Astronomy

Gotta love humans banding together to accomplish some historical good. Historical good like getting the Curiosity Rover to sing happy birthday to itself. 

Perhaps the most mind blowing fact about the size of the universe is that the universe doesn't have one size, instead it's just that the universe is literal size. It's also wild to think about the fact that we can see the light from a galaxy that existed long before homo sapiens did. Taking a minute to step outside the mental carousel of juggling our daily obligations and life problems, and to stare up at space to appreciate the beautiful insignificance of it all in the grand expanse of the universe, can work wonders for keeping the ego in check. 

Tumblr did some research on the fastest manmade object. By the sound of it this manhole cover was launched into space with such monstrous force that it could've punched a hole through a planet. Maybe the aliens will touch base some day in the future, and ask us why we went and did something like that. 

Next thing we know we'll be hearing that the moon is flat. 

Whether or not you're a part of the Flat Earth fan club, these funny memes about the absurdity the Flat Earth theory are sure to make you giggle. Checkmate, atheists. 

An excited Elon Musk tweeted about how he's ready to occupy Mars, but the biggest problem was that what we're looking at in said tweet is actually a blood moon. I mean, that'd be dope too. But Twitter was ready to call him out for his funny little fail, and here we are. 

A recent study published online revealed that something is chilling about 186 miles beneath the surface of the Moon. The Twitter account for the "Destiny" video game had a point to make when CNN tweeted about it, and the thread that ensued was full of gems. 

Do we think this could be the start of something far more extraterrestrial than we ever thought possible? We should just leave that shit on the moon buried and alone. 

Let's not mess up the celebration of a miraculous human achievement. Twitter user Andrew Chael, was quick to call out people online who are taking away from the incredible achievement of his colleague, Katie Bouman. 

Science writer Jacob Margolis chronicled the end for the proud little rover. The last thing they heard from the rover was "My battery is low and it's getting dark." That is some Hollywood level drama, man. Well, it did a great job anyway, and lasted for waaaaaaay longer than we expected. Good rover.