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shpepyao Ā· 3 months ago
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This one is hypothetical but its concept still blows my mind
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wonders-of-the-cosmos Ā· 1 month ago
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IAC scientists detect a ā€˜sub-Earthā€™ orbiting Barnardā€™s star, the nearest isolated star to the Sun
The single star nearest to the Sun is calledĀ Barnardā€™s star. A team of researchers led by theĀ Instituto deĀ AstrofĆ­sica de Canarias (IAC), has recently detected a ā€˜sub-Earthā€™ orbiting it. This exoplanet, called Barnard b has at least half the mass of Venus and orbits rapidly around its star, so that its year lasts only a little over three Earth days.
This new exoplanet is sixteen times nearer toĀ Barnardā€™d starĀ than Mercury is to the Sun, and has a surface temperature close to 125oC, so it does not have liquid water on its surface. This discovery, led by the IAC in collaboration with a number of international centres was obtained with spectra from theĀ ESPRESSOĀ Ā spectrograph on theĀ Very Large TelescopeĀ of theĀ European Southern Observatory (ESO)Ā at theĀ Paranal Observatory in Chile.
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theofficialastronomy101 Ā· 3 months ago
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(UPDATED W PHOTOS) NASA's Curiosity rover ran over a rock and found crystals inside! They're pure sulfur. Elemental sulfur is something we've never seen before on Mars. We don't know much about these yellow crystals yet, but the team is already at work to figure it out!
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cosmonautroger Ā· 2 months ago
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Exoplanet Kepler-22b
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cosmicfunnies Ā· 9 months ago
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Back and better than the ever! Hereā€™s a comic in the cold exoplanet, OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb!
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-06.html
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/6081/ogle-2005-blg-390l-b/
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cindytranart Ā· 7 months ago
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Happy EXO dayā£ļøā£ļø Thank you for being my muse for all these years šŸ„¹
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exobiotica Ā· 2 years ago
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First Light
Dawn breaks in the desert, revealing a scurrying frenzy of creatures returning to shelter after the nightā€™s mischief. Tallest among them, the Cycloptic Night-Seeker surveys the scene looking for any last morsel of food before the dayā€™s solar onslaught forces its retreat into shadow. The Testapallidus at its feet may prove an ideal treat, unless the sand-swimming Armored Loricatus captures it first. Though the Testapallidusā€™ hard dorsal shell protects it from most threats, the Night-Seeker possesses a keen intellect, curious disposition, and two formidable front appendages that are as dextrous as they are sharp. Usually too quick for the large hunter, a trio of gregarious Desert Sentinels are more concerned with ambush predators such as the Loricatus, and one inflates its signaling air sacs in alarm. Already, members of the desertā€™s daytime cast are making an appearance. Luteos have positioned themselves at the top of the ridge to greet the first slanted rays. Relying on photosynthesis for a large portion of their metabolism, they tilt their bodies to follow the sun throughout the day. In a short time, more heat-tolerant daylight denizens will take the stage and play out their part in the everyday drama of the high desert.
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minustwofingers Ā· 1 year ago
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exoplanet p.6 (ellieā€™s journals)
summary: youā€™ve won the life lottery as one of the few people on earth with parents who gained admittance to the most prestigous safezone in the world after the outbreak. but after a lab accident sends you out to jackson, wyoming, real life hits you fast. itā€™s a good thing that a hot lesbian finds u. (lol). mean ellie at first, slowburn, enemies to friends to lovers, fem reader asf
warnings: a significantly different writing voice! this is going to be a very different vibe from the other chapters since i had to write it as i imagine ellie would (which is a lot different than i do). slight nsfw content (mdni), language, mentions of violence/gore, angst, ellieā€™s pov is actually really depressing
a/n: soooo i know itā€™s been almost 3 months...and iā€™m really sorry about that! a lot of stuff happened in my life and i kind of fell off writing for quite some time. but i finish series, so iā€™m going to get through exoplanet in its entirety so i can finally give you all closure. some preliminary notes: know that these are modeled after how i imagine ellie would journal if she did journal this much. canonically she didnā€™t do that much writing that follows a narrative like it does here. i think itā€™s honestly a little ooc for her to be emotionally responsible enough to talk out her feelings, but given that thereā€™s no other way to tell her side of the story (save for legit rewriting it from her perspective, which would take another 6 months or so and be horrifically repetitive), i decided to just suck it up and write it. iā€™m sorry if it sounds awkward, since she definitely doesnā€™t write in a voice that i have much experience with. the next chapter will be better!
