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thixotropic jerk's avatar

What if the Silver Surfer met the Butthole Surfers at a bleached white black hole???

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Leftflank's avatar

Some are in knots.

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bobbert's avatar

Belated grats. You are now the very model of a legal paralegal.

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bobbert's avatar

The spacecraft goes backwards a little bit.

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Poly_Ester's avatar

There is a black hole on earth. You can tell by his tweets.

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Dianna Deem's avatar

Yeah, that black hole thing had icky girl cooties all over it. Yuck!

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Querolous's avatar

Karma chameleons come and go!

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JoeMRN - Un/Fortunately's avatar

I thought this was the most adorable image ever captured in the history of astronomy!

https://static01.nyt.com/im...

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JCfromNC's avatar

[...]at a moon of the Didymos (not its rap name) asteroid[...]Wait, what? There are asteroids big enough that they have their own damn moons?

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Red Richmond's avatar

I remember seeing that pic the day the black hole image was shown to that public. Pure, absolute, unadulterated joy of discovery right there. Fuck all the trolls and haters, that young woman is a marvel and we should all aspire to that level of brilliance and achievement. So, so proud of her as a fellow human being. And the science of that black hole pic and how they put it together is just awesome.

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Ethereal Fairy Natalie's avatar

I've been wondering about him, too. I hope he's okay.

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Pm Deering's avatar

WOO!

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Pm Deering's avatar

Increments! You are preserving the sanctity of the increments! This is a vitally important job. Certain truths must be inviolable. Personally, I love old meters from vacuum-tube-having test equipment. I like the ones that are behind glass and super bouncy -- you just know they're really sensitive.

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Pm Deering's avatar

hahahaha! I love that one!

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Mount Prion's avatar

Just evacuate everybody to the high school and they'll be fine.

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Gayer Than Thou's avatar

I really should have paid more attention in science class.

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