Another fun fact: the sweater was also gosling’s doing. They filmed in the UK and he was obsessed with the urban foxes around London. He sprinkled foxes all over the film (a fox keychain, a fox mask, and the sweater) to delight his children. He made this film, in large part, for them.
The skirt belongs to Ilyukhina, one of his crewmates who died. She was really funny, and a beloved character in the book. Milana Vayntrub, the actress who played her, only got a few lines, but she nailed each one. And was delightful in her non-speaking scenes. I freaking love Ily!
I want Jennifer Welch’s prescription for the Democratic Party in the last few minutes of this episode injected into my veins
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This fucking timeline.
My sexuality is “Cross-dressing Ryan Gosling looking at Voyager 1-inspired scientific diagrams in an explicit reference to Carl Sagan”
Fun fact: Ryan Gosling’s favorite book is actually Demon-Haunted World. 😍
The plaques are there in case an alien race ever encounters the ship, as it is the furthest a human-made object has ever traveled, and will outlive the crew. Like the Golden Record, it tells the story of Earth, and of the Hail Mary. At the end, Rocky shows Grace his own version on the Blip A.
I maintain a curated list of resources for scientific writers, and every now and again I remind you that it exists. And: if you know of a resource that should be on my list but isn't, suggest it please!
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REMINDER: Hantavirus is not new. The CDC has documented ~900 cases in the US since 1993, when tracking began. It is more common in the American West. If you see someone freaking out, they are not someone who knows much about zoonotic diseases, which are diseases spread between animals & humans. 🧪
Heading for the Carina Nebula 🚀
The massive stars in the interior of this cosmic bubble emit intense radiation that causes the surrounding gas to glow. By contrast, other regions of the nebula contain dark pillars of dust cloaking newborn stars.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1828/
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Year of Space Facts: Week 18/52 🔭🧪🛰️
One of the youngest known main sequence stars is Omega Nebula's B111, which is just 10,000 years old! The oldest known star is HD 140283, aka the Methuselah Star, which is estimated to be about 14 billion years old.
📸 NASA/ESA/Hubble
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