word count: 5.5k
tags~ @intrnetdoll @dazedshoon @lovecaraya @pctcr @sariyaflowr @loser-keiji @prettyplant0 @666findgod @sawaagyapong @rystarkov @buzzybuzzsposts @addisonnie @galacticstxrdust @elliesbabygirlā€‹ @pinkazelma @ariianelle @lu002 @blairfox04 @sparkleswonderland @elliesflower @muthafuckingstargirl @elliewilliamsissubermommyoml @eviestevie-14 @quicksilversg1rl @guacala @crtcrp @overtrred28
(i havenā€™t updated this yet bc my tags arenā€™t working)
a special special SPECIAL thanks to both @roarriita and @elliesflowerā€‹ for being soooo sexy and betaing for me. you both are so wonderful and helped me sm in feeling good enough to post this :)
without further ado, enjoy ellieā€™s journals!
January 20th, 2038
Todayā€™s beenā€¦fuckingā€¦
I donā€™t even know where to start. I donā€™t get why this sort of shit always happens to me. First it was being bit and somehow surviving. Then it was getting carted off across the country. And now some girl basically falls out of the sky, claiming that she comes from some sort of paradise up North?
Iā€™ll spare the immediate details. I donā€™t think Iā€™ll forget the basic stuffā€”her name, the way she looked clutching at her knees in the clearing and shaking. That stupid shirt she had on and that expensive scarf.
I still want to believe that sheā€™s just a liar who happened to get lucky with running into us, but even without Joel vouching for her story, I donā€™t think Iā€™d ever be able to buy that sheā€™d been living in the same world as us. Iā€™ve never met someone without scars before. I didnā€™t know that there were people out there who didnā€™t have marked up arms and faces. Or people without calluses. Did you know that hands can be totally smooth?
Anyway. Tommy says that heā€™ll try and reach out across the contacts he has. Joel has her living right down the hall from me in the meantime, so now I have to share my bathroom. Hopefully the Terranovan authorities are good at finding people. She takes so fucking long to shower. Itā€™s a wonder the whole compound still has hot water.
[One page of drawings follows: Dina smiling in the snow on her horse, Joel playing his guitar]
January 25th, 2038
Maria says that theyā€™re thinking about breeding Shimmer soon. I know she told me because that means Iā€™ll need to ride another horse for a little until she recovers and I know that we need another generation of foals, but it still made me cringe for Shimmerā€™s sake. Sheā€™s too free-spirited to be a mother. She doesnā€™t deserve that.
I went stargazing last night. It was pretty. Lots of shooting stars. I ran into the girl while I was coming back from the meadow. She gave me a weird look, and I could tell she wanted to ask me where Iā€™d been but kept her mouth shut. Sometimes I regret dropping off that bag of clothes. I really fucking liked that gray sweatshirt, actually. Iā€™m not even joking. It looks weird to see it on someone else.
[Half a page of drawing follows of the night sky with labeled constellations]
February 5th, 2038
Long time no see. Iā€™ve been pretty busy with patrols and helping Maria with securing the walls. Joel made me try some of that coffee that our new house guest brought. It was just as awful as I remembered, but he seemed happy. So one point for the space girl. I guess.
Dinaā€™s been hanging around more. She just broke up with Jessie (yes, again). She swears that itā€™s for good this time, but Iā€™m not so sure. She also talks a lot about Y/N and what little detail sheā€™s gathered about her life back in Terranova. I thought teasing her by asking her if she had a crush on Y/N would make her talk less about it, but it just made things worse.
I miss when things were normal.
[One page of drawings follows: one of Shimmer in cross-ties, another of a girlā€™s face, half-finished with the face scribbled out]
February 12th, 2038
Today Iā€™m sad. Iā€™m in bed with that book about astronomy that Joel nabbed for me on patrol a while ago and thereā€™s a section I wanted to read thatā€™s completely waterlogged. It shouldn't be a surprise. Itā€™s decades old and has survived through an apocalypse. Normally things like this donā€™t bug me much because Iā€™m so used to it. Half of my Savage Starlight collection is damaged. I donā€™t think Iā€™ll ever find the first book to actually complete the series, and thatā€™s okay, because Iā€™ve never expected anything more. But now that I know that thereā€™s a world out there where Iā€™d never have problems like this, stuff like this hurts. Itā€™s so stupid. Iā€™m lucky to be alive. Compared to whatā€™s left of the world population, I live a much cushier life than most. But for the first time in a while, Iā€™m wishing for more. Ā 
ā€œGreed is the enemy of happinessā€ is what Maria would say if I ever said this kind of shit out loud. But is it really? Or is it just realizing what life can be?
