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the signs as strange weather phenomena

On Friday night, July 31, look skyward to see the second full moon of this month—a “Blue Moon.”

From Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium: 

“The average time between full moons is about 29.5 days. So any month but February can, in principle, harbor a Blue Moon. If you do the math, you will see that somebody gets a Blue Moon every 2.7 years, or so. Not particularly rare—no one thinks of Presidential elections as rare, yet they take place less often than Blue Moons. The Moon can actually look blue during rare (polluting) atmospheric conditions that involve volcanic eruptions and forest fires.”

Read Dr. Tyson’s full post. 

me: all our teeth fall out as children and then they all grow back stronger

alien: okay, i mean…that definitely sounds fake, but….okay.

apparently nasa confirmed there’s an ocean on one of Jupiter’s moons say it with me kids: space mermaids

Steve Lodge’s Astronomical Art

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feels good knowing that to the aliens, i am an alien. feels really good 

Current Ranking of Potentially Habitable Exoplanets

via reddit

my time has come 

This is a GIF set of Astronauts falling on the Moon

NASA: We are humans, broadcasting to any life forms in the galaxy. We come in peace.

Alien: Hey humans, you sound nice.

NASA: Haha thanks. You should come over :)

Alien: Uhhh, what? Our technology isn't advanced enough yet. But we can just talk for a while.

NASA: Aww damn. SO what are you doing?

ALien: Ummm, just like... operating our technology to contact you I guess? Translating your language?

NASA: But what would you be doing if I was there haha ;)

If you’re not amazed by the stars on a clear night then we won’t work.

*sees moon* *remembers outer space* nice

*looks up at night sky* *sees more stars than usual* *mood immediately lifts by 93%*