Starlost - Space Fucks

So the James Webb telescope just took a picture of a galaxy that is 29 million light years away.

If that wasn't cool enough NASA decided to peel away all the cosmic dust in order to see the bones of the Galaxy itself.

AND IT'S BREATHTAKING

Nebula Images: http://nebulaimages.com/ Astronomy articles: http://astronomyisawesome.com/

Your fave is problematic: Jupiter

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

The celestial object of the day is TOI-1338b, unofficially known as Wolftopia!

This planet orbits around two stars, causing irregularities in its orbit, making it vary between 95 and 93 days. Although its orbit will keep being stable for another ten million years, its angle towards us will change, meaning that we can't see another transit until 2031.

This is very cool and a pretty big deal. Find out why.

Why is there something here, instead of nothing? And why are we aware of this question—we people, particles going around and around this black stone? Why are we aware of it?

Annie Dillard, from For the Time Being (Alfred A. Knopf, 1999)

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The horizons of Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, and Titan.

Source: http://i.imgur.com/A1gIYXdl.jpg

Send a space thing for questions

Planets: Life

Mercury: What’s your full name? 

Venus: What’s your first language? 

Earth: Where’s your home? 

Mars: What’s your sexuality? 

Jupiter: Do you have any siblings? 

Saturn: Any pets? 

Uranus: What’s your hobby? 

Neptune: When’s your birthday? 

Pluto: What time is it right now where you are? 

Moon: What are you currently studying/hope to study? 

Stars: Experiences

Sun: Have you ever had alcohol? 

Sirius: Have you ever failed a class? 

Rigel: Have you ever gone on a rollercoaster? 

Deneb: Have you ever been out of your home country? 

Arcturus: Have you cried out of something other than sadness? 

Betelgeuse: What’s something you can never forget about? 

Aldebaran: What’s something you care desperately about? 

Canopus: Have you ever broken a bone? 

Bellatrix: Have you ever been forced to lie/keep a secret? 

Alphard: Have you ever lost a friend?

Vega: What’s something you’ve done that you wish you hadn’t? 

Constellations: Favourites

Centaurus: Favourite holiday?

Orion: Favourite month?

Cassiopeia: Favourite book?

Delphinus: Favourite study?

Hercules: Favourite instrument?

Gemini: Favourite song?

Pegasus: Favourite place to be?

Libra: Favourite colour? 

Phoenix: Favourite thing to wear?

Aries: Favourite movie? 

Cygnus: Favourite weather? 

Hydra: Favourite sound? 

Galaxies: Love/Friends  

Milky Way: Who’s your oldest friend?  

Andromeda: Do you consider yourself social? 

Black Eye Galaxy: Do you believe in love at first sight? 

Cartwheel Galaxy: When was your first kiss? 

Cigar Galaxy: How’s your flirting skills? 

Comet Galaxy: Have you ever had to leave a relationship because someone changed too much? 

Pinwheel Galaxy: Would you date the last person you talked to? 

Sombrero Galaxy: Do you have a crush right now? 

Bode’s Galaxy: Have you ever had a secret admirer? 

Sunflower Galaxy: Would you date/make friends with someone out of pity? 

Tadpole Galaxy: Would you deny a relationship/friendship? 

Whirlpool Galaxy: Have you ever cried over a breakup? 

Other stuff: Wishes 

Comet: What’s your big dream? 

Asteroid: What does your dream life look like? 

Meteor: What’s something you wish you could tell, but can’t? 

Nebula: If you could undo one thing in your life, what would it be? 

Shooting Star: If you could bring back one thing, what would it be? 

Pulsar: What do you hope to do in the next 10 years? 

Supernova: What’s one thing you want to do before you die? 

Quasar: If you could spend the rest of your life with only one person, who would it be? 

Wormhole: What’s something you wish would happen, but know won’t? 

Black Hole: What’s the last thing you want to see? 

i swear this is my first bot in a while