[Half a page of a drawing of the solar system, with each planet labeled]
February 22nd, 2038
Maria let me pick the sire for Shimmerā€™s foal. It felt kind of gross, to be honest. I asked Maria if there was any way for Shimmer to choose and I was only sort of joking, but she just laughed anyway and patted my back. I wonā€™t have to worry about finding a new horse for another two seasons or so, she told me. Itā€™ll be weird not having her for a little.
She also told me that there was still no word from anyone who knew anything about Terranova. She said this to me in this placating voice, like she thought that I was going to punch a hole in the wall or something after hearing it. That seems to be common when it comes to people talking about Y/N and me. I donā€™t know why so many people think I donā€™t like her staying with us.
I donā€™t, by the way. Let me be clear. But I mostly feel indifferent about her now. She doesnā€™t bother me as much anymore, not since she started getting out of the house. I think she might be helping in the gardens, but Iā€™ve never actually asked. We donā€™t talk a whole ton. I donā€™t think she likes me all that much.
[A drawing of Shimmerā€™s head poking over her stall door that takes up one page]
March 2nd, 2038
Today was finally our first nice day of the year. I wouldā€™ve enjoyed it more if the bird that lives in the tree outside my window hadnā€™t blown me out of bed at 4 in the fucking morning. Iā€™m exhausted now. Itā€™s been a long day. Joel says I need to take Y/N out on patrol soon. Why, I have no idea. Maybe he just wants me to actually befriend her or something, and I do nothing but patrols now. He canā€™t possibly expect her to be a good patrol partner.
Thankfully, I checked the logs when I came back. The route he wants me to cover with her has been the quietest all season. I doubt weā€™ll run into anything. If we do, Iā€™ll probably be able to handle it. Hopefully.
[Half a page of doodles, mostly of nature and wildlife with the exception of a half-finished doodle of an arm clad in a fabric that drapes like silk and a hand with polished nails]
March 3rd, 2038
Many surprising things were learned today. I canā€™t believe itā€™s illegal to be gay in Terranova. Sorry. I shouldnā€™t laugh. Itā€™s justā€”out of all the things they could be bothered by, itā€™s that? Really?
March 12th, 2038
I havenā€™t been good at journaling recently. I donā€™t really want to talk about why. You know why.
[Six pages of drawings, with many unfinished doodles of Y/Nā€”including but not limited to her on her horse, her reading on the couch, and one with her sitting in what is a very loose interpretation of a classroom, taking notes]
March 13th, 2038
I will feel more normal tomorrow. Hopefully.
[Two pages of drawings, all of Y/N. One is her bent over a book, the other is her smiling up at you]
March 14th, 2038
I did something really stupid. I think I should probably just document this here so I donā€™t accidentally drunkenly spill it all out to Dina at the next bonfire. This is so embarrassing. I donā€™t get why I feel this way. Itā€™s so stupid, you know? To feel anything towards someone whoā€™s soā€¦I donā€™t know. Different.
She gives me the weirdest looks sometimes. I canā€™t tell what they mean. It feels like sheā€™s judging me. And why wouldnā€™t she be? I bet all the girls she spends her time around back home are just like herā€”perfect, orderly, pretty, proper. The day before I took her patrolling she gawked at the shorts I was wearing. It was borderline offensive. Actually, fuck that. It wasnā€™t borderline. It was offensive. You donā€™t just stare at people like that. She should know that.
