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The final countdown?
Planet Nine via Space.com http://www.space.com/31672-planet-nine-evidence-and-discovery-in-images.html
What a nerd.
An artist's impression of the record-breakingly powerful, super luminous supernova called ASASSN-15lh as it would appear from an exoplanet located about 10,000 light years away in the host galaxy of the supernova. Read more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2016/01/15/superluminous_supernova/#32c48e4d7e4a5cf96a8d7e4a
I did the math and if the Krusty Krab closes at Six and Spongebob always arrives at work at 3 am to count the sesame seeds, and if he comes in every day except Sunday and works at a rate of 8.50 an hour, with a paycheck every two weeks, Spongebob makes $1,326 every paycheck which seems feasible given the Krusty Krabs revenue. So that explains why Spongebob owns his own house still, has a massive library and all kinds of extremities like damn no wonder he can keep affording boating school
the new kids + interacting with harrison ford
neil degrasse tyson listening to walking on sunshine: haha this song is great, but unfortunately you can’t walk on sunshine. its too hot!!
New photos of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko courtesy of ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft. Photos taken from January 4th to 8th, 2016
*blows kiss to space* for the female Skywalkers *throws therapist at space* for the male Skywalkers
A running list of all the people Donald Trump has offended while running for President:
Women
Mexican people
Black people
Iowans
New Jerseyans
Jewish people
People with disabilities
Refugees fleeing the Islamic State group
Overweight people
Asian people
Veterans
Native Americans
Muslims
America, this is your Republican presidential front runner. These highlights don’t even mention babies, civilians and half the country.
(This post will be updated as Donald Trump continues to distribute his two cents’ worth.)
On the Millennium Falcon, and the issue of Parsecs...
I’ve heard the discussion about Han Solo’s famous “Kessel Run” time and time again - both inside the Star Wars community and outside it. Common consensus seems to be that Han Solo’s boast that the Falcon could do the run in 12 parsecs indicates that Solo has no idea what a parsec is, or else relies on the fact that his audience doesn’t know.
This discussion relies on two main facts:
A parsec is a unit of measurement equivalent to roughly 3.26 light-years. This means that a parsec is a unit of distance, not a unit of time.
The Kessel Run is a smuggling route in the Star Wars universe, running illicit spice from the spice mines of Kessel to its destination worlds. It is not a commonly-used trade route, partially because the route is fraught with danger - especially “The Maw” cluster of black holes.
The main mistake people seem to make when discussing this issue is believing that Han is boasting about the Falcon’s speed. This is understandable, because Han often boasts about the Falcon’s speed in other situations, and it is natural to assume that a vehicle owner boasts about the speed of their vehicle because that is what we Earthlings are used to when discussing cars and other machines. As such, they think that Han is purporting that “12 Parsecs” is a quantification of the Falcon’s immense velocity.
This is an incorrect assumption, however. What Han is actually boasting about is the Falcon’s ability to safely navigate the dangerous Kessel Run by the shortest possible route. Travelling at hyperspace is not a simple matter of moving the ship directly from A to B, since there are doubtless hundreds or thousands of intervening planets, stars, asteroids, and other dangers. A ship’s computer must be programmed with a route which avoids such obstacles - usually giving them a wide berth, just to be on the safe side. The computer can also adjust itself en route if an unforeseen hazard presents itself.
Han Solo programs the Falcon’s computer system to fly as close to these hazards - especially the forbidding Maw Cluster - as is possible without being destroyed. Most other pilots would see this behaviour as foolhardy, but Han apparently doesn’t care. Because the Falcon is programmed to fly closer to these obstacles than most other pilots would dare consider, it needs to “steer” far less, and so can traverse the route in a straighter line than any other starship. This means that the Falcon completes the Kessel Run in a shorter distance than other ships - a mere 12 parsecs.
This is backed up in The Force Awakens when Rey, impressed that the ‘hunk of junk’ she’s aboard is the Millennium Falcon, marvels that “This is the ship which ran the Kessel Run in 14 parsecs”. Han corrects her by saying “12″. This therefore implies that 12 parsecs is more impressive than 14 - something which is totally in keeping with the above.
Han isn’t talking out of his arse when he boasts about the Falcon’s record, nor is he demonstrating his lack of understanding of interstellar measurements. He’s just not talking about what many people think he’s talking about, which is their own lack of understanding, not Han’s.
the new star wars looks so good
From water on Mars to Pluto’s heart, 2015 was a huge year of discovery for NASA. These don’t even mention, the “close encounters” we had with celestial objects this year.
He’s Just Angry About The Apple Juice http://srsfunny.tumblr.com/
The Universe outside of the Earth is a very hostile place to live and has billions of ways that it can and will kill us, but even the Universe doesn’t deserve Donald Trump.
if you’re american and coming to australia, I’m gonna go ahead and say that you should be 100 percent way more worried about being king hit by a dude named “dane” in a bintang singlet than any fucking spiders that exist here
That awkward moment far far away.
For more on the Fermi Paradox and why alien life hasn’t found us yet. (Infographic via futurism)
ok but the prequel trio was probably the most hardcore like anakin??? went HAM on the jedi order, younglings, the separatists leaders AND his wife all in the same day and then after CATCHING ON FIRE he managed to live another 20 some years in a terrifying space age version of an iron lung slash iron maiden full body prison
and obi-wan??? cut off his best friends arm and both of his legs and then watched him burn @ the same time as he screamed how disappointed he was in him and instead of putting anakin out of his misery he let his screams be his background music as he literally just walked away
and of course padmé who lost the will 2 live??? she was honestly so done with everything that she just said “fuck it” and peaced out truly the queen of idgaf
God bless you Elan, you are my hero.
Cat Turns Treat Monster.
This was probably the greatest thing I’ve seen all day!!!
