James Webb Space Telescope Captures Image Of Question Mark Galaxy

James Webb Space Telescope Captures Image Of Question Mark Galaxy

Because what does it all mean is THE question, this is a shot from the James Webb Space Telescope of a galaxy that looks unquestionable like a question mark. Some more info while I shake my fist at the heavens and demand fewer questions and more answers:

It is probably a distant galaxy, or potentially interacting galaxies (their interactions may have caused the distorted question mark-shape). This may be the first time we’ve seen this particular object,” STScI added. “Additional follow-up would be required to figure out what it is with any certainty. Webb is showing us many new, distant galaxies — so there’s a lot of new science to be done!,” said the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) to Space.com.

With all the billions or trillions of galaxies out there, there’s probably one shaped like every letter and symbol on a keyboard. You think there aren’t @ and & galaxies? There are probably even galaxies that spell out entire dirty words from the right angle. The universe is unfathomably massive and aliens are real.

Dog Balances Ball On Nose And Back While Running On Beach

Dog Balances Ball On Nose And Back While Running On Beach

This is a clip of a French bulldog balancing a blue ball on its nose and back while running and playing on the beach. It’s almost hard to believe it’s so good it, and I had to zoom and enhance the video for signs of CGI. It’s real though. Most impressive! For reference, my dogs are about 1 for 3 catching treats TOSSED RIGHT IN THEIR MOUTHS and would waste so many shrimp trying to catch them at a hibachi dinner. Or at least they would if they were above eating off the ground, which they definitely are not.

Thanks to JustA, who agrees some dogs have skills and agility, and others are just good at looking cute. Ours all happen to be the latter.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Smiley Face Galaxy Cluster

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Smiley Face Galaxy Cluster

Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the constellation Leo Minor, galaxy clusters SDSS J0952+3434 appear as a giant smiley face, grinning at us from 4-billion light years away. Ha, I’d be smiling too if I were that far away from the dirtbags on earth. The mouth of the face, which I’m fairly certain is ‘The More You Know’ star traveling in reverse, is actually light from galaxies behind the two eye clusters, with the cluster’s incredible gravity actually bending light towards them. Damn, now that’s some gravity! Also that galaxy cluster looks like it just ate a nebula of mushrooms and can see music now.

USDA Approves Sale Of Glowing Bioluminescent ‘Firefly’ Petunias Infused With Mushroom DNA

USDA Approves Sale Of Glowing Bioluminescent 'Firefly' Petunias Infused With Mushroom DNA

Because scientists are determined to make DNA hacking the way of the future whether you refuse to eat GMO corn or not, ‘synthetic biology startup’ Light Bio has created Firefly Petunias, flowers infused with the DNA of bioluminescent mushrooms so they glow in the dark. And the USDA has just approved their sale, so you can grow your own glowing flowers ($29). Next stop, TRON gardens! And while glowing plants are cool and all, let’s not lose sight of the real goal of DNA hacking: me with wings.

Crazy Rocketman Riding His Rocket-Powered Skateboard

Crazy Rocketman Riding His Rocket-Powered Skateboard

This is a video of Robert “Crazy Rocketman” Maddox (previously) riding the Rocket Board, a homemade rocket-powered skateboard he constructed. It’s pretty glorious. Also I love how he trusts his invention enough to not wear a helmet while one-handing the controls so he can selfie-stick himself with the other. Clearly, this is a man who has conversed with God, and God agreed he should live forever.

Firing A 7 Bore Blunderbuss: Yarrrrr, Prepare to Be Boarded!

Firing A 7 Bore Blunderbuss: Yarrrrr, Prepare to Be Boarded!

This is a video of the gun-lovers at Kentucky Ballistics firing a 7 bore (internal muzzle diameter, 0.873″) blunderbuss. God, I feel the high seas calling my name just looking at it. But I told myself my life of piracy is over — I’ve settled down now. I do miss it though, and often remove my cutlass from its scabbard and daydream of my former life as a pirate captain while sitting at my desk in between video conferences. Sailing the seven seas, singing pirate shanties with my crew, hunting for buried treasure… Admittedly, I have a lot of regrets. Mostly about none of this fantasy being real except the video conferences.