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6.11.3 ▪️ Karl-Shakur  ▪️ Instagram Horseshoe Bend, Arizona

Ponta Grossa by (Miguel P P Cordeiro)

Seven Worlds for TRAPPIST 1 : Seven worlds orbit the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, a mere 40 light-years away. In May 2016 astronomers using the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope announced the discovery of three planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Just announced, additional confirmations and discoveries by the Spitzer Space Telescope and supporting ESO ground-based telescopes have increased the number of known planets to seven. The TRAPPIST-1 planets are likely all rocky and similar in size to Earth, the largest treasure trove of terrestrial planets ever detected around a single star. Because they orbit very close to their faint, tiny star they could also have regions where surface temperatures allow for the presence of liquid water, a key ingredient for life. Their tantalizing proximity to Earth makes them prime candidates for future telescopic explorations of the atmospheres of potentially habitable planets. All seven worlds appear in this artists illustration, an imagined view from a fictionally powerful telescope near planet Earth. Planet sizes and relative positions are drawn to scale for the Spitzer observations. The systems inner planets are transiting their dim, red, nearly Jupiter-sized parent star. via NASA

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This awesome illustration shows a glowing stream of material from a star, being left behind as it was being devoured by a supermassive black hole! The black hole is surrounded by a ring of dust. 

When a star passes a black hole and is close enough to be swallowed, stellar material gets stretched and compressed as it is pulled in. A black hole’s destruction of a star, called “stellar tidal disruption,” releases an enormous amount of energy, brightening the surroundings in an event called a flare. 

In recent years, a few dozen such flares have been discovered, but they are not well understood.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Thanks for so much support in the last few days! I’ve felt so inspired to do more art through it all - however, I have a lot going on in my personal life at the moment as well as tonnes of work with college. So I’m thinking of starting a mini series where I can provide you with pixel art backgrounds and icons, and maybe event some tutorials? A lot of you seemed to love my story night drawing so I thought I’d start with this simple moon icon - just make sure to credit me if you do decide to use it :)

also another piece i never posted. a remix of a really great piece by @cuhelski http://cuhelski.tumblr.com/post/138135840478/cosmicorigins