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stellar-indulgence: The combination of Titan’s low gravity and...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:05:25 -0400

The combination of Titan’s low gravity and thick atmosphere would allow a human to fly by strapping “fake wings” to their arms.

The second-largest moon in the solar system, Saturn’s Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, which is much deeper than Earth’s. It’s so thick and the gravity so weak, in fact, that you could strap wings on your arms and flap them like a bird to fly. The air is mostly nitrogen, but the rest is mostly hydrocarbons, giving Titan’s atmosphere a thick orange smoggy haze that is opaque to visible light. Cassini studies Titan in infrared light (which can penetrate the haze) and with radar — and in 2004, via the Huygens Probe, an atmosphere probe became the first spacecraft to transmit from the surface of a moon other than our own. Titan is remarkably earthlike, apart from being so cold that water is as hard as rock; in addition to the atmosphere, it is the only place other than Earth known to have bodies of liquid on the surface — lakes as large as the Great Lakes, except that it’s not water: it’s probably methane or ethane. The climate is probably similar to some of our deserts, with gigantic monsoons perhaps once a decade or more, and long droughts between. NASA scientists are working on a mission called Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) specifically to study the lakes of Titan.

Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/ It’s Raining on Titan! Illustration Credit & Copyright: David A. Hardy (AstroArt)

Hank's Tumblr: Thoughts on the Yahoo! Thing

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:59:57 -0400

Hank's Tumblr: Thoughts on the Yahoo! Thing:

edwardspoonhands:

First, I love Tumblr and want to keep loving it. And yes, it is immediately terrifying to hear that Yahoo (which, from a lot of our perspectives, is a laughably backwards and culturally irrelevant company) is going to own Tumblr. I sympathize.

But there are a number of circumstances in which…

Evangelion, and why Hideaki Anno hates you

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:59:51 -0400

chirart:

Real talk: if you never actually watched Neon Genesis Evangelion all the way through, everything you know about it is wrong.

Although for that matter, even the people who watched it all the way through are wrong about it.

Let’s talk about the creator: Hideaki Anno, and why he’s happiest when you are angry.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 18:56:50 -0400

the challenge seeker

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:56:39 -0400

the challenge seeker

distant-traveller: Question: If 2 black holes get near each...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:55:00 -0400

distant-traveller:

Question: If 2 black holes get near each other, can they then gravitationally pull matter out of the other black hole & back into “normal” space?

The short answer is no.

A black hole (in the traditional sense) is defined as an object that has collapsed so that its radius is equal to, or less than, the Schwarzschild of the object.

What does this mean?

Every object has a Schwarzschild radius; this is the point at which an object’s mass is so compressed that the gravitational influence overpowers the other forces of nature and it collapses to a singularity.

Of course, not every object is massive enough to collapse to its Schwarzschild radius. The Earth’s Schwarzschild radius, for example, is about the diameter of a small marble. If you were to apply enough energy to the Earth and compress its mass to that size, it would collapse to form a black hole. The same is true for humans, except I’d need to compress you to a point some 10-million times smaller than a marble in order to turn you into a black hole.

So, what is special about the Schwarzschild radius? This is the point at which the escape velocity for the object is equal to the speed of light. Obviously, since you can’t travel ,or faster than, the speed of light you can’t get out of a black hole neither can another black hole pull you out.

It’s important to realize that, outside of the Schwarzschild radius (also known as the event horizon), spacetime is normal. You can interact with a black hole in the same ways you interact with any other object of mass.

Image credit: NASA/CXC/A.Hobart

Article: From Quarks to Quasars

GUYS GUYS REBLOG THIS POST

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:53:57 -0400

smokeywithposey:

jojenobrien:

Show Yahoo that we are OKAY with them buying Tumblr as long as they leave the current terms and conditions intact and the enforcement policy.

Aka, the site remains the EXACT same as it was before. Keep Tumblr the same Yahoo and we will stay.

#we made a fucking fluffy chicken famous #we can do the same with yahoo (via jojenobrien)

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Sun, 19 May 2013 18:53:34 -0400

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Sun, 19 May 2013 18:53:23 -0400

owengentillustration: Crop from a final image for Siren

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:52:24 -0400

owengentillustration:

Crop from a final image for Siren

Harry Potter Alphabet ↳ Professors

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:57:04 -0400

Harry Potter Alphabet
↳ Professors

inuysha-link-lover: algrenion: i think there should be AU’s and then there should be UA’s because...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:56:35 -0400

inuysha-link-lover:

algrenion:

i think there should be AU’s and then there should be UA’s

because Universe Alterations would be a good name for when your characters are in the exact same universe but you’re altering just a couple of plot points or a few character traits

itsalwayssunnyinasgard: I doodled a thing. [x]

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:56:06 -0400

itsalwayssunnyinasgard:

I doodled a thing. [x]

edwardspoonhands: my-mixed-up-blog: guys there are 108.4...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:54:16 -0400

edwardspoonhands:

my-mixed-up-blog:

guys there are 108.4 million blogs. 1.1 Billion dollars. Each blog is $10.15.

We are not that cheap! I mean look at all this fabulous!

I mean the really amazing thing is…that means…if we all paid $10 per blog…/we/ could own Tumblr.

did-you-kno: Source

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:51:26 -0400

did-you-kno:

Source

"Self-loathing is not a fucking character-builder. It doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t make you..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:51:20 -0400

“Self-loathing is not a fucking character-builder. It doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t make you better. It’s just an ever-deepening, creepy-ass trap; a trap that is a huge moneymaker for corporations that do not have and never will have good intentions. You’re not disgusting. You’re not freakish. You’re not ugly. And you’re never going to be perfect. And holy shit, that is so okay.”

- Jane, Casual Blasphemies (via wakeupboo, hunger-painsss) (via goodgoodbyebye) (via hell-in-7309) (via jwillson) (via x-cupcakegeisha) (via iamtheladyofshalott) (via laughingskeleton) (via whoo-is-writing) (via nethilia) (via witchsistah) (via jhameia) (via kiriamaya) (via youarenotyou) (via invisiblelad) (via sonofbaldwin) (via thesapphoshow) (via kloee) (via goatprince) (via jinseimajo) (via hinatahajimekun)

7dan: abandoned aerial tramway : A station and gondola are...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:51:14 -0400

7dan:

abandoned aerial tramway : A station and gondola are abandoned for 14 years in the mountain, without being removed.

廃ロープウェイ : 駅とゴンドラは、廃線後14年経った今も撤去されずに山中に放置されています。

gastrophobia: beatormo: Cómic published the last summer is the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:51:10 -0400

gastrophobia:

beatormo:

Cómic published the last summer is the webcómic “Caniculadas”.

Special thanks to Andre for the translation!

yup.

Dear Yahoo!

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:51:05 -0400

Dear Yahoo!

coelasquid: seedatart: You don’t have enough badges to hit...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:50:59 -0400

coelasquid:

seedatart:

You don’t have enough badges to hit me!

This thing is a thing I enjoy.