Tag: Space
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Friday Big-A$$ Explosion Open Comments
About 3.8 billion years ago, things in the constellation Draco (the Dragon) got a little bit interesting. Although research is ongoing, astronomers say that the unusual explosion likely arose when a star wandered too close to its galaxy’s central black hole. Intense tidal forces probably tore the star apart, and the infalling gas continues to…
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Wednesday Space Pr0n Open Comments
This video was made with no CGI and no animation. It is composed of a series of images captured by the Cassini space probe as it approached and passed the planet Saturn. It is pure awesomeness. 5.6k Saturn Cassini Photographic Animation from stephen v2 on Vimeo.
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Friday Jews In Space Open Comments
You gotta hand it to the Israelis. They have that indomitable spirit that yearns to see new things and make discoveries wherever that may be. If Yariv Bash, Kfir Damari and Yonatan Winetraub succeed and send a robot to the moon, they’ll donate their millions in prize money to promote science among Israel youth. Yesterday…