#space lovers

[phoenix----rising]

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑎 (𝑆ℎ2-1 55) 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑢𝑠, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑛𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑆ℎ2-155 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝐻 𝐼𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 2400 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡-𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ. 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 "𝐶𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑎" 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑖𝑟 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑀𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ.

[ariawins]

Yes, THEY ARE MARRIED!

[spacepandora]

TYPES OF GALAXIES, PART 5:

Irregular Galaxies

The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of NGC 5264, an irregular dwarf galaxy.

Irregular galaxies tend to have unusual shapes, like toothpicks, rings, or little groupings of stars. Their sizes also range from dwarf irregular galaxies, with 100 million times the Sun's mass, to large ones weighing 10 billion solar masses.

Astronomers think these galaxies’ odd shapes are sometimes the result of interactions with others. For example, one spiral galaxy passing another with a stronger gravitational pull could lose some of its material, become distorted, and morph into a new shape. Some, like gas-rich dwarf galaxies, may be new, formed by material pulled from such encounters. Or perhaps when galaxies collide, they create a larger, oddly shaped mashup. Some scientists theorize that some large irregular galaxies could represent an intermediate step between spiral and elliptical galaxies.

Irregular galaxies born from galaxy interactions or collisions typically host a mix of older and younger stars, depending on the characteristics and composition of the original galaxies. Irregular galaxies may also hold significant amounts of gas and dust – essential ingredients for making new stars.

It's expected that when our galaxy collides with Andromeda, it will form an irregular galaxy.

© ESA/Hubble & NASA

[depraved-raven]

“i wish you were not on this earth, but entirely within me, or rather that i were not on this earth, but entirely within you; i feel there is one too many of us; the separation into two people is unbearable.”

— franz kafka, letters to felice

[scienceacumen]

Physicists distorted a type of material known as a photonic crystal to divert the path of light much as it would passing through a gravitational field.

Read more: https://rb.gy/v4nz5

[selfshipping-haven]

I'd just like to make A.nakin laugh every once in a while. I think that would be good for him.

[fallensapphires]

Planets: Saturn

The Saturn system is a rich planetary system. It offers mystery, scientific insight, and obviously splendour beyond compare, and the investigation of this system has enormous cosmic reach... just studying the rings alone, we stand to learn a lot about the discs of stars and gas that we call the spiral galaxies.

[princess-pacman]

SU AU Stobotnik

Long post (probably ooc White Diamond and Robotnik)

I love making Steven Universe and Homestuck AUs of random characters, so here’s my Dr. Robotnik and Agent Stone as gems idea.

Robotnik is a one of a kind red emerald owned by White Diamond. He would have been shattered for being “off color” if not for the fact that his uniqueness makes him significantly smarter than all the other emeralds and White feels she can use this to her advantage. He’s White’s resident scientist/weapons engineer, and her sort of “pet/secret weapon” thing. He starts going by Bixbite to further separate himself from the other “rocks for brains” emeralds (yes, I know there’s a cannon Bixbite, but I found that out after I made this AU, so too bad, Robotnik’s the only Bixbite in existence in this AU). However, he’s incredibly difficult to interact with, so White usually has another gem relay messages for her. He often ends up poofing said messengers, though, out of irritation. This becomes a problem, so out of passive aggressiveness and trying to fix the problem, White makes him a Pearl specially suited to match his personality (so as not to be afraid to talk to him) and act as a barrier between Robotnik and every other gem. This Pearl is Agent Stone. At first, Robotnik is the happy with another plebeian gem in his lab, calling Pearl “nothing more than a common stone to him.” Eventually, he starts to grow on him, and the nickname “Stone” sticks. Stone, of course, in typical pearl fashion, starts to fall in love with his Bixbite.

I have more to their story, but it’s not all fleshed out, yet. Some random tidbits I have…

-Pearl’s weapons are handguns

-Bixbite hates working under White and wants to be his own boss

-They’re not for the revolution, but they’re not against it either. They couldn’t care less about some planet called “Earth” with other creatures on it. But at some point, Bixbite gets cracked and needs to be healed. Pearl hears about a rebel Rose Quarts with healing powers and escapes with his broken boss to Earth to heal him. They end up getting stuck on Earth as Homeworld fugitives.

-Bixbite enjoys making ships, but is envious of the fact that the other emeralds get to actually fly them, while he’s stuck on the ground. He secretly wishes to see the stars and often daydreams about space.

-They accidentally fuse very briefly while Bixbite is cracked, so he has no memory of this happening, but Pearl remembers. He never said anything to anyone (not even his boss) about it, but has been trying to recreate that moment ever since. When he finally does, their fusion isn’t very stable, breaking apart only moments later. Bixbite ends up having a distaste for fusion, feeling like he’s losing himself when he fuses.

-Bixbite does eventually return Pearl's romantic feelings, but they find other ways to show their love outside of fusion.

That’s all I have. If you guys like this AU, let me know! If you have questions, I’ll try to answer as best I can

[the-apology-dance]

“Periwinkle?”

I hope you all enjoy this little one shot I created about the Ineffable Husbands. Quite a few of you wanted to see this fic, so here it is!

(@lilhappytweety) (@siskey) I hope I made you proud.Enjoy this little one shot!🐍✨

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After the body swap, Aziraphale had discovered a secret that Crowley never wanted him to find out. When the swap happened, many colors had faded and the world seemed to look completely different to Aziraphale. The demon’s fiery locks had faded into a brown color, yet his eyes remained the yellow color that he had known for millennia now.

