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So the F-15X... is it actually in development? If so, I wonder how close to my concept it's going to be

Boldness of the Eagle

Beauty of the endless sky

Some day, we'll have more than pictures of this brilliance

The Kepler space telescope has shown us our galaxy is teeming with planets — and other surprises

The Kepler space telescope has taught us there are so many planets out there, they outnumber even the stars. Here is a sample of these wondrous, weird and unexpected worlds (and other spectacular objects in space) that Kepler has spotted with its “eye” opened to the heavens.

Kepler has found that double sunsets really do exist.

Yes, Star Wars fans, the double sunset on Tatooine could really exist. Kepler discovered the first known planet around a double-star system, though Kepler-16b is probably a gas giant without a solid surface.

Kepler has gotten us closer to finding planets like Earth.

Nope. Kepler hasn’t found Earth 2.0, and that wasn’t the job it set out to do. But in its survey of hundreds of thousands of stars, Kepler found planets near in size to Earth orbiting at a distance where liquid water could pool on the surface. One of them, Kepler-62f, is about 40 percent bigger than Earth and is likely rocky. Is there life on any of them? We still have a lot more to learn.

This sizzling world is so hot iron would melt!

One of Kepler’s early discoveries was the small, scorched world of Kepler-10b. With a year that lasts less than an Earth day and density high enough to imply it’s probably made of iron and rock, this “lava world” gave us the first solid evidence of a rocky planet outside our solar system. 

If it’s not an alien megastructure, what is this oddly fluctuating star?

When Kepler detected the oddly fluctuating light from “Tabby’s Star,” the internet lit up with speculation of an alien megastructure. Astronomers have concluded it’s probably an orbiting dust cloud.  

Kepler caught this dead star cannibalizing its planet.

What happens when a solar system dies? Kepler discovered a white dwarf, the compact corpse of a star in the process of vaporizing a planet.

These Kepler planets are more than twice the age of our Sun!

The five small planets in Kepler-444 were born 11 billion years ago when our galaxy was in its youth. Imagine what these ancient planets look like after all that time?

Kepler found a supernova exploding at breakneck speed.

This premier planet hunter has also been watching stars explode. Kepler recorded a sped-up version of a supernova called a “fast-evolving luminescent transit” that reached its peak brightness at breakneck speed. It was caused by a star spewing out a dense shell of gas that lit up when hit with the shockwave from the blast. 

* All images are artist illustrations.

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Progression of an idea

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Why the falcon? Record wise there are better fighter jets namely the eagle.

Lol. I know there are technically better fighters in the world. After I was adopted I went from living on the streets to living on air bases in different parts of Asia. I went from living in fear every day of my life- to living in the magical world known as the Air Force lol. Every base we lived on had an F-16 unit (and usually A-10) so they became this comfort thing for me.I have this uncanny knack of making people walk out of my life but that dang jet was always there. Through friends pcsing and leaving, people walking out, divorces in my “new” family, deaths, and dad being deployed or on TDY- the only thing that never left was my F-16. I’ve never wanted to be a pilot- but something about that jet is just engrained into my DNA and it’s always felt like home. I know it makes me “odd” but to me it will always be the greatest fighter on the planet and always be “home”.

@julietteandthejet

Various F-16s in some different color schemes.

Glad you're back!

Dear @staff,

Thanks so much for restoring my blog even though I still have no explaination as to why I was “terminated”. Lesson learned though- I will no long tag fighter jets as p*rn, se*y.. I won’t say my viper makes me w*t or ho*ny again. While other blogs can post whatever the hell they please I will be certain to keep the naughty military and aviation po*n as unexplicit as possible :/