One ticket to Pluto, please! Seems there’s an ocean there just waiting to be discovered, surfed or lounged about. Don’t worry about my well-being though — I’ll be packing a sweater.
From the same developers who made the periodic table sexy, comes something which doesn’t need added gloss to lure people in (though it helps): the solar system.
Fact: Space is a freak show. But that link goes to a post about deep space, beyond our solar system. Thanks to the IBEX probe, however, we’re quickly learning that our own backyard is rife with the freaky-deaky too.
Is this a Droid wallpaper? A Pokeball? Nope, it’s actually hot water surrounding a giant carbon star. It’s a phenomenon that’s puzzling scientists and it’s happening to a star similar to our sun.