Anyway, I invited her over to my room last night. Normal, right? Because weā€™ve been doing that a little since I took her on patrol, by the way. Iā€™m not sure if I mentioned that before. But this time Iā€™m pretty sure she thinks Iā€™mā€¦I donā€™t know. Creepy? Strange? Scary? She told me that she thought I was intimidating. And then I called her ā€œuntouchedā€, like how some old-timer devout Christian wackjob or whatever would describe virginity. It was so fucking weird of me. I donā€™t know what got into me, but she kept doing this thing where she kicked my foot with hers or touched my knee and it just threw me off. It took me forever to fall asleep last nightā€”I kept replaying what Iā€™d said to her, especially how Iā€™d told her that she wouldnā€™t have made it if she were me like I was some sort of hardcore survivalist. I think I embarrassed her. Iā€™m never doing anything like this again. Iā€™m going to be dead sober every time I see her from now on.
Iā€™ll stop talking about that. Y/N did come back after Iā€™d made a fool of myself and showed me her collection of movies, so maybe it wasnā€™t so bad. I havenā€™t watched any movies since I was with Cat. When we first started dating, Iā€™d invite her over and sheā€™d sit right where Y/N did last night. Iā€™m trying to not think of the implications, because itā€™s space girl, and sheā€™s going home sometime soon.
[Three pages of drawings followā€”some nature drawings of ferns and moths, others of Y/N with wet hair, her knees tucked up to her chin like sheā€™d been in Ellieā€™s bed that night]
March 19th, 2038
Itā€™s the Spring Equinox. Thatā€™s the first thing Y/N told me this morning when she saw me in the kitchen this morning. She gave me a mini lecture on what that meant for the planetā€™s axis tilt and I didnā€™t have the heart to tell her that I already knew, since she seemed really excited to tell me.
I made a horrible discovery yesterday, by the way. Maria came up to me and told me that Tommy had decided to reach out to some of his other buddies up North to see if they had any connections to Terranova, and for the first time, I felt myself hoping that it wouldnā€™t work.
Itā€™s awful. I shouldnā€™t be thinking like this. Even in Jackson, where things are comparatively much better than the rest of the world, thereā€™s risk. Just this winter, one family had to be kicked out when they were found hiding an infected son. No one here is completely safe, just safer. I shouldnā€™t be selfish. Y/N needs to go where sheā€™s meant to be, where thereā€™s no chance of infection or invasion. Iā€™ll be fine. I just need to get over whatever this is.
Speaking of her, I need to go get her to tell her that weā€™re heading out on patrol in just a few minutes. Fingers crossed she doesnā€™t accidentally shoot me, but Joel swore up and down that she knows how to handle a gun now. Sure. Haha.
Iā€™m back. Itā€™s the middle of the night and she only just left my room. I donā€™t know how much detail I need to go intoā€”chances are I wonā€™t forget this. But for bookkeeping purposes: patrol did not go so hot. I had to give her stitches without any local anesthesia. Iā€™ve never given stitches to anyone nearly in my lap before. I was really nervous, too. I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever had to focus so much on keeping my hands steady when it came to stitching someone up before, not even with Joel.
Iā€™m starting to think that maybe I was wrong about thinking that she didnā€™t like me. I still canā€™t tell exactly what she thinks of me, and I know that itā€™s a really bad fucking idea to be entertaining thoughts like these, but tonight she did something that made me reconsider. She got under the covers with me, and instead of moving away to keep us from touching, she rested her head next to mine on the pillow.
I hope she couldnā€™t hear how much my heart was racing. People canā€™t hear that kind of stuff, right? Even if theyā€™re close?
Iā€™m being ridiculous. Thereā€™s no way sheā€”No. She doesnā€™t see me like that.
March 21st, 2038
She rested her head on my shoulder today. I donā€™t know what to think of it. If she was normal and grew up like the rest of us did, I would know exactly what to think. But sheā€™s not normal, and itā€™s not fair of me to treat her like she is. Maybe this is, like, a culturally acceptable thing back from where she grew up. Maybe rich people just cuddle each other all the time. I wouldnā€™t fucking know, and unfortunately no one in this godforsaken town can help, because thereā€™s a distinct lack of what Maria calls the ā€œbourgeoisieā€. Theyā€™re all either dead or back where Y/N grew up, doing whatever rich snobs do.
Even if it is normal for her, I feel like I canā€™t stop analyzing everything she does. She seems more nervous around me than she does anyone else, but she lingers like she canā€™t help herself. Iā€™ve noticed that she stumbles over her words and touches me much more than is really necessary. Or at least I think she doesā€”maybe Iā€™m just imagining things.
