saucerkommand:

Niobe illustrated by Mervin LovesZbrush

futurismnews:

NASA is Designing A Submarine To Explore Titan’s Largest Ocean

immutebutton:

This is the illustration I have on my copy (not exactly the same cover though).

pangeasgarden:

Taking me higher…

#Repost @strangercomics
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Our dear friend @fabiolajeanlouis 🌻 #blackgirlmagic

antikythera-astronomy:

The Invisible Galaxy

A new form of diffuse galaxy has been discovered inside the Coma Cluster. This place is made 99.99% of dark matter, totally invisible as it doesn’t interact with light.

The galaxy is known as Dragonfly 44 and was discovered by astronomers Pieter van Dokkum and his colleagues.

The way star systems orbit around the center of a galaxy is inexplicable with “normal” physics. To account for the velocity variations and patterns we need to add a new ingredient to the gravitational pot: dark matter.

Dragonfly 44 in particular has so few stars that were the dark matter to be taken away, the galaxy would fly apart the same way you’d go flying if the cord holding the swing to a swing set were severed.

(Image credit: NASA, JPL-CalTech and L. Jenkins) 

willymaykit:

Russian SETI researchers are pursuing a promising signal

It may not be aliens, but something weird was picked up by Russian radio astronomers, who are now digging for answers.

It could be nothing. In the kinds of circles that search for transmissions from alien civilizations, it always is. But nonetheless, Russian researchers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have something intriguing they’re pursuing.

Let’s heavily caveat this. SETI efforts worldwide have had plenty of promising signals. None of them have been confirmed to come from extraterrestrial civilizations. Several have turned out to be from terrestrial sources, and early on, two high profile “What ifs?” lead to the discovery of pulsars and quasars rather than alien megastructures or technologically advanced societies.

Still, there’s enough substance to this message that researchers working from the RATAN-600 observatory in Russia are investigating what might have caused it. They’ve pinpointed a likely star, HD 164595, which is located in the Hercules constellation. It’s known to have one planet, a Neptune-sized world in a 40 day orbit. Given that HD 164595 is a Sun-type star, that planet would be too hot for life, but there may be other undiscovered planets in the solar system.

The signal was first detected in May 2015 at the 2.7 cm band, which is around 11 Ghz in the super-high frequency band. That places whatever the signal was in the microwave band. As Lee Berger at Ars Technica points out, there’s no known astrophysical source at these wavelengths. There’s some chatter that if (BIG if) this is of non-natural origin, it could be slightly to moderately more advanced than our own. “… if it came from an isotropic beacon, it would be of a power possible only for a Kardashev Type II civilization,” Paul Gilster at Centauri Dreams writes. “If it were a narrow beam signal focused on our Solar System, it would be of a power available to a Kardashev Type I civilization.”

Read more ~ Astronomy Magazine

Image: This 2013 photo shows the RATAN-600 observatory, where a recent microwave transmission has SETI researchers excited.
   Wikimedia Commons / ратан 600

pangeasgarden:

What if glamour was not the glamour you know #decolonizedminds
#afrosensual #beauty

#Repost @fiyawata
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#rp @prettyperiod365
Aliane Uwimana Gatabazi @alianeuwimana for @rootsmagazine
Photo Credit: Mehdi Sefrioui @mehdisphotography #PrettyPeriod

edithshead:

video dress by Hussein Chalayan
in collaboration with Moritz Waldemeyer
photo Simon Procter

saucerkommand:

Afropunk Brooklyn 2016 is here!

funkpunkandrollmuhfucka2:

Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep (1979, Warner Bros. Records)

fysw:

Star Wars + opening scenes.

superheroesincolor:

“Black Kirby, is an amalgam of pop culture aesthetics, ancestral beliefs and straight up comic fun. Celebrating and contrasting Jewish and African American contributions to society through sequential story telling and world building.

With a commercial and fine art approach, we are remixing, sampling and recreating art and ideas through the stylistic approach of artist Jack Kirby. 

With art by UB professor John Jennings

 and artist Stacey Robinson, the show is meant to inspire thought, spark conversation and celebrate life through African and African American cultural motifs and ideas.”

   More info hallwalls.org

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yagazieemezi:

ILLUSTRATIONS - DIGITAL ART

Illustrations by  Mattahan (Paul Davey) from Manchaster, Jamaica. The name Mattahan is from the patois pronunciation of Matterhorn, a popular cigarette brand in Jamaica. Mattahan is a painter who uses digital tools to create these surreal depictions of people who inspire him. The paintings are inspired by moments in his own life.

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theoriginalblackwoman:

A Salute to Sistas in Space

(From top to bottom and the order in which they went into space)

Dr. Mae C. Jemison

Stephanie D. Wilson

Joan Higginbotham

Dr. Yvonne Cagle

Jeanette J. Epps

Source: 5 Black Female Astronauts You Should Know

ourafrica:

<3 <3 <3

sandylamu:

Surma, Ethiopia, Photo Jean Michelle Voge

just-wanna-travel:

Meroe, Sudan

estrellaillustration:

From my “lackadaisical” series

tifanmkreyol:

Surf Haiti in Jacmel. Photos c/o Michael Magers