Orpheus Thoughts???? I Guess??????

“Wilson’s theory supposed that the sun is composed of a solid, dark globe surrounded by three atmospheres.”  The story of the stars. A descriptive astronomy. 1884. Internet archive

Saturn Behind the Moon : What’s that next to the Moon? Saturn. In its monthly trip around the Earth – and hence Earth’s sky – our Moon passed nearly in front of Sun-orbiting Saturn earlier this week. Actually the Moon passed directly in front of Saturn from the viewpoints of a wide swath of Earth’s Southern Hemisphere. The featured image from Sydney, Australia captured the pair a few minutes before the eclipse. The image was a single shot lasting only 1/500th of a second, later processed to better highlight both the Moon and Saturn. Since Saturn is nearly opposite the Sun, it can be seen nearly the entire night, starting at sunset, toward the south and east. The gibbous Moon was also nearly opposite the Sun, and so also visible nearly the entire night – it will be full tomorrow night. The Moon will occult Saturn again during every lap it makes around the Earth this year. via NASA

I want to be with you, in every way. The dancing around the kitchen, the curling up on the couch watching movies, the holding each other on nights we just want to end, the smiling with you on days we want to make last forever. I want to be with you completely and entirely in all the purest ways.

I love coming across a novel gif, more so if it’s a space related one. 

Sure, it’s not even remotely attempting to be to scale, but it can’t, so why try and pretend. 

Still, there’s plenty to learn from these small scale animations, the order of the planets, how the inner planets circle the sun more times than the further out ones. Great little animation, and worthy of a few moments entertainment.

ps.. The planets all align around every 5200 years ! Just in case you were wondering, The next one is due in May 6, 2492 ! Mark it down in your calendar so you don’t forget :) 

There is magic all around you and in your heart. Flowers growing through cracks in the pavement, the golden light that glitters when the sun rises, the feeling of telling the person you love how much you care - all of that is magic. 

Even star systems have identity crises. 🤷⁣ ⁣ According to data from observatories like our @nasachandraxray, a double star system has been rapidly flipping between two alter egos: a low-mass X-ray binary and a millisecond pulsar. Astronomers found this volatile double system in a dense collection of stars known as Terzan 5.⁣ ⁣ The first image from @NASAHubble shows Terzan 5 in optical light. Swipe to see the new image where low, medium and high-energy X-rays detected by Chandra are colored red, green and blue respectively. Click the link in bio for more. ⁣ ⁣

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Your smile lights up my world more than the stars light up the night sky.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

— Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

I'm not friends with you because you serve a purpose to me, I'm friends with you because I just like you. That is to say, there is no one who can do what you do for me because what you do for me is just be you