garbage-empress:

jacknabber:

i-homeostasis:

i-homeostasis:

dude seeing these Mega high quality images of the surface of mars that we now have has me fucked up. Like. Mars is a place. mars is a real actual place where one could hypothetically stand. It is a physical place in the universe. ITS JUST OUT THERE LOOKING LIKE UH IDK A REGULAR OLD DESERT WITH LOTS OF ROCKS BUT ITS A WHOLE OTHER PLANET? 

LIKE THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A PERSON’S BACKYARD. LIKE YEA A LITTLE DUSTY MAYBE THERE WAS A SANDSTORM BUT THAT’S COOL I’M JUST GONNA WALK DOWN TO THE STORE P S Y C H YOU’RE ON MARS BICH!

i hate to be rude and intrude on this post but we have decent pictures of the surface Venus too! 

the venus one especially fucks me up because those pictures were taken on a planet that has a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead and an atmospheric pressure equal to being about 1 km (~0.6 miles) under the ocean and to get there you have to fall through clouds made of sulfuric acid.

redlipstickresurrected:

Oriol Angrill Jordà (Spanish, b.1986, Barcelona, Spain, based London England) – 1: Gold Joy  2: Blow  3: Horizons from Stellarscapes Digital Arts

culturenlifestyle:

Miniature Oil Paintings Inspired by Astronomy on Rustic Lockets by Khara Leone

New York-based artist Khara Leone hand paints from scratch miniature enamel paintings. Inspired by stargazing and our solar system, Leone’s interstellar worlds are tucked inside quarter-sized lockets. The romantic pieces contain a charming sensibility and vintage quality. The lockets are usually composed or stainless steel or brass, which adds an intimate feature.

The miniature necklaces are introduced as memorabilia made with love and extreme precision and technique. Find her collection in her Etsy shop.

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my-sun-my-baelish:

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antikythera-astronomy:

NASA’s Most Shocking Image

This image is a 1.5… *BILLION* pixel photograph of the Andromeda Galaxy.

To view the image in all its glory go here.

NASA is the coolest thing that’s ever happened.

alltogetherterrible oh gosh

I zoomed in and I was like “yeah right” while it loaded and then my jaw actually dropped 

holy shit

i mean i knew theoretically what this was supposed to look like, but i didn’t actually expect to see it

but then when i zoomed in, all the noise turned into ACTUAL STARS, that you can see individually

good job, NASA

Good job NASA

NASA, next to the national parks, is America’s best idea, tbh.