On This Day In 1957

* THIS IS A BOJANGLES ON A NONSENSICAL CAPITALISTIC FOOTBALL FIELD. WHAT THE HELL, KRIS?!?!?!?!

the offering of water

europa clipper, launched 10/14/24

Ever wanted to look back in time? This week, we’re launching a kind of time machine – a telescope so powerful it will help us see back some of the first stars and galaxies made after the Big Bang.

The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most advanced telescope we’ve ever put in space. With revolutionary technology, it will study 13.5 billion years of cosmic history and help humanity understand our place in the stars.

Tomorrow, Dec. 25, at 7:20 a.m. ET (12:20 UTC), the Webb Telescope is set to launch from French Guiana, beginning a 29-day journey to a spot a million miles away.

How to Watch:

In English:

Dec. 25

Live coverage starts at 6:00 a.m. ET/11:00 UTC

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch

In Spanish:

Dec. 25

Live coverage starts at 6:30 a.m. ET/11:30 UTC

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter

Once Webb launches, the journey has only just begun. The telescope will begin a 2-week-long process of unfolding itself in space before settling in to explore the universe in ways we’ve never seen before.

Follow along on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and with #UnfoldTheUniverse.

Off to catch a date with the sun!

Speeding through at over 500 times the speed of sound, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flew through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – on December 14th, where it sampled it’s particles and magnetic fields. Going where no probe has gone before.

awwright gamers. It’s crossover time

Designs from left to right: @robinjiaying / [mochiibochii] / @snowthedemonfox / @lightlysaltedcrisp / @opprotunemoment

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1: What is your favorite color to work with?

Grey! I absolutely love greyscale stuff and enjoy making works with limited colours (quite literally in this case) in chase of that sweet, sweet feeling of ease you get from freeing yourself from the hell that is colour choice in order to focus on value and form directly. A lot of my stuff’s usually just a couple of saturated hues against a sea of white and/or black. Can’t mess up a colour when there is no colour!

But that’s a bit of a boring answer…

I also love blue! Specifically, imperial blue—that sea colour. You could probably tell by how much I draw space agency coveralls, haha.

Insane people... 😳

(Awesome lady on the left belongs to BirderOmurder)

💫 Happy Anniversary, TBH! 🎂

Three teams of talented artists came together in The Black Hole for our 4th anniversary on August 10, 2023 - and created some deliciously cosmic pieces to celebrate! Characters featured are our mascots, Terri (they/them), Black Hole-chan (she/her) and Tsuki (she/they).

Terri: Sketch by @envenuslu, lineart by @doppiofox. coloring by @circifox and background by @lesserkey!

BH-chan: Sketch by Pazzled, lineart by @robinwaaaaa, coloring by comrade_dragoslav, and background by ComradeGatekeepre!

Tsuki: Sketch by @swissy, lineart by @councilofsix/@lesterderosso, coloring by @spectralines and background by @ravenaexe!

✨ [ Learn more about our community & the MWF at theblackhole.carrd.co! Be on the lookout for more art events soon! ] 💫

I don't even remember what the context for this one was.

[04/10/1957] — Бип...бип...бип...

History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite. It was around the size of a beach ball, weighed 83.6 kg (183.9 pounds), and took about 98 minutes to orbit Earth on its elliptical path. This ushered in a new age of political, military, technological, and scientific developments, and although the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.