From water on Mars to Pluto’s heart, 2015 was a huge year of discovery for NASA. These don’t even mention, the “close encounters” we had with celestial objects this year.
“Consensual sex” is just sex. To say that implies that there is such a thing as “non consensual sex”, which there isn’t. That’s rape. That is what it needs to be called. There is only sex or rape. Do not teach people that rape is just another type of sex. They are two very separate events. You wouldn’t say “breathing swimming” and “non breathing swimming”, you say swimming and drowning.
Taylor Swift “The Last Time” (Radio Edit – Premiere)
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THE GIANT MANATEE NEBULA Bright astronomical objects that are visible to the eye and optical telescopes are often nicknamed for their resemblance to earthly objects. A newly discovered view of a 20,000 year old supernova remnant is no different, resembling a beloved endangered species. W50 (or the Giant Manatee Nebula) is one of the largest supernova remnants ever viewed by the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). This large cloud, nearly 700 light years across, formed when a giant star exploded as a supernova around 20,000 years ago, spewing its outer gases flying outwards to form an expanding bubble. The remaining super dense relic of that giant star, very likely a black hole, feeds on gas from a closeby companion star which form a disk around the black hole. This disk and the black hole’s network of powerful magnetic field lines pull out charged particles out of the disk and channel them outward in jets that travel almost at the speed of light, acting like a giant railroad system. This pairing system of a black hole and its feeder star are both known as the SS433 microquasar. Over time, this awesome image of Florida’s “sea cow” will become mishapen, as the micro quaser’s jets will force their way through the expanding gas bubble of W50, punching bulges outward on either side of it. Until then, it will continue to be another wonder in the sky while providing more clues to fill the history of this giant cloud. –Sanj SOURCE:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130119185021.htm National Radio Astronomy Observatory. “Microquasar makes a giant manatee nebula.” ScienceDaily, 19 Jan. 2013. Web. 24 Jan. 2013. Image:Left: W50 supernova remnant in radio (green) against the infrared background of stars and dust (red). A Florida Manatee rests underwater in Three Sisters Springs in Crystal River, Florida. Image Credit: Left: NRAO/AUI/NSF, K. Golap, M. Goss; NASA’s Wide Field Survey Explorer (WISE). Right: Image used with permission from Tracy Colson, courtesy of NRAO
Here’s how ridiculously fast we could visit everything in the solar system if we traveled at the speed of light.
NDT just murdered B.o.B.
This is wonderful.
via Phil Plait
The Solar System
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