Seven exo-planets discovered around HD 10180

http://www.cosmicdiary.org/blogs/nasa/franck_marchis/?p=899

Today, a team of astronomers from Europe led by group of the Observatoire de Geneve announced the discovery of SEVEN exoplanets around a southern hemisphere star called HD 10180. Even if the name of the star is far from being memorable, our community will remember this major leap in the quest of exoplanets.

pretty sweet if you ask me.

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this is a little unusual for me, both in that i typically prefer to write these things with my hands, and that i’m even writing this at all.

But the story goes as follows, maybe the beatles had it right when they sang that i am he is she is we are all together, or whatever, but i’m in the midst of a learning experience that I’ve never encountered before. Or at least, not on this grand a scale.

There are unusual things that i do, such as pretending to be a dinosaur or singing like i know how to sing, but these are all things that are invariably me, and thusly, make me who i am.

This typically generates one of two responses: people either like me, not knowing who I really am, as i rarely expose it for the world to see, or they don’t like me, because they don’t necessarily understand me, or they perceive me through eyes that are attuned to deceit, so they see right through all of my bullshit and see me as the not so great person i’ve become.

But maybe that is selling myself too short.

No short joke intended, but it was worth pointing out.

Anyways, the point is, i am a crazy fucked up individual who is different from everyone else, but is exactly the same at the same time.

I know it may seem paradoxical, hell I’m having a hard time believing it as i write it, but this is what i feel to be true, somewhere deep inside of me.

Solidarity becomes more and more the path that I walk, and i’m growing ever more comfortable with it, to the point where I’m actually beginning to love it; to thrive on it. I desperately need that feeling of loneliness because it keeps me insane, which is exactly what I want to be. I want to be crazy, I want nothing more than to live the life of a crazy man, but I know that it’s not an easy task, but someone has to do it, if for no other reason than to ensure that other people remain grounded in their own minds.

Living a life of servitude towards my friends and family, as a virgo often will.

Sometimes I do this thing,

It’s called writing. I do it almost every day, but I never really share it, so I’ll share something I scribbled down last night in a drunken silliness.

“MANIFEST DESTINY” I shout from my pedestal, proclaiming that everyone has their own possibility of action, when I know that truthfully, we are all just reactions, impulsively driven to the actions that shape who we are and what we are to become.

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crookedindifference:

The Astronaut Who Captured a Satellite

In 1984, high above the Earth’s surface, an astronaut captured a satellite. It was the second satellite captured that mission. Pictured above, astronaut Dale A. Gardner flies free using the Manned Maneuvering Unit and begins to attach a control device dubbed the Stinger to the rotating Westar 6 satellite. Communications satellite Westar 6 had suffered a rocket malfunction that left it unable to reach its intended high geosynchronous orbit.

best job

Happy Neptunian New Year!

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/neptune-first-orbit-around-sun-since-discover...

fuckyeahspace:

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The planet Neptune will be in opposition—when the sun, Earth, and a planet fall in a straight line—on Aug. 20. The planet will be exactly opposite the sun in the sky, being highest in the sky at local midnight. Usually this is also the point where the planet is closest to the Earth.

This opposition is special because Neptune will be returning close to the spot where it was discovered in 1846, marking its first complete trip around the sun since its discovery.

Coincidentally opposition in 1846 also fell on Aug. 20, although the planet wasn’t actually spotted until over a month later, on Sept. 23.

(via reddit)

FUCKEN RAGE, THIS SHIT ONLY HAPPENS EVERY 164 YEARS.

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thedailywhat:

When Bears Don’t Attack of the Day: A British Columbian marijuana farm attempted to protect its goods by luring thirteen black bears to the area with dog food. Not a bad idea, except for one problem: The bears were a bit too — *ahem* — mellow.

From Metro:

The five police officers were called to the marijuana plantation, near Christina Lake, to dismantle the farm and arrested two men in the process, while stumbling across the bears.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police sergeant Fred Mansvield, said: “They (the bears) were tame, they just sat around watching.”

[metro / photo: ap.]

I’ve always wanted a guard bear, let alone a stoned guard bear.

Fuckin bears just chillin.