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“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let them live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”   ~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos

We’ve always defined ourselves by the ability to overcome the impossible. And we count these moments. These moments when we dare to aim higher, to break barriers, to reach for the stars, to make the unknown known. We count these moments as our proudest achievements. But we lost all that. Or perhaps we’ve just forgotten that we are still pioneers. And we’ve barely begun. And that our greatest accomplishments cannot be behind us, because our destiny lies above us.

Interstellar (2014) dir. Christopher Nolan

Nobody believed me, but I knew you’d come back.

A Laser Strike at the Galactic Center

This is Kjell Lindgren. He’s a NASA astronaut who just got back from 5 months on the International Space Station. There are two reasons why this picture is hilarious:

His wife is flawless and makes bad space puns to make him do household chores.

I have that shirt. Thousands of people have that shirt. That shirt is available at Target. Which means actual astronaut Kjell Lindgren, with his wardrobe already full of NASA-issued and logo-emblazoned clothes, was at Target, saw a NASA shirt, and was like, “Yes, I am buying this because this is what I want to spend my actual astronaut salary on.”

 tl;dr NASA employs a bunch of fucking nerds

Comet Panstarrs – Seen from Queenstown, New Zealand (March 2, 2013)

Credit – Minoru Yoneto

This week, NASA released the most colorful, in-depth photo of the universe ever taken. It took the Hubble Telescope 11 years and 840 orbits to capture the 12-billion-year-old light of 10,000 galaxies.

via Mashable

“We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down, and worry about our place in the dirt.”

We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down, and worry about our place in the dirt.

Grasping the stars 💫⭐