But even if it means what I think it does, I canā€™t let myself think like this. Itā€™s not fair to her. No one deserves to live here if they have the choice. At least the people out here know how to handle it. She doesnā€™t, and I donā€™t want her to turn into the type of person who does.
When I stitched her up and teased her about being weak and sensitive, I think she thought I was insulting her. I try not to think about it, but if I let myself wallow too much, Iā€™ll wonder what kind of person Iā€™d be if I wasnā€™t so jaded. Maybe Iā€™d draw more, or read more, or write more. Maybe Iā€™d be an easier person to love. I didnā€™t get to choose how I turned out. It just happened to me.
So if she has the choice, Iā€™m going to do everything I can to help her make the right one. I donā€™t want her to be like this.
March 29th, 2038
I had a dream about Riley last night. I havenā€™t had one of those in years, not since I was traveling with Joel. We were back in the mall, and Riley had just turned the lights on as a surprise. I had this feeling then, like I was being given a second chance. That I could set things straight and do what was right. I woke up before I could insist that we leave.
[A drawing takes up half of the next page. Itā€™s a crude depiction of the mall Riley turned in.]
April 4th, 2038
Itā€™s the middle of the night again. I canā€™t sleep. Iā€™m so disappointed with myself about what I did tonight with Y/N. At the time, it seemed like a really good idea. She likes me back, apparently. I was right about everything that I wrote about earlier, I guess. But it certainly doesnā€™t feel like I thought it would.
Itā€™s not like thereā€™s no part of me that isnā€™t thrilled that she feels the same way. Thatā€™s why I gave in and slept with her. But even when she told me how she felt, even before I completely lost my self-control, something heavy was already hanging over me. Regret, maybe. Or guilt. I donā€™t know. What I do know is that this canā€™t last. I canā€™t make this good for her like I want to. She needs to go back, and she needs to be able to feel like she can make that choice without feeling like sheā€™s leaving anything good behind.
Iā€™m not a spiritual person. but even so, I canā€™t help but feel like that dream of Riley was a sign. This is my second chance. Iā€™m not going to fuck it up this time. Iā€™ve already been an accomplice of so much suffering. Y/N is going home, and Iā€™ll never see her again when she does. Thatā€™s that.
It took all I had left in me in the end to kick her out. She looked so hurt, and the fact that she tried to hide it made it even worse. I wish I could tell her why this canā€™t work, but I donā€™t think sheā€™d understand.
[A drawing of Y/N kissing Ellieā€™s palm follows, her hair slightly mussed]
April 6th, 2038
I need to stop making rash decisions like knocking on her door late at night and asking her to come over. I really donā€™t know whatā€™s gotten into me, because whenever I see her now, I canā€™t help but freeze up. Like last night, when she kissed me and touched my face and told me she thought I was a good person. I panicked and told herā€”well, nevermind. I donā€™t really want to repeat it here. It was mean, but I didnā€™t know what else I could do to get her to stop.
She was already tearing up by the time she left. I had to sit down and breathe deeply for a few minutes before I was sure I wasnā€™t going to be sick. I donā€™t really think I want to write more about this right now. It just makes me sad how unfair this all is. Of course the one time after Cat that I meet someone I really like it just has to be in one of the cruelest scenarios possible. I just have no idea what to do.
[Five pages of drawings follow of Y/N in bed, her head tilted back against the pillow, her eyeā€™s half lidded, and her mouth slightly agape. Ellie redraws this multiple times, x-ing out parts that donā€™t seem quite right]
April 10th, 2038
I know this is none of my business, but sheā€™s been spending a lot of time with Dina lately. She nearly got herself killed getting a gift for me with Dina yesterday, which feels like some sort of especially cruel joke. The universe isnā€™t being very fucking subtle right now.
If what Iā€™m worried about is right, at least Dina has the option to come with her up North. Sheā€™d test negative.
April 20th, 2038
I would really like it if I could have one short break from the misery thatā€™s my life right now. I turned 20 yesterday, accidentally introduced Y/N to my ex, proceeded to get much drunker than I meant to, completely fell off my rocker and asked Y/N to stay the night, and then discovered this morning that not only has Terranova found Y/N but that my strategy of keeping Y/N at armā€™s length completely failed.
She wants me to come with her, and sheā€™s threatening to stay here otherwise. I did the only thing that I could think to do and snapped at her.
