Details in a cosmic pinnacle
This is a series of close-up views of the complex gas structures in a small portion of the Carina Nebula. The nebula is a cold cloud of predominantly hydrogen gas. It is laced with dust, which makes the cloud opaque. The cloud is being eroded by a gusher of ultraviolet light from young stars in the region. They sculpt a variety of fantasy shapes, many forming tadpole-like structures. In some frames, smaller pieces of nebulosity can be seen freely drifting, such as the structure, four trillion kilometres long, at upper right. The most striking feature is a horizontal jet 5.5 trillion kilometres long in the upper left frame. It is being blasted into space by a young star hidden in the tip of the pillar-like structure. A bowshock has formed near the tip of the jet.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)
Astronomers Find a Rogue Planet in Our Galactic Back Yard
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope have identified a body that is very probably a planet wandering through space without a parent star. This is the most exciting free-floating planet candidate so far and the closest such object to the Solar System at a distance of about 100 light-years. Its comparative proximity, and the absence of a bright star very close to it, has allowed the team to study its atmosphere in great detail. This object also gives astronomers a preview of the exoplanets that future instruments aim to image around stars other than the Sun.
Image Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/P. Delorme/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/R. Saito/VVV Consortium
Is it the Death Star?
Since when is it appropriate to INSULT someone because you feel like they are smarter than you? Having a “know-it-all” attitude?
It’s called having intelligence, and confidence in yourself. Sorry if your pride gets hurt cause you don’t realize how insignificant you are in the Universe.
And for those who know me, you know that I work hard all the time to be “as smart” as I am. It’s called studying.
Why do we live in a society where being stupid and/or ignorant is ideal?
Either get on my level, or get the fuck out of my way and take your middle school antics somewhere else.
A coworker said I was a bitch because they felt I have a know-it-all attitude. Problem is that I have never had one single conversation with this person. Wtf?
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By far one of my favorite images EVER! D find myself staring at this, trying to think of what to do with it.
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So very much can happen, in a lifetime, or even on a single day of any lifetime. Yet I can assure you that whatever has or will happen in yours, no matter what chasms you cross, heights you scale, or how many people you love and are loved by, when all is said and done and you take that final look over your shoulder, what will humble you the very most, will be that you got to be.
Of all people,
The Universe
Auroras & Stars
Taken by Frank Olsen on November 14, 2012 @ Outside Sortland, Norway
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Mars Hand Lens Imager, Sol 95 — soil on Curiosity’s sample tray
Pretending it’s in my hand…
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captainallie
<3 dude I love you so much right now.
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