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Fear Fest: Space Disasters! Quiet, No One Can Hear You Scream.
OCTOBER 23rd, Space Travel Disasters
“Well, the thing about a black hole – its main distinguishing feature – is it’s black. And the thing about space, the colour of space, your basic space colour, is black. So how are you supposed to see them.”
-Holly (Red Dwarf)
I love the idea of space travel, I really do. However, when I think of everything that can go wrong it scares the shit out of me. I understand we’ve had about 100 years of flight under our belts now but that still does nothing for my nerves. We don’t have junk floating around in the sky that could cause a collision … unless you count Southwest. Southwest fucking sucks. I’ve flown with them twice and both times they’ve fucked me or someone in my party. But before I get too far off topic, space travel has its fair share of dangers.
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Sad Failed Star Is The Coldest Object Every Photographed. Like, Really Cold.
I can’t blame you if you associate stars with burning hot churning pinnacles of oblivion. However, sometimes they’re fucking cold. Like really cold. WD 0806-661 B is a brown star that may be colder than the human body.
Comets Almost Ended Life On August 12th, 1883. Time Traveling Morgan Freeman Saved Us.
According to new findings, a wild gang of Earth-fucking comets almost ended life on our Fair Blue Marble. There was no Bruce Willis to stave disaster, but rather chance. Or the Hand of Zeus, if you swing that way.
Scientists Working On Tractor Beam To Save Astronauts Floating Away. Awesome.
My main concern when I’m outside my spaceship harvesting tilium is the threat of solar radiation. However, I’m also pretty worried that I’m going to float the fuck away. Freeze to death in the horrors of deep space. Scientists got my back though. They’re working on something to save my dumb floating away ass.
Galactic Trance! Stare Into The Eyes of NGC 2467, Feel The Nausea.
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Stare deeply into the eyes of NGC 2467. Stare into them and feel the universal glory, the nausea of existing in such a realm! It beckons you to understand. But you cannot. I cannot. We are mud-men-ape-brains.
Needle Galaxy Gets Tilted, Rough Weekend Mucho Galactic Crunk.
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…what am I saying? You type so many headlines and all of a sudden everything/nothing starts making sense to you. Anyways! Check out the fucking Needle Galaxy, as viewed from Earth. Son of a bitch apparently kicks it like Bernie on the weekends.
Or something.
Uranus’ Tilt Is From A Double-Whupping Upside Its Head.
Astronomi-wizards have long been trying to figure out why Uranus is tilted over on its side. Late night partying? Existential vertigo? Or perhaps a comet-based beat down. By not one, but two rough riders.
Fear Fest: Apophis!
OCTOBER 4th, Apophis
“What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad.”
-Dave Barry
Hello again, the Dude here dishing some wisdom out for free. So, stop what you’re doing, minimize that porn site you have open, you can leave the sound on, it will add ambiance, and stay a while.
Today we’re going off planet to discover a fear. Apophis. Now, if you don’t know what that is, I’m sure you will in 20 to 30 years. My goal is to get you digging your fallout shelter today. Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that was discovered in 2004 and got as high as level 4 on the Torino Impact scale. Now, I’m not a scientician, so when I say we’re all going to die, you may want to pause and consider researching it for yourself. I can give you the numbers. Apophis is 350 meters in diameter (1,150ft). So just imagine a rock the size of the Eiffel Tower breaking us like a cue ball.
Saturn’s Rings Cast Sexy Halo Atop His Head.
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Check out this picture of Saturn and its rings as captured by Cassini. Man, that Cassini is legit. So many delicious pictures. Anyways, did you know you can measure the passage of time on Saturn by the shadows its rings cast? I didn’t either.
Solar Storm Ejaculates Plasma Blast Larger Than Earth. G’damn.
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The Sun is one petulant sumbitch these days. There’s storms afoot and the such and so forth. Yeah, I’m rambling. Anyways, there was recently a plasma burst that was bigger than the Earth. This is both amazing and not surprising.