Iā€™m so tired of this. I hate having to act like I donā€™t care. This is the third time now that Iā€™ve had to say something nasty to her to keep her from getting too close. I just want to get in bed and sleep until she leaves and I can pretend like nothing ever happened and that everything is normal.
[One page of drawings of Y/N passed out in her bed and Y/N grinning while holding a lopsided cake]
April 28th, 2038
I know I havenā€™t been writing much again. Sorry about that. I just canā€™t bear to think about my life right now. I know I should be relievedā€”this is what I wanted. I wanted her to go where itā€™s best for her.
But thereā€™s still that selfish part of me that keeps me up at night. Y/N is going to leave this place never knowing how I feel about her. Logically, that should be what I want. This way I wonā€™t need to say a real goodbye. I know I wonā€™t need to now, since she doesnā€™t want to talk to me anymore. Itā€™s really fucking immature of me to be so hurt by what she must think of me now, but I canā€™t stop.
I wonder how long it will take for me to stop feeling sad about this. Iā€™ve never had to process anything like this where thereā€™s nothing I can do. With Riley and Sam, I at least got to heal from the knowledge that I was going to help make the vaccine to save the world. But losing Y/N just because of where we come from is totally meaningless. I can go forward knowing that I made it easy for her to make the right decision, but that only goes so far.
I donā€™t know how Iā€™m going to handle this. Iā€™m going to practically live with Dina so I donā€™t need to be alone for the first few weeks.
I wish May 8th would just come already so she can go away and I can get on with my life.
May 1st, 2038
Things have changed some. Joel cornered me in the kitchen last night and told me that I needed to grow up and just appreciate the rest of the time I had left with Y/N. I was going to agree and try to walk past him, but he stopped me and told me that he needed me to escort Y/N. I guess heā€™s right. She canā€™t go alone, and Joel and Tommy are getting a little too old for week-long expeditions into the wilderness.
He also told me that I need to apologize to her and make things right, saying shit like Iā€™d regret it forever if things ended between us like this. I donā€™t want to admit it, but I think heā€™s right. When I told him that sheā€™d originally threatened to stay if I didnā€™t go with her, he blinked, hard. Then he told me that he had an idea.
Iā€™m faking it. Iā€™m telling her that Iā€™m going, even though Iā€™m going to leave her when she gets picked up. I donā€™t know how Iā€™m going to pull it off. When I told her in the meadow last night, she was so happy. I know itā€™s really sappy and cliche to say this, but I felt my heart shatter, bit by bit. Iā€™m not a very good liar, not to people who are important to me. But I suppose Iā€™ve been lying to her all this time, kicking her out of my room and telling her that I didnā€™t want anything more with her.
I can do this, I think. I have to do this, or else she might threaten to stay, and I donā€™t think I have it in me to be cruel again. Not to her. I guess Iā€™ll just trick myself into feeling like Iā€™m actually coming with her, like we have a chance of actually being together. I donā€™t know. Weā€™ll see.
[One drawing of Y/N laying down in the meadow that takes up half a page]
May 3rd, 2038
Itā€™s easier than I expected. Y/N sleeps over in my room at night, and if I donā€™t think too hard about it, I can pretend like things will always be like this.
Iā€™m getting to be such a sap, though. I almost broke down in the bathroom today while I was getting ready. It was over the stupidest thingā€”a toothpaste bottle. Y/N always folds it so neatly, making a perfect, tight spiral of plastic near the end. It used to really bother me when I first had to share with her (because who does thatā€”itā€™s weird and doesnā€™t do anything since she doesnā€™t manage to squeeze out the extra in the bottom anyways), but the thought of throwing it out when it finally emptied and having to find another one thatā€™ll never be folded again hit me and suddenly I was counting my inhales and exhales. I donā€™t really give a shit about toothpaste. Itā€™s just that it was the moment that I realized that sheā€™s really going to be gone soon, you know? Slowly but surely, the evidence of her stay here will be wiped away and replaced. Someday Iā€™ll forget all the little details about her.
Sheā€™s knocking on my door. I need to stop being so depressed and go see her before she picks up that somethingā€™s wrong.
