Aimless In Space
--J.B.S. Haldane--
Rachael - Detroit - WSU
Mad Scientist-in-Training
Clastrophysicist (Classics/Astronomy/Physics)
This is my super spectacular (mostly) space blog!! I also enjoy math, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, jellyfish, Detroit, Futurama, and cats.
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Matt Smith attends the 72nd Annual George Foster Peabody Awards (May 20, 2013)
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I see an attempt at making mint ice cubes forthcoming…
FIREFLIES
Photos of fireflies by Tsuneaki Hiramatsu
On hot, hazy summer nights, fireflies take centre stage as they fly through the night air, punctuating the darkness with flecks of yellow light.
But Japanese photographer Tsuneaki Hiramatsu captured their beauty in a whole new light, using time-lapse photography. (2012/7/12)
(via heathenduchess)
Saturn and it’s beautiful rings.
Derived from image sequences from NASA’s Cassini and Voyager missions. [x]
(via galaxyclusters)
Derived from image sequences from NASA’s Cassini and Voyager missions. [x]
(via galaxyclusters)
Planetary Nebula Project - Cast off by dying sunlike stars, planetary nebulae are a brief but glorious final phase of stellar evolution. The gaseous shrouds are ionized by an extremely hot central source, the shrinking core of a star running out of fuel for nuclear fusion. Shining in the cosmic night, their simple symmetries are fascinating and have inspired this planetary nebula poster project. In it, nine planetaries are displayed for comparison in a 3x3 grid. Of course, planetary nebula fans should be able to pick out the bright Messier objects M27 - the Dumbbell Nebula, M76 - the Little Dumbbell, and M57 - the Ring Nebula, as well as NGC 6543, aka the Cat’s Eye Nebula. Lesser known nebulae include the Medusa and the Bug. These planetary nebulae hint at the fate of our own Sun as its core runs out of nuclear fuel in another 5 billion years. (via APOD)
Milky Way above the Himalaya.
(c) Anton Jankovoy and Mariya Sogrina
