Proud To Be A 'nerd'

cosmicwolfstorm:

AOTF Matte by ScottRichard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLBLASmX8io

scarlettshazam:

Thaw, Bob Eggleton 1993

thetruthisviral:

Hubble has spotted an ancient galaxy that shouldn’t exist

This galaxy is so large, so fully-formed, astronomers say it shouldn’t exist at all. It’s called a “grand-design” spiral galaxy, and unlike most galaxies of its kind, this one is old. Like, really, really old. According to a new study conducted by researchers using NASA’s Hubble Telescope, it dates back roughly 10.7-billion years — and that makes it the most ancient spiral galaxy we’ve ever discovered.

“The vast majority of old galaxies look like train wrecks,” said UCLA astrophysicist Alice Shapley in a press release. “Our first thought was, why is this one so different, and so beautiful?”

Read more: here

i-have-been-johnlocked:

lolita-rasputina:

fencehopping:

Wringing out a washcloth in space

He looks so upset

He’s having science feels.

rosezemlya:

melonmalik:

lay1306:

luvpie1997:

shineeofsky:

this is kind of not okay

I’m scared

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO STOP AFTER THE SUN BUT IT DIDN’T HOLY CRAP

/hyperventialting