[One small doodle of Y/N smiling and rolling her eyes while brushing her teeth]
May 6th, 2038
Dinaā€™s coming now. Y/N told me this morning after she went to say goodbye. I feel really shitty about this. I guess I should tell her that Iā€™m not going now, because this way Y/N needs to go home to get Dina the help she needs, but I just canā€™t bring myself to. Iā€™ll have to escort both of them to the pickup spot anyway since Dinaā€™s weaker now that sheā€™s pregnant, and the thought of having to spend a full week with Y/N after she knew I lied to her makes my skin crawl. I canā€™t tell who Iā€™m trying to protect by doing thisā€”me or her. Maybe both.
Iā€™m losing my two favorite people here, and they donā€™t even know it yet. But this is the best option. This is my chance to finally do some good in the world.
May 7th, 2038
Iā€™m about to go stargazing with Y/N for the last time. I donā€™t think Iā€™ll be writing in here again until I get back. I donā€™t want to risk losing this while Iā€™m out in case something crazy happens. Which it probably will, but I canonically happen to be really good at living when shit hits the fan. Alsoā€”I donā€™t imagine Y/N to be a particularly nosy person, but if she ever came across this and thought it was a book or something, it would make things really awkward. So, youā€™re staying tucked carefully under my bed until I come back later this month.
I donā€™t know how to handle this sort of goodbye. I donā€™t really know how to handle any sort of goodbye, I guess, but at least Iā€™ve been through them before. I may not do it well, but I know how to live when people I love die. But this isnā€™t like that. No one is dying (hopefully), and more importantly, I know itā€™s a goodbye this time. I see it coming on the horizon and I canā€™t even tell anyone about it. How does anyone deal with that? How does anyone cope?
Y/Nā€™s knocking on my door now. I need to go before I start thinking even more and do something stupid like start crying or whatever.
Iā€™ll be back in about two weeks.
June 1st, 2038
Sorry for not writing. Itā€™s been pretty shitty, actually. It took me 5 extra days to get home because some scavengers gave me trouble. I hardly slept for most of them. I ran out of ammo about 4 days out and had to use my knife for everything I ran into until I was able to raid the cabinets of this abandoned cabin. Nearly got taken out by a clicker, too. It was not fun. It was especially not fun because I was not feeling super great to begin with, for obvious reasons.
Things havenā€™t gotten any better since getting back to Jackson. Y/N didnā€™t take her stupid Exoplanetary Systems textbook and now Iā€™m struggling with whether or not I should throw it out. The rational side of me says to keep it because it was published after the outbreak and probably contains updated information that isnā€™t anywhere else. The rest of me doesnā€™t even want to look at the stars anymore because it reminds me of her.
Itā€™s really hard not to blame her for ruining everything. I canā€™t go out and ride my own horse without thinking about the first time we went on patrol together and she dropped my gun and nearly killed one of us. And I canā€™t even relax in my own home, because Iā€™ve spent almost every night with her since March in my bed. Sometimes when I hear a creak in the middle of the night I assume itā€™s her walking down to the bathroom or getting water until it hits me again that sheā€™s never coming back.
I know Iā€™m being melodramatic. There are many other worse problems I could be having right now. But I donā€™t even have my best friend anymore. I wonder if Dina and Y/N are angry with me for lying. I wonder if theyā€™re settling in okay. I hope that Y/N manages to fix whatever her research was and that Dina gets better.
[Twenty pages of drawings of Y/N and Dina together. Some are snippets of them on their expedition to the pickup site. Others are pictures of Y/N and Dina walking around with smiles on their faces in what looks to be a city]
June 21st, 2038
Itā€™s been over a month since Iā€™ve last seen her. I had a breakdown while getting ready for bed when I realized that I didnā€™t remember what her voice sounded like anymore.
[Ten pages of half-finished drawings, each with its face scribbled over]
June 28th, 2038
I donā€™t think I really remember what she looks likeā€”not exactly. Iā€™ve been trying to draw her because Iā€™m still in the habit of making decisions that are definitely not good for my mental state. I just canā€™t do it, and it isnā€™t for the lack of trying. Every time I get to her eyes I keep drawing something that looks wrong, but I can never tell why. I compare it to my earlier drawings of her from when we first met and it feels like meeting her for the first time again.
Joel says itā€™ll pass and that heā€™s proud of me for doing the right thing. Jessie and I have been hanging out more. Even if he wonā€™t admit it, I can tell heā€™s miserable without Dina. But he understands why she had to goā€”just like how I feel about Y/N. And Dina too, of course. Jackson feels like a ghost town without her.
