Space Wizard

Loopy astrophysicist who draws sometimes. Pusheen Connoisseur. Contains: Space, Science, SPACE SCIENCE, Cucumber Quest, Paranatural, Transformers, Homestuck, and ＨＥＤＧＥＨＯＧＳ.My interests are myriad and plentiful. She/her

[fitzwibble]

You know, as much as I love the Project Hail Mary movie I am a bit salty that they described Irina Petrova as a “radio telescope enthusiast” rather than as Dr Irina Petrova “an astronomer”

[ein-bleistift-und-radiergummi]

Dragon Door Handle - Simontorya Castle Hungary

[zagreus]

[maggotsandcream]

Something I do find lovely about the first 4 Murderbot Diaries books (can’t yet speak on all of them) is:

Murderbot chronically finding new scientists/travellers to claim as “clients” (whether paid or not) like one of those sheepless herding dogs that goes around finding sheep (or anything else they can herd like a flock of sheep). Like it clearly has a protect humans instinct and a desperate need for enrichment.

Given its general lack of self awareness and unreliable narrator status, there’s no way in hell Murderbot is aware it’s doing this.

[silas-lehnsherr]

Murderbot: I just want to be left alone to watch my shows. I care nothing for these humans. I hate having clients.

Also Murderbot: *noticing unaccompanied humans that have nothing to do with it at all* Oh look, clients.

[throwusaboner]

murderbot and arts first meeting is literally so funny. like imagine you meet a biblically accurate angel and instead of being all 'be not afraid' it says actually you SHOULD be afraid. and then when you are in fact afraid it goes oh shit oh fuck. not THAT afraid, sorry. wanna watch tv? and then you watch tv with it and it keeps telling you to pause it when its favourite characters are in danger so it can calm down. and then it asks to do surgery on your bones. Asshole Research Transport character of all time

[fitzwibble]

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

Today's APOD is heckin cool

[cugzarui]

as a chemist i would like to say BWAHAHAHAHAHA

[alexseanchai]

image description at explainXKCD:

explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure.

[flareonfloof]

its a bit easier for astronomers

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

NO! Where’s the non-metals and metaloids?!

[flareonfloof]

are they hydrogen or helium

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

oxygen, carbon, sulfur, xenon, iodine, neon, etc etc.

[flareonfloof]

ooo okay i see the confusion. you're listing off a bunch of metals there

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

…. You’re breaking my chemistry nerd brain. Hhhuuuhhhh???

[flareonfloof]

im an astrophysicist

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

but but, science is science?!

[flareonfloof]

and different fields of science have different conventions and definitions for their unique contexts

[katzeregi]

[niyarest]

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[sweetfirebird]

Thank you to @lyriclorelei!!

[paperpatchnotes]

In theory this will turn into a full comic but I got...distracted lmao

Beats doing a full character design lineup tho. Farai, Nana, Secunit, and Sofi left to right.

[paperpatchnotes]

As promised.

[slipng]

your dashboard is mothed ི༘ ࿔̥̊ཐི༏ཋྀ󠀮

[beardedmrbean]

this sounds like a party to me

[grand-theft-carbohydrates]

[thekneezbeezz]

rocky really ate him up here. i fear

[rovermcfly]

rocky's crew dying from radiation exposure, something humans go to great lengths to prevent and are very scared of and ryland's crew dying in their "sleep" with nobody watching, something eridians go to great lengths to prevent and are very scared of. cool book that is easy to read through your tears.

[seadeepspaceontheside]

these were the rejected ones

[jareckiworld]

Cat Johnston —The God of Hayfever (textiles, epoxy clay, paint, wood, 2024)

[preserving-tiktok]

Sound on

[kaelio]

Recipes from Portland's famous but long-closed Rheinlander restaurant. This cookbook was produced in a limited window before Chef Mager's death. All of these fucking slap.

[ladyvean]

For my fellow vegan/vegetarians, these sound scrumptious and look pretty simple to make substitutions!

[kaelio]

just to be clear

[certifiedsoupposts]

certified soup post

[kaelio]

It's sooo good

The lentil soup post is yeah beyond amazing. I know lentil soup doesn't seem like it could be that good. You simply don't Know how beloved the rheinlander lentil soup was. This was a famous soup here.