dude seeing these Mega high quality images of the surface of mars that we now have has me fucked up. Like. Mars is a place. mars is a real actual place where one could hypothetically stand. It is a physical place in the universe. ITS JUST OUT THERE LOOKING LIKE UH IDK A REGULAR OLD DESERT WITH LOTS OF ROCKS BUT ITS A WHOLE OTHER PLANET?
LIKE THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A PERSON’S BACKYARD. LIKE YEA A LITTLE DUSTY MAYBE THERE WAS A SANDSTORM BUT THAT’S COOL I’M JUST GONNA WALK DOWN TO THE STORE P S Y C H YOU’RE ON MARS BICH!
i hate to be rude and intrude on this post but we have decent pictures of the surface Venus too!
An unprecedented detailed look at Comet 67P’s jets courtesy of OSIRIS. January 16, 2015.
Source: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
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#space #the power of science #proud citizen of The Future #I like that I looked at this and thought ‘Hi 67P!’ without having to see the caption #it’s that distinctive shape #comet ducky #you’re the one #you make space exploration so much fun
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft is set to release its Philae probe in preparation for touchdown on the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko tomorrow, November 12.
In case that didn’t sink in, tomorrow some human beings are going to try and land a spaceship on a comet. Here’s what you need to know, thanks to the folks at Nature (click here to explore a bigger version of the infographic).
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#space #the power of science #(there are *so* many things that could go wrong) #(here’s hoping this works)
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