Crowley had always hated his eyes, and the color yellow. That just so happened to be Aziraphale’s favorite color, mostly because of the demon himself. Trust him, Aziraphale was well aware of the demon’s hatred for his eyes in general, believing that they were just another insult from The Almighty and a reminder that he was the Serpent Of Eden, and had been the one to tempt Eve into eating the apple in the first place.

If Aziraphale hadn’t been on apple tree duty that day, he most likely would’ve never met Crowley. Well, back then he had been “Crawley”. His point still stood though. Sitting in The Ritz, Aziraphale blurted out the question quite abruptly.

“Crowley, why in all the years that I have known you, have you never made me aware that you were partially colorblind?” Crowley practically spat his drink across the table. Aziraphale wasn’t surprised about his response to this, as he had given him no warning. Crowley mumbled a response quietly, but still loud enough for the Angel to hear.

“Well, when you spend 6000 years having snake eyes and being colorblind, you get used to it.” Aziraphale’s eyebrows furrowed before practically dragging him out of The Ritz, despite Crowley’s protests. He had an idea.

“Angel! Where the Heaven are you taking me?!” Aziraphale practically dragged Crowley back to St. James’s Park, sitting down on bright green grass. Patting the ground next to him, he smiled at the demon who slowly sat. A few ducks wandered about in the darkness, the sounds of crickets filling the air.

“Crowley. I want to see what you see.” Crowley raised an eyebrow at him, Aziraphale chuckling softly. Inhaling deeply, he tilted his head quizzically.

“Ngk, um, your eyes are a very light blueish-purple-“ Aziraphale raised his eyebrows at him, hoping to fill in the word he was missing.

“Periwinkle?” Crowley nodded, Aziraphale beaming as he listed off questions. He wanted to know Crowley’s world. Through his eyes. Aziraphale pointed upwards.

“What about space? Can you see it?” Giving a breathy laugh, he nodded. Aziraphale snapped his fingers and a picnic blanket was underneath the pair.

“The stars are the same color as your eyes. Never minded that part of being colorblind.” Aziraphale scooted closer to Crowley, his head resting on Crowley’s chest as Crowley ran his free hand through Aziraphale’s unruly curls. Pointing out constellation after constellation, Aziraphale gave small hums of agreement, letting Crowley know he was still listening.

He had made stars up in Heaven, although Aziraphale wasn’t sure if he remembered that part. He still was fascinated by stars, galaxies, and nebulae just as much as he was back then. He tried not to show it though.

“That there is Ursa Minor.” Nodding, Aziraphale let his eyes shut, still listening to Crowley. The Little Dipper. He loved seeing his demon so passionate about some of the galaxies he helped create.

“So what is the true difference between a planet and a star?” Crowley seemed to answer a little too quickly, to his embarrassment.

“Stars produce their own light and heat. Planets can’t. That’s why we see them in space.” Aziraphale gave a small ‘huh’ noise. Crowley was filled with knowledge of the universe that was just as vast as the thing itself. He had said this in a tone that implied that it was simply common knowledge and he didn’t quite understand why some people didn’t know.

Crowley was Aziraphale’s star. He would forever shine brighter than a demon or Angel because he was different. The Almighty may have taken away some of his vision, but they granted him “Imagination”. He was one of the most creative people he knew.

Crowley was akin to a star in the way he shined, but also, he was like a planet, forever orbiting Aziraphale. The two supernatural beings were their own nebulae. Colorful and bright. Gasses and dust mixed together in a beautiful galactic dance that created a kaleidoscope of colors.

Each time they interact, more and more protostars are born. Still young. Babies that are just starting out. And it will stay that way for billions of years. Like Crowley had said before, a nebula is a star factory.

They were each other’s universes. Every touch, kiss, hug, creating an explosion of a supernova. Hot as energy surged off of them in waves. Then it was back to becoming nebulae again. The process happened in a never ending cycle. He glanced up at Crowley’s fiery red locks.

He was Aziraphale’s own Red Giant star. Exhaling, he let out a content sigh. As long as he had Crowley, he would be happy with his partner and every single one of his periwinkle tinted protostars.

[poetryorchard]

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[dailymusemaniac]

Dream a i art vintage sci fi

[racykaye]

I also have an inordinate fondness for beetles and stars. Follow me on IG and Etsy :)

[spacepandora]

TYPES OF GALAXIES, PART 4:

Lenticular Galaxies

The image below is Lenticular galaxy NGC 4886, photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope, containing primarily old stars but no spiral arms.

Lenticular galaxies are like a cross between spiral galaxies and elliptical galaxies. They have the central bulge and disk common to spiral galaxies but no arms. But like ellipticals, lenticular galaxies have older stellar populations and little ongoing star formation.

Scientists have a few theories about how lenticular galaxies evolved. One idea suggests these galaxies are older spirals whose arms have faded. Another proposes that lenticulars formed from mergers of spiral galaxies.

© ESA/Hubble & NASA. Acknowledgement: Gilles Chapdelaine

[monsveneriss]

[ronnica-sinp]

A space lover 💤

(Idk why i drew this)

[selfshipping-haven]

I have an announcement ...

After much thought, and perhaps, much emotion....

A.nakin S.kywalker and I are engaged!!!

I'm not really sure how I'm gonna do it but I'm gonna do it. I feel like my whole life has lead up to loving him. He makes me so happy and I know in my heart I could make him happy as well.❤️