Obama Messes With The Space Program... What Are We Gonna Do Now?

Me, I was hoping to get my ass to Mars so I could stay at a martian nursing home but alas, even that dream has been crushed, courtesy of President Obama and his trimming of the NASA budget.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophisi- astrophysi- fuck I can't even spell it. He's smart, okay? And fascinating (hey at least I can spell that.)

Tyson has a layman's way of explaining complicated space-type things and as such, he's gaining a lot of fans around the world. Very interesting video clip here... watch!

NASA Gamma Ray Telescope Picks Up Ominous Image

Why did an entire galaxy 7.2 billion light years away from us suddenly flare up like an exploding sun* recently? And why does the red stuff look like it's floating off my monitor? (optical illusion there...)

"We're looking right down the barrel of a particle jet powered by the galaxy's supermassive black hole," said Gino Tosti at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics in Perugia, Italy. 

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* I stole that line from "Space Seed," an old Star Trek episode

NASA's Kepler Mission: Giant Chipotle Burrito Launches Tomorrow Night

Check it out -- we are going to start looking for other life forms, big time! NASA's Kepler rocket blasts off tomorrow night at 10:49 EST.