Your friendly neighborhood astrophysicist in defense of Science and Reason.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
A noble gas, indeed.
This becomes rather silly if you imagine it read in a helium voice.
(source?)
I think a bunch of Hydrogen cultists just attacked some balloons over this heresy.
(Source: yobaba)
a little distraction is needed.
“It’s 170.59 kilometers distance to Chicago, Illinois. Our petroleum reserves are at 50% capacity. We have ten cigarettes. There is no illumination. And we have on eye-wear that reduces the amount of light that enters our retinas. Which is illogical.”
“Hit it.”
Awesome.
(Source: comaboy)
Hitchiker’s Guide to Google Doodle.
Hey, since we’re all talking about “don’t believe everything you read,” here’s David Wong!
So how do you spot baloney on the Internet?
Name That Space Rock
The difference between a comet, asteroid, meteoroid, meteor and meteorite, by narwhalbot on Flickr.
Now you know.
Some useful definitions.
Raining Sun
This video represents about 21hrs in real time of hot (180,000 F) solar plasma following magnetic field lines and raining back onto the Sun. Besides the main flare be sure to look around at all the other activity and dancing regions across the surface.
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