Even star systems have identity crises. 🤷 According to data from observatories like our @nasachandraxray, a double star system has been rapidly flipping between two alter egos: a low-mass X-ray binary and a millisecond pulsar. Astronomers found this volatile double system in a dense collection of stars known as Terzan 5. The first image from @NASAHubble shows Terzan 5 in optical light. Swipe to see the new image where low, medium and high-energy X-rays detected by Chandra are colored red, green and blue respectively. Click the link in bio for more.
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i can’t believe we’re all young professionals and academics and we’re still logging on to tumblr.com every single day to clown on ourselves. who let this happen
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. - Edgar Allan Poe
Do you ever wonder about how an author would describe you in a novel? Not only your appearance but the way you talk and laugh and hold yourself and all the expressions on your face?
/geceleri birlikte gezmeliyiz denizde. yıldızları saymalıyız./
no matter how terrible you feel, you are not a bad person. don’t doubt your goodness, you don’t see what everyone else does
“There comes a moment in everyone’s life where they do the most awful thing they have ever done, and ever will do. And I hope with all my heart that moment has already passed for me, because I have done terrible things, and it scares me to think of what could be worse.”
A collection of some of my favorite random panels from the V for Vendetta graphic novel