Rapunzel
Run for your lives!
Little bastard escaped the glass, mostly because his legs were as wide as the damn thing.
Where was the cat when I needed it >:(
Whoa, NASA captures a nova exploding on video
Space porn at its finest.
This isn’t to be confused with a supernova, which is a star that has collapsed in on itself causing it to completely self-destruct — rather, a nova is a cataclysmic nuclear explosion that happens in a binary system when one star sucks away too much hydrogen from its partner. A white dwarf can only hold so much hydrogen before it reaches critical mass and completely explodes, thereby ejecting all its excess mass into space.
What’s even more fascinating is that the white dwarf remains intact and continues to draw hydrogen from its partner, thus repeating the cycle. This is why NASA is going to keep its eye on this particularly juicy spot in the cosmos.
The video was captured by NASA’s STEREO-B spacecraft as it kept its camera on that region of space from April 20 to 24, 2012. NASA has yet to determine exactly how far it is. Called Sagittarii 2012, the nova is far weaker than a supernova, and poses no threat to us here on Earth.
Saentis, Bodensee (Lake Constance)
At 2,502.9M, Säntis is the tallest mountain in the Alpstein massif of northeastern Switzerland. The mountain is a highly visible landmark thanks to its exposed northerly location within the Alpstein massif. As a consequence, houses called Säntisblick (English: Säntis view) can be found in regions as far away as the Black Forest in Germany. The panorama from the summit is spectacular. Six countries can be seen if the weather allows: Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Lichtenstein, France and Italy
