astrotastic:
romeitoiumono:
…don’t ever forget that!
And don’t say “I’ll never be good”. You can become better! and one day you’ll wake up and you’ll find out how good you actually became.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
He really just makes me smile.
I was going to post this to my personal tumblr, but then realized this would reach more people here. I’m in super finals mode right now, so updates will be sparse. But it’s things like this that keep me going when I have no idea what’s going on in my Physics class.
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12:45 pm • 19 April 2012 • 8,649 notes
thenewenlightenmentage:
The dense core of a nearby collapsed neutron star is undergoing a rapid chill, providing the first direct evidence that the cores of such stars are so dense that atomic nuclei dissolve, and protons and electrons combine to form a soup dominated by neutrons – a state of matter that cannot be created in laboratories on Earth.
Continue reading “”Neutron Soup” —Pulsar Creates New Alien State of Matter” »
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5:34 pm • 15 April 2012 • 31 notes
![the-star-stuff:
Neutrium: The Most Neutral Hypothetical State of Matter Ever
Of all the possible states of matter - dark matter, negative mass - this is the one that really brings on the nothing. Supermassive particles with no charge whatsoever. And they’re theorized to help jumpstart cold fusion.
Neutron Star Image: NASA/Dana Berry. [Via CNRS and OSTI.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2hpziA3n81qe649zo1_500.jpg)
the-star-stuff:
Of all the possible states of matter - dark matter, negative mass - this is the one that really brings on the nothing. Supermassive particles with no charge whatsoever. And they’re theorized to help jumpstart cold fusion.
Neutron Star Image: NASA/Dana Berry. [Via CNRS and OSTI.]
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5:34 pm • 15 April 2012 • 112 notes
the-star-stuff:
Amazing Skywatcher Photos from Around the World
- Bubble Nebula. Credit: Larry Van Vleet
- NGC 896 Emission Nebula. Credit: Bob and Janice Fera
- LDN 1622. Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
- Pinwheel Galaxy. Credit: Thierry Legault
- The whirlpool galaxy. Credit: Ian Sharp
I love these so mch.
(via thestarrymessengerr)
2:56 pm • 14 April 2012 • 428 notes
It’s been far too long since I last went to a Planetarium.
2:01 pm • 12 April 2012 • 10 notes
