#interstellar exploration

[techtoio]

Breakthroughs in Space Technology: What’s on the Horizon?

Introduction

Space technology has always captured our imagination, pushing the boundaries of what is possible. As we venture further into the cosmos, remarkable breakthroughs are paving the way for new discoveries and advancements. In this article, TechtoIO delves into the exciting world of space technology, highlighting the latest innovations and what’s on the horizon for space exploration. Read to continue link

[scipunk]

Dune: Part One (2021)

[amiablesummer]

The canvases of our exploration

Interstellar - Christopher Nolan // A Ship in a Stormy Sea - Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky // The ISS - NASA // Address at Rice University, 12 Sep. 1962 - John F. Kennedy // Cosmic Web and Dark Matter in Outer Space - Stephen Dalton // Rough sea, Morestil - John Russell // Rocket Man - Elton John // Olin Ivory // @eighthxjune // Space Mirror Memorial, Kennedy Space Center via reddit //OP: @smoooothbrain

[a-typical]

“She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.” ― Carl Sagan, Contact

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

[elysiumxflowers]

"Nature goes to the same place to create a galaxy of stars: a cluster of nebulas, a rain forest, a human body, or a thought. That place is Spirit." - Deepak Chopra

[sofiaflorina2021]

Hopefully Voyager 1 can survive until later. In this 2025, Voyager 1 has been at a distance of 25.0 billion kilometers from Earth and will continue to fly away until later even when contact with Earth is lost in about 2036. It is the most distant human-made object from Earth.

[vintage-tigre]

Back in 1996, the Hubble Space Telescope unveiled an astonishing sighta young planetary nebula, about 8,000 light-years away, shaped like an intricate hourglass.

Previously, from Earth, the nebula appeared as large outer rings with a smaller central one, but the finer details were obscured. Thanks to Hubble's powerful lens, we now see a more complex and breathtaking structure, revealing not only its striking hourglass form but also unexpected features.

Planetary nebulae form when Sun-like stars near the end of their lives, collapsing into dense white dwarfs and shedding their outer layers in the process. These layers create stunning clouds of gas and dust, forming what we call planetary nebulae. What's unusual about this nebula is that the central star is slightly off-center, a rare occurrence in such cosmic formations. Additionally, Hubble discovered elliptical rings and elaborate etchings within the hourglass-possible remnants of shells ejected when the star was younger.

This breathtaking image was composed of three different light spectrums: ionized nitrogen (red), hydrogen (green), and doubly ionized oxygen (blue). Together, they form a mesmerizing image of a turquoise blue "eye" staring out from the center of a vivid red-orange hourglass. The nebula's intricate layers and arcs continue to puzzle astronomers, hinting at the untold stories of the universe's stellar life cycles.

[cooper-station]

We are quite literally star dust.

[interstellar-explorer]

(ooc: yippee!)

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{..So, he's come to a realization that he doesn't know where he is.} {This certainly wasn't the woods, nor the computer, so where actually was he? Did something bug? Oh, Nene is going to turn him into a potion if he doesn't find his way back..}

~ @wonderquartettenma

A strange being approaches, eyes on rings and flames and ears on its head and limbs detached...

"...Greetings."

[mariocki]

Pathfinders to Venus (ABC, 1961)

"What a paradise this place is. The way Earth must have been before man spoiled it with sprawling towns and filthy machines."

"If it hadn't been for man's filthy machines we wouldn't be here."

"That's true. And the pity of it is that after us will come rocket after rocket to ravage this planet. They'll gouge the minerals out of the earth, destroy the forests and eventually they'll go to war over it."

[scipunk]

Love, Death & Robots - S1E7 - Beyond the Aquila Rift (2019)

[tinfoil-hat-baddie]

Planet Prints.

[a-typical]

You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.

― Carl Sagan, Contact

[keydekyie]

my partner said something so smart last night,

we were talking about how much we loved Interstellar and how there are apparently people (including his best buddy, who immediately rec'd other "better" media over Interstellar when it was mentioned, rather than engaging with the conversation) who like, hate that the story is about love, and shit on Anne Hathaway's speech about how love might be a quantifiable force that transcends time and space, or whatever, and he said,

"I think whoever enjoyed the movie wins."

and I've just been thinking about that all day

[bread-lord-khubz]

Just realized I never mentioned that one of my favorite tv shows is For All Mankind.

Highly recommend it by the way. It’s an awesome show.