I curse the proof banner - but I adore the shiny.💖
Time for one more read-through!
P.S.: Yes, the barcode mashup is also due to it being a proof copy. 🤨
Originally posted on Facebook.
Boulders on Bennu
An abundance of boulders litters the surface of asteroid 101955 Bennu in this dramatic close-up from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Taken on March 28 from a distance of just 3.4 kilometers (2.1 miles) the field of view is about 50 meters across while the light colored boulder at top right is 4.8 meters tall. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190524.html
Incredible to think about, isn’t it?
Originally posted on Twitter.
KOTOR Reborn?
A New “Star Wars” Movie Based On “Knights Of The Old Republic” Is In The Works https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kateaurthur/new-star-wars-movie-knights-of-the-old-republic?bftwnews
The KOTOR games are the most unique, original, evocative storytelling in the Star Wars universe, so let the hype begin :).
Originally posted on Twitter.
Artemis
NASA’s full Artemis plan revealed: 37 launches and a lunar outpost: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/nasas-full-artemis-plan-revealed-37-launches-and-a-lunar-outpost/
A thousand complications will likely delay it, but at least there’s an actual plan and a push to make it happen.
Originally posted on Twitter.
Heaven Is A Place On Earth
…and it’s called the Tattered Cover Bookstore
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By sheer coincidence, Patricia Briggs was giving a talk and reading while we were there. About 60 people were crammed into the lower-level meeting space. #MrJennsen whispered sweet nothings in my ear about how that would be me at the podium one day 😉; I pshaw'ed him, went upstairs and bought some sci-fi books with beautiful covers.⠀
It's A Haunting Thing
Space artists weigh in on seeing the first image of a black hole: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/04/25/eht-black-hole-picture-space-artists
Originally posted on Twitter.
Solar System Posters
NASA’s artists have outdone themselves yet again. Download the individual posters (or the whole collage) in high resolution here: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/925/solar-system-and-beyond-poster-set.
Originally posted on Twitter.
Hello, Proofreading
A Cosmic Shot
A gloriously cosmic shot of this morning's SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral. After separation, the rocket's first stage boosts back toward the 'Of Course I Still Love You' droneship while the second stage pushes Dragon toward the space station. Images from Erik Kuna (@erikkuna).
Originally posted on Twitter.
Hubble Deep-Sky Mosaic
Via NASA: “This might be the most exciting “history book” we’ve ever read. Astronomers have put together the largest and most comprehensive image of the evolving universe — using 16 years’ worth of observations from Hubble. Take a peek at this deep-sky mosaic.” https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/hubble-astronomers-assemble-wide-view-of-the-evolving-universe
Make sure and check out the short video at the link for a mind-boggling sense of scale.
Originally posted on Twitter.
Avengers: Endgame (No Spoilers)
4.5 of 5 Glorious Stars 🌟
The half-star deduction is entirely on the first 1.5 hours, which honestly could have been cut to an hour without losing anything. The second 1.5 hours, though? OMG. 😲 Damn near perfection.
If you are remotely, even casually, invested in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, see this movie. 🤗
Originally posted on Facebook.
Quadrantid Meteor Shower
Meteors, Comet, and Big Dipper over La Palma https://buff.ly/2Zphg5D. Image Credit: Vincent Duparc
Originally posted on Twitter.
A Geek's Guide to THE STARS LIKE GODS
I give you: A Geek's Guide To THE STARS LIKE GODS.🤓
The usual caveats: scenes are not necessarily chapters, the order may (but probably won't) change before release, etc.
For those of you who like to print these out, I’m providing a non-toner-depleting black and white version below as well.
Cover reveal and release date announcement coming next week!🤗
Andromeda Galaxy
The sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy. This is what a trillion stars look like! (Credit: NASA/ESA) : https://twitter.com/WorldAndScience/status/1119039189939642368
Originally posted on Twitter.
A Little Light Reading
Happy 29th Birthday to Hubble
Hubble Celebrates its 29th Birthday with Unrivaled View of the Southern Crab Nebula: https://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1907/
😲😍💖✨
Starshine Hardbacks
The next-to-last shipment of signed Starshine annotated hardbacks is in the mail! I'll have more in stock next week, if anyone is interested in picking one up. Learn more at https://gsj.space/starshine-hardbacks
Every Sci-Fi Star Map
Ouch. This hits a little close to home, doesn’t it? I don’t think we’ve stumbled onto the Evil Methane Breathers yet, but…give it time. 🙄
https://boingboing.net/2017/04/17/every-sci-fi-star-map.html
Originally posted on Twitter.
Large Magellanic Cloud
A 1,060-hour image of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC): A mind-blowing view which might be the world's longest exposure picture in amateur astronomy. Taken by "Ciel Austral" in Chile. https://astrospace-page.blogspot.com/2019/04/1060-hours-image-of-the-large-magellanic-cloud-chile.html
Originally posted on Twitter.
Trifecta
SpaceX has successfully landed all 3 boosters of its Falcon Heavy rocket at 3 separate locations - and it's only the 2nd flight of the Falcon Heavy.
Space is hard, and in a very busy week for our accelerating journey into the stars, 2 huge success and one near miss isn't too bad. 🤗
Here's some insane footage of the side booster landings from multiple cameras at once: https://twitter.com/DJSnM/status/1116472530531958784
Credit for the images below: Jason Major (https://twitter.com/JPMajor/status/1116471931002400776) and Roman Tkachenko (https://twitter.com/_RomanTkache…/status/1116471879093620736).
For a ton of jaw-dropping images of the launch, including the ones below, check out astrophotographer Trevor Mahlmann’s Twitter feed and website.
Originally posted on Facebook.