anarcho-shindouism:

cartographerswithoutborders:

Mars has surface water, but not enough. Ceres, the largest asteroid, might be 25% water. If we simply crashed Ceres into Mars, that could cover 33% of Mars with oceans up to 5900 meters deep. (Spherical projection by request.)

‘if we simply crashed Ceres into Mars”

quantumspork:

skunkbear:

Here’s the orbital period of our solar system’s 8 major planets (how long it takes each to travel around the sun). Their size is to scale and their speed is accurate relative to Earth’s. The repetition of each GIF is proportional to their orbital period. Mercury takes less than 3 months to zoom around Sol, Neptune takes nearly 165 years.  

fuck this gifset do you know how long i sat here waiting for fucking neptune to drag its lazy ass into the frame

cenobitic-anchorite: eliciaforever: Space is so creepy and wonderful. Who the hell needs hell when there’s space. Like there’s an old constellation called Eridanus that you can see in the southern sky, and its not a very interesting constellation. It’s a river. It’s actually the water that’s pouring out of Aquarius, so in the sky it’s…

If Earth had Saturn’s Rings

occoris: calispaniard: just–space: From an excellent post by Jason Davis From Washington, D.C., the rings would only fill a portion of the sky, but appear striking nonetheless. Here, we see them at sunrise. From Guatemala, only 14 degrees above the equator, the rings would begin to stretch across the horizon. Their reflected light would make…

7 Things That Happen When You Go To Space

jtotheizzoe: nasa: Told Through Astronaut Scott Kelly’s Tweets Astronaut Scott Kelly is currently spending a year in space. Most expeditions to the space station last four to six months. By doubling the length of this mission, researchers hope to better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to long-duration spaceflight. During this one-year mission,…

FUCKING NASA

overlyobsessedfanqueen: I’m fucking pissing myself. You know how all of Jupiter’s moons are named after his lovers and affairs? Yeah. NASA is sending a craft to check up on Jupiter. You know what the craft is called? JUNO. Who’s Juno? JUPITER’S WIFE. NASA IS SENDING JUPITER’S WIFE TO CHECK ON JUPITER AND HIS AFFAIRS AND…