw, So Passé!
Man! Woman! Transgender! Everyone! Do you remember when it was like totally special to find an exoplanet? Yeah I’m struggling to, too. Astronomers have found the first four of 2012! Like, whatevs.
Pluto May Be A Rich Source Of Fuel. Says “F**k You All!” When Questioned.
Pluto has taken an Earthling ass-whuppin’ over the last handful of years. No longer a planet, its now considered a shitty ball of ice, barely capable of holding an orbit. Don’t feel too bad for it though, as it may prove to have the last laugh.
Starburst Galaxy IC 10 Is Pretty. Shiny.
Maybe it’s because it’s late as fuck as I’m typing this and it’s dark and I’m cold and I’m pretty sure my own Star has turned its back on me, but this image is striking a chord with me. I mean, goddamn. Look at that picture. Look at *all* those fucking stars.
The Cigar Galaxy Is Smoking! Ha! Get It? I’ll Be In The Corner.
Check out M82, otherwise known as the Cigar Galaxy, otherwise known as the source of my first really, really, really awful awful puns of the year.
Milky Way Galaxy Is About To Get Fed, Yo!
The hulking black hole at the center of our galaxy hungers. Why? ‘Cause Galactus hangs out there. Or not. Yet it needs to be feed. Pretty soon it’s going to get a glorious gas cloud to mow on.
Behold! The Scale of Saturn Is Existential Wunder-Nausea!
A few days ago, Phil Plait wrote a pretty righteous post about the scale of Saturn. It was swag as all Cosmic get out, but a reader of Bad Astronomy took it a step further and showed how North America would compare size-wise.
Hit the jump to behold.
