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The ‘Eye Of Creation’ Holds The Secrets To Cosmic Life And Death

“The Helix nebula has a disk-like and bubble-like structure to it, formed by the dying central star. An infrared view highlights the neutral, cold gas. All of it will evaporate over time, while the central star is so hot it barely shows up at these cold wavelengths.”

When it comes to dying stars, supernovae get all the press. They may be the largest and most massive stars to die, but hundreds of times more common are the planetary nebulae of the Universe, formed by dying Sun-like stars. These astronomical wonders blow off their outer layers – not just hydrogen but also heavier elements – to return them to the interstellar medium. The cool, neutral gas seen at the outskirts has been blown off for tens of thousands of years, but gets heated up by the ultraviolet radiation coming from the central, newly-formed white dwarf. It may be faint, but it’s incredibly hot, and will eventually be the cause of the total annihilation and dissociation of the nebula.

Given enough time, this cosmic death will contribute to the rebirth of new stars. Come get all the details on today’s Mostly Mute Monday!

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sun in the signs: the luminescent qualities of the sign, its radiance, its regal, royal quality, its need to be worshiped  aries sun qualities must be worshiped for their greatness and triumphs  taurus sun worshiped for beauty, creativity, and conservation  gemini sun worshiped for the mind and intellectual qualities  cancer sun worshiped for its creativity, empathy, and quality of dream leo sun worshiped for its essence, artistry, and presence  virgo sun worshiped for its skill, quality of mind, and technical talents  libra sun worshiped for its grace, beauty, and sociability  scorpio sun worshiped for its mystique, power, and emotion  sagittarius sun worshiped for its knowledge, experience, and philosophy  capricorn sun worshiped for its success, glory, and talent  aquarius sun worshiped for its individuality, self expression, and altruism  pisces sun worshiped for its vision, empathy, and creativity 

moon in the signs: increases the intuitive qualities of the sign’s expression an ultra intuitive moon in aries  a time sensitive, nature intuitive taurus moon a telepathic gemini moon a clairvoyant cancer moon  a creative manifesting leo moon  an intuitive virgo moon  an interpersonally psychic libra moon  a crystal gazer scorpio moon  a prophetic sagittarius moon  a time sensitive capricorn moon  a telepathic aquarius moon  a psychic pisces 

mercury in the signs: increases the quality of mind and calculation mercury in aries: turns rapid movement into rapid thought  mercury in taurus: cerebral creativity  mercury in gemini: clever and mercurial  mercury in cancer: emotionally intelligent  mercury in leo: broadway light mind mercury in virgo: technical intelligence  mercury in libra: interpersonal intelligence  mercury in scorpio: calculated curiosity  mercury in sagittarius: mental adventurer  mercury in capricorn: calculates dream mercury in aquarius: mentally unusual  mercury in pisces: thinks a dream

venus in the signs: increases the fun and flowery qualities of the sun a childlike aries venus  a creative taurus venus  a socially harmonic gemini venus  a poetic cancer venus  a ravishing, loving leo venus  a gesturing virgo venus  a dancing libra venus  an empathic scorpio venus  an interested (in people) sagittarius venus  a noble hearted capricorn venus  a playful aquarius venus  an ultra affectionate venus pisces 

mars in the signs: increases the potency and raw aggression of the qualities rapid cycling mars in aries  bull headed mars in taurus  silver tongued mars in gemini  scathingly reactive mars in cancer  dramatically self centred mars in leo  hurtfully critical mars in virgo passive aggressive mars in libra  confrontational mars in scorpio  blunt to the point of pain mars in sagittarius  cold hearted solo minded ambition mars in capricorn  unforgiving detachment mars in aquarius  psychic wounding mars in pisces

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But the 8-hour workday is too profitable for big business, not because of the amount of work people get done in eight hours (the average office worker gets less than three hours of actual work done in 8 hours) but because it makes for such a purchase-happy public. Keeping free time scarce means people pay a lot more for convenience, gratification, and any other relief they can buy. It keeps them watching television, and its commercials. It keeps them unambitious outside of work. We’ve been led into a culture that has been engineered to leave us tired, hungry for indulgence, willing to pay a lot for convenience and entertainment, and most importantly, vaguely dissatisfied with our lives so that we continue wanting things we don’t have. We buy so much because it always seems like something is still missing.

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (via felicefawn)

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Yoga is so relaxing.

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Surreal Dreamy Photography by 18 Year Old Photographer Luisa Azevedo 

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I hear my mom shrieking downstairs, shouting up to me about “THE CATS! THE CATS!”

I run downstairs, thinking someone has died or something and see THIS:

I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO PUNCH SOMETHING TO GET OVER THE ADORABLENESS

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They look like they’re about to break out in a musical number

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hence:

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This post got better since I re-blogged it earlier.

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dark

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Bruh this shit was amazing

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GO BABY GO OMG

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Poetry in motion

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My jaw dropped

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HER NAME IS ANTARA AND SHE’S MEXICO’S GRAND CHAMPION AT THE VERTICAL WALL CLIMB LOOK AT HOW HAPPY SHE IS!! SHE KNOWS SHE’S A GOOD GIRL!!! 

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Man eating rice, China, 1901-1904

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this is an extremely important picture

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Ive never seen someone from 1904 having fun omg

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He has a nice face

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No but the history behind this picture is really interesting

The reason that everyone always looked miserable in old photos wasn’t that they took too long to take. Once photography became widespread it took only seconds to take a picture.

It was because getting your photo taken was treated the same as getting your portrait painted. A very serious occasion meant so thst your descendants would know that ypu existed and what you looked like.

But one time some British dudes went to china to go on an anthropological expedition, and they met some rural Chinese farmers and decided to take their pictures. Now, these people weren’t exposed to the weird culture of the time around getting your photo taken, so this guy just flashed a big grin during the photo because he was told to strike a pose and that’s the pose he wanted to strike.

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I think painted portraits and old photos give us the idea that in general people were just really unhappy because those are the visuals we have. This is so refreshing.

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Hey, look; “Man Laughing Alone With Rice” is back on my dash.

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Mercury in fire signs - Aries, Leo, Sagittarius: A mind on fire following intuitive streaks of information through impulse, energy, and chaos

Mercury in earth signs - Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn: A mind that reflects the ritualistic processes of nature, but weathers all of the storms and material restraint

Mercury in air signs - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius: A mind that lifts into the clouds like a balloon, fluid and chaotic ideas transpiring out of thin air

Mercury in water signs - Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces: Intellectual functions are transmuted into imagery and creativity, the absorption and circulation of information based on emotion

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Bush baby rocket.

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