Dreaming of 𓊗 Northern Lights

𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 ⋆ Chaotic Astrophile ★*⋆ ☄️

[quotemadness]

“And men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins.”

— C.S. Lewis

[dogweapon]

the author's barely disguised longing for a kinder world

[dximonions]

lyra silvertongue & roger parslow

[fiftysevenacademics]

I love NASA's 404 page!

[lyrabelcquas]

favourite 2017 books:

Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman

It was such a strange tormenting feeling when your daemon was pulling at the link between you; part physical pain deep in the chest, part intense sadness and love. Everyone tested it when they were growing up: seeing how far they could pull apart, coming back with intense relief.

[integirls]

Today I learned that there was a dark matter day, and that day is on the same day as halloween!

[nocturlabium]

[quiltofstars]

The Ghost Nebula, Sh2-136 // Gary

[thesituation]

NATIVE CARBON DIOXIDE FOUND ON JUPITER’S MOON EUROPA

[herlockshlomes]

James Webb Space Telescope detects 1st evidence of carbon on Jupiter's icy moon Europa

The discovery made using NASA's powerful space telescope brings scientists a step closer to determining if the salty water oceans of Europa

[casual-mitosis-collective-deact]

HOLY SHIT, IT'S HAPPENING! EVERYBODY STAY CALM!

[gun-witch-deactivated20250818]

For those confused, this combined with liquid water being there makes this the strongest evidence of alien life to date.

These are conditions shockingly similar to earth.

[rosenkranz-isnt-dead]

[lifewithchronicpain]

For anyone wondering, the reason Europa (as well as Saturn's Enceladus) is warm enough to have oceans is because of the tidal friction from the large gas giant right next to it. (Also why Io is constantly erupting, it's so close to Jupiter it can't stop) Any life on these moons could resemble the life we have in geothermal vents and sunless depths of our own ocean.

[clockworkthenightbard]

YOOOOOOOOO

[simplyspider]

Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter

The massive spacecraft heads for Europa to search for signs of whether the ocean thought to exist beneath the moon’s icy shell could support

IT LAUNCHED MONDAY

[marysmirages]

Sleeping Sun (Total Eclipse) 2023

[criminallyinnocent]

[haleyanastasiabites]

I miss living at home with my parents because I lived in a rural setting and the stars never stop amazing me.

[1st-1]

Me …………. 

*looks up at the night sky* *sees more stars than usual* *mood immediately lifts by 93%*

[shelter-wood]

total solar eclipse, april 8 2024

[jagar--tharn]

This was the most dreamy experience ive ever had. It was so beautiful!!!!!!!

[ageofdestruction]

the sun, photographed by sdo, 15th january 2015.

47 images in 21.1nm, 9.4nm, & 19.3nm wavelength extreme uv light, inverted.

image credit: nasa/sdo, aia/eve/hmi. animation: ageofdestruction.

[world-beauty]

Total Lunar Eclipse from Sydney

Credits: Barden Ridge Observatory

[tenebrobscuro]

[imtangible]

Kelley York / Laini Taylor / C. JoyBell C. / Carl Sagan / Martin Rees / Bill Nye / Deepak Chopra