CombativePlatypus

Mechanical engineer. Boston, US of A. Shitposting, Star Wars, Mass Effect, anime, jets, history, F1, science… next post could be anything, really. Now officially MARRIED to the lovely @moonshine-and-sushi

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Probably my favourite single Achewood panel of all time

[beardedmrbean]

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

2026 June 15

Triple Shockwave from Sun Crossing Rocket

The disk of the Sun is shown with a rocket launching through it. The rising rocket shows a plume behind it and three unusual waves curve around its top tip.

Image Credit & Copyright: John Winkopp (WAI Media)

Explanation: What's happening to this Sun-crossing rocket? The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, visible on the upper left, launched only about one minute before this amazing image was captured. As it rose to low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, in late May, the rocket became supersonic before it crossed the disk of the distant Sun -- from the perspective of the well-placed photographer. The spacecraft's high speed caused bow-shaped compressed-air shockwaves to form across leading surfaces, with at least three visible even outside the Sun's disk because they refract sunlight. The trailing exhaust caused turbulence visible on the lower right. None of this was damaging to the robotic Starlink 10-53 mission, which delivered 29 communications satellites to low Earth orbit as planned. And if that isn't amazing enough - the Sun had spots!

Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)

NASA Official: Amber Straughn

A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC,

NASA Science Activation

& Michigan Tech. U.

[beautiful-songbird]

How the new Odyssey movie sounds to me based off of what I’ve seen on tumblr

[catsandwich-deactivated20240213]

This is a literal sexual harassment training video we had to complete

[kavohh707]

Was lucky today being able to watch a dipper dip for quite a while. Such a cute bird.

[chick-it-out]

Visit Original Link

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[charlesoberonn]

What is the most inappropriate show to add a beach episode to?

[charlesoberonn]

Yeah okay this one's the winner

[sexygrammaticalerrors]

[ganondorf]

i think this captures the defining pathology of the collective social media psyche right now. we are in the thrall of people who are wantonly cruel but who also demand to be coddled at all times in every way

[enlightened-moth]

me teaching Revit: so have any of you ever played The Sims?

[bonivers]

this is really how it feels

[hadesisqueer]

Two World Cup finalists from opposing teams in this fucking picture, this sport isn't real

[hadesisqueer]

Context for anyone who is wondering: Lamine Yamal's parents won an UNICEF raffle for a charity photoshoot in which Barça players posed with kids, and 5 month old Lamine happened to get 20yo Messi. Which is like. Literally insane

[joyflameball]

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[rogerchaffee]

July, 1969 - Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to set foot on the Moon. Apollo 11 ended a decade-long “Space Race” between the U.S. and the Soviet Union & fulfilled a national goal by John F. Kennedy in 1961 of “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.”

Happy 50th Anniversary to the first Moon Landing!

[ferniiluna]

One of the most beautiful events in history✨

[inlandwest]

[herowyn]

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