On September 15h, 2017 The Cassini Spacecraft Will End Its 20-year Mission By Diving Into The Atmosphere

stars, mercury, and solar corona, photographed by stereo a, january 2009.

27 frames, photographed over 36 hours, 2nd-3rd january. the sun is out of frame right.

image credit: nasa/stereo. animation: ageofdestruction.

some little pride astronauts for all my lgbt+ stargazers out there 💖

It was a huge disappointment as a child to fall in love with the stars and then find out how much math it requires to get anywhere near them. 

no ur not im pluto

I’m Pluto

important message

scienceeeeeeeeeeeeeee

an airplane is a ufo too unless you can identify what kind of airplane it is

*wears space shirt* for nasa

[nods knowingly] science

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lov ur work. lov the pluto. lion king isnt a planet!!

tru tru tru thx for the kind words, sunglasses pal