could lose some weight. is ginormous. like HUGE. all planets of our solar system could fit inside with room to spare
is called a gas giant for a reason. super gassy. really really gassy. dude. stop.
(hydrogen and helium)
privacy nut: looks like a caramel candy but won’t show us his real surface. all we can see are his clouds and storms (terrible fucking storms let me tell you)
has a storm called “the red spot” that is several times larger than planet Earth
is thicc in all regards: his atmosphere is several hundreds of kilometres deep
probably doesn’t even have a real surface: the gas just slowly changes into liquid form.
liquid. metallic (!). hydrogen. get a load of that. YO. 10 000 degrees celsius. weird as shit!
possibly doesn’t have a core. Jupiter always needs special treatment
if he tried a little harder, he coulda been a star. get it together man. you just needed to be 75 times larger and you could’ve been a read dwarf. but no
way too hot. so fucking scorching hot that he’s still cooling 4 billion years after forming (gives away more heat than he receives)
rotating too fast for his own good: going so fast (rotates around itself in less than 10 hours) that he’s shaped like a squished ball
has 67 moons… could’ve gone for 69 but gave up too early. boo
summary: big ass bully with a gas problem
Caldwell 92 by NASA Hubble
The lightest (i.e., least massive) known star, OTS 44 [3000 x 2400]
it’s always a good day to get drunk and cry about the voyager records
“I don’t know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.” ― Vincent Van Gogh
Juno’s shot of Jupiter. Every pixel on the picture is 9,4 square kilometer.
via reddit
The essence of astronomy. 1914. Book cover.
Caldwell 103 by NASA Hubble
Over 90% of our solar system actually begins where the planets end. Deep stuff. Yes, the galaxy is interesting, but our own cosmic backyard should pique our interest as well. Lots of interesting things just a hop, skim, and few year journey in a yet-to-be-designed spacecraft.
*sees moon* *remembers outer space* nice
andrei, he/him, 21, made this at 14 when i was a space nerd but i never fully grew out of that phase so,,,,..,hubble telescope + alien life + exoplanet + sci fi nerd
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