Posts tagged as Planets
The Planets: What You Need To Know
Science: "NEPTUNE may have polished off a super-Earth that once roamed the outer solar system and stolen its moon to boot. The brutal deed could explain mysterious heat radiating from the icy planet and the odd orbit of its moon Triton." Yes, that gluttonous orb that is Neptune may very well have eaten another planet and absconded with its satellite, but is that really much of a surprise? All of our planets are selfish, vengeful scumbags. Here are some of the terrible secrets about them that may come as news to you. READ MORE
Our New Home Awaits!
I'm always suspicious when they announce the discovery of a new, semi-Earth-like planet mere hours before the opening of a mega space opera movie. Like, okay James Cameron, what CAN'T you manipulate? And yet there it is, announced yesterday: GJ 1214b, a planet a mere 13 parsecs away (just 247 trillion miles! I think that is like maybe a couple weeks of travel time in hypersleep, right you guys?) that is less than three times the size of earth, entirely covered in maybe-water, at a delightful surface temperature of 374°F. We are all going to live there! I can't wait! With our gills and our pressure pills and our exoskeletons!
Planets
Here are some images of the planets in our solar system that are more recent than may be familiar with! The one above is Saturn! I wanted to do Uranus, because that joke never gets old, but the picture was kind of eh.
Assload Of New Planets Discovered
NEWS FROM SPACE: "Astronomers have found 32 new planets outside the solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop. Scientists using European Southern Observatory telescopes did not find any planets quite the size of Earth or any that seemed habitable or even unusual. But their announcement increased the number of planets discovered outside the solar system to more than 400." Great! Now let's try to blow them up!
