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Please don’t think that I am arguing that all men are humorless. There are some extremely acceptable male comedians out...
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Here’s a prototype armor designed for British soldiers during World War I. The means by which vision penetrates those goggles is a mystery, and the...
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I wish people wouldn’t just see me as the Asian girl who beats everyone up, or the Asian girl with no emotion. People see Julia Roberts or Sandra...
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GUYS I WAS AT THE LEAFS GAME WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WAS CRYING
K I’M DONE NOW BYE HAHAHAHAHAHA
This is so beautiful.
IC 1396: The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
An ionized gas region located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth; it is commonly called the Elephant’s Trunk nebula because of its appearance at visible light wavelengths, where there is a dark patch with a bright, sinuous rim.
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Space Shot of the Day: Cathedral to Massive Stars
The Hubble Space Telescope took this spellbinding image of Pismis 24 (shown center above), one of the most massive and luminous star clusters known, glimmering above the NGC 6357 nebula that is approximately 8150 light-years away. According to NASA’s estimates, the brightest star of Pismis 24 cluster is over 200 times the mass of our Sun.
Space Shot of the Day is a feature series following the latest developments in planetary science, astrophotography, space exploration, future plans for colonization and all things related to outer space.
20 Everyday Things We Have Because Of NASA
Landing MSL Curiosity on Mars has caused controversy about NASA’s budget. Many people are upset that NASA’s mandate serves no practical purpose, and the money could be put to better use. Every year, NASA publishes a list of items developed because of NASA’s work. Here’s a short list from Business Insider:
Artificial limbs
Baby formula
Cell-phone cameras
Computer mouse
Cordless tools
Ear thermometer
Firefighter gear
Freeze-dried food
Golf clubs
Long-distance communication
Invisible braces
MRI and CAT scans
Memory foam
Safer highways
Solar panels
Shoe insoles
Ski boots
Adjustable smoke detector
Water filters
UV-blocking sunglasses
NASA did not invent:
Tang
Velcro
TeflonDo you think NASA’s budget needs cutting or expanding?
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RIP: Sally Ride, at 61: Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, has died after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 61.
In addition to flying for NASA — “All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary,” she once said – Ride was a physicist and a science writer.
After retiring from space, she founded Sally Ride Science, an organization created to inspire young people, especially girls, to stick with their interest in science, and pursue careers in science and engineering.
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RIP: Sally Ride, at 61: Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, has died after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 61.
In addition to flying for NASA — “All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary,” she once said – Ride was a physicist and a science writer.
After retiring from space, she founded Sally Ride Science, an organization created to inspire young people, especially girls, to stick with their interest in science, and pursue careers in science and engineering.
RIP, Sally Ride.
How are stars formed?
Like so many things in the universe, stars begin very small — mere particles in vast clouds of dust and gas. Far from active stars, these nebulae remain cold and monotonous for ages. Then, like some sleepy little town in a biker movie, everything stirs up when a newcomer speeds through. This disturbance might take the form of a streaking comet or the shockwave from a distant supernova. As the resulting force moves though the cloud, particles collide and begin to form clumps. Individually, a clump attains more mass and therefore a stronger gravitational pull, attracting even more particles from the surrounding cloud.
As more matter falls into the clump, its center grows denser and hotter. Over the course of a million years, the clump grows into a small, dense body called a protostar. It continues to draw in even more gas and grows even hotter.
. We best be making spaceships that can help us redirect space junk. The dinosaurs taught us that death by asteroid kinda sucks.Asteroid 2012 LZ1 Just Got Supersized
On Sunday, June 10, a potentially hazardous asteroid thought to have been 500 meters (0.31 miles) wide was discovered by Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia. Fortunately for us, asteroid 2012 LZ1 drifted safely by, coming within 14 lunar distances from Earth on Thursday, June 14. Phew.
But as it turns out, this particular space rock was a civilization-killing asteroid in disguise.
Only Two Cosmic Doomsdays Are Certain
The sardonic proverb “nothing is certain but death and taxes,” can now be recast for the cosmos.
Last week’s announcement of the inevitable collision of the Andromeda galaxy with the Milky Way is one of only two apocalyptic astronomical predictions that we can be absolutely certain of. The other is the death of our sun. Purely deterministic processes drive both.
Another day, another adventure in space. Following not too far behind the Annular lunar eclipses, the transit of Venus has been another event for NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory to capture, and of course, time-lapse for our viewing pleasure. As this hypnotic footage shows, the astronomical phenomenon truly helps to understand the expanse of space in our solar system and as it turns out, helps scientists in their search for exoplanets.
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When I was in high school, I stayed up late to watch bits of the cosmos streak across the sky.
It reminded me that no matter how big my problems seemed as a teen, there is so much to the universe.
Chunks of space painting the sky — I’m just a small part of a big thing and it’s beautiful.
Here’s How To Get Ready To See a Meteor Shower This Weekend
It’s been observed annually for over 2,500 years, with some years more spectacular than others. Each year, the April sky brightens around 21/22nd of the month with light from the Lyrid meteor shower and, of all the showers, this one is perhaps one of the most unreliable.
This year, the shower peaks around 3 a.m. (GMT) on April 22 and as a bonus, the moon is well out of the way so the sky will be nice and dark, granting us ideal meteor spotting conditions.
Neil deGrasse Tyson on NASA and funding. Without NASA and space exploration, how much of our technology would not be around.
This Seems Like All Kinds of Wrong of the Day: “How much would you pay for the universe?” asks Neil deGrasse Tyson, in this impassioned breakdown of the underfunding of NASA “day we stopped dreaming.”
But more importantly: “Do you realize that the $850 billion bank bailout — that sum of money — is greater than the entire 50-year running budget of NASA?”
Humans are meant to go beyond the confines of this world.
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson and the Universe. Because we are the universe. We are made of stars.
Words Of Wisdom of the Day: Neil DeGrasse Tyson responds to the question “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?”
Money: “When I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up — many people feel small, ‘cause they’re small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars.”
Music: “To Build a Home” by The Cinematic Orchestra.
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