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elusivemusings reblogged alnatorSource: mnn.com
Incredible Images of Dead and Dying Stars
Looking up into a starry sky, it seems as if the universe is endless — but that’s not the case. A star has a natural life span, but how and when it dies depends on its mass. Gigantic stars burst into supernovas, which “can briefly outshine entire galaxies and radiate more energy than our sun will in its entire lifetime.” On the other hand, when a super massive star dies, its remnant core can be so dense that it creates a black hole.
Others go a little more quietly. Because our sun isn’t as massive as some other stars, it is expected to swell up into a red giant in a couple billions years (likely enclosing the Earth) before it cools into a white dwarf.
Ultimately, what seems to be true for most stars is that they die spectacularly brilliant deaths. Thanks to projects such as NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, we’re able to see them as never before.
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oceansdream reblogged thewildlifekingdomSource: doublejawed
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Black wolves do not occur naturally. A 2008 study at Stanford University found that the mutation responsible for black fur occurs only in dogs, so black wolves are the result of gray wolves breeding back with domestic canines. The mutation is a dominant trait, like dark hair in humans, and is passed down to the majority of offspring. It is not entirely clear what benefit black fur has for the animals; they do not seem to be more successful hunters, but do show a marked improvement in immunity to certain infections. -
oceansdream reblogged myheadisweak“By the time I went to college I realized to my horror that “maturity” meant accepting constraints and being bound to a limited career path, rather than blossoming into a deeper dimension of possibility and wonder.”
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elusivemusings reblogged humanifestoSource: sleepypsychedelia“Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you, when you start imprinting your intent on the universe rather than receiving an imprint from existence.”
— Barbara Marciniak (via elige)