July 17th, 2038
I havenā€™t been writing or drawing in here for a while, I know. I was going to just go ahead and start a new journalā€”you know the one that Maria gave me for Christmas with the dark blue coverā€”but it didnā€™t feel right to just stop without explaining. Otherwise Iā€™ll feel like an asshole for wasting so much paper.
I donā€™t want to move on from what happened with Y/N and Dina. I really donā€™t, but I don't think I have a choice. If I keep going on like this, Iā€™ll never be able to live normally again. Iā€™m just sick and tired of being sad all of the time. So Iā€™m not going to write here anymore. I donā€™t think itā€™s realistic for me to forget all about it, because I donā€™t want to forget her. Not really. But I guess if I want to get better, Iā€™ll need something different. So, hereā€™s that. The beginning of my fresh start. ā€œFresh startā€ and you call me overdramatic!! haha. Y/N was here!
(You left this on your nightstand. I promise I didnā€™t read too much. I opened it because I thought it was your sketchbook. Iā€™m going to put this back since I hear you walking down the hall now.)
ok as an aside my blog is broken so my stuff isnā€™t notifying people when i tag/showing up on dashes or in tags. please reblog if youā€™re comfortable so people can actually find this! thank you!
final a/n: i totally get it if this wasnā€™t quite your cup of tea this timeā€”i just really wanted to iron out ellieā€™s pov before their reunion in the end. which is happening and not a spoiler because i have always promised a hea! this was a change in pace for the story and i promise you that the next chapter will be more normal/align more with my normal writing style. i have also changed my mind (probably) and have decided to stick with writing an epilogue! so two more chapters are coming before this is totally over. thank you so much for waiting and being so patient! i love you all dearly ok bye bye now
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mindblowingscience Ā· 10 months ago
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In a system with two known planets, astronomers spotted something new: A small object transiting across the sun-sized star. This turned out to be another planet, which was extra hot and Earth-sized. The newly spotted planet, called HD 63433 d, is tidally locked, meaning there is a dayside that always faces its star and a side that is constantly in darkness. This exoplanet, or planet outside of our solar system, orbits around the star HD 63433 (TOI 1726) in the HD 63433 planetary system. This scorching world is the smallest confirmed exoplanet younger than 500 million years old. It's also the closest discovered Earth-sized planet this young, at about 400 million years old.
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drwings Ā· 4 months ago
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ancientfrozenglaciershark Ā· 8 months ago
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i LOVE this frog so much, I had no choice but to make this!!
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shpepyao Ā· 3 months ago
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I still have a couple of cool exoplanets to draw, but I wanna try smth way weirder, like antimatter stars
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wonders-of-the-cosmos Ā· 2 years ago
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Astronomers find missing link for water in the Solar System
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis. This water carries a chemical signature that explains the journey of water from star-forming gas clouds to planets, and supports the idea that water on Earth is even older than our Sun.
Water usually consists of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms. Tobinā€™s team studied a slightly heavier version of water where one of the hydrogen atoms is replaced with deuterium ā€” a heavyĀ isotopeĀ of hydrogen. Because simple and heavy water form under different conditions, their ratio can be used to trace when and where the water was formed. For instance, this ratio in some Solar System comets has been shown to be similar to that in water on Earth, suggesting that comets might have delivered water to Earth.Ā 
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krakenmare Ā· 1 year ago
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NASAā€™s Webb Takes Its First-Ever Direct Image of an Exoplanet (September 1, 2022)
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dragonthunders01 Ā· 1 year ago
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Spectember D16: alternate biochemistry
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Living inside the rifts of a dense super earth, covered in a layer of clouds there are strange and large stalked elongated organisms made of silicon, up not for being a good carbon replacement but because the conditions made unsuitable to carbon base life to evolve and leave these compound bonds to be ideal to develop, still with the limitations of their biochemistry, they act more like slow walking legged sponges than anything, moving almost robotic in a constant path extracting the nutrients of the rocks, what looks like legs are actually root like appendages that constantly grow and detach once the organism finish to feed of the ground, leaving a path of constant sticks behind. Note: Is very difficult to me to depict alternative biochemistry life, has been a topic that checking on point how it works it gets more difficult to dissect properly and make something feasible to be plausible.
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