“Growth Is Painful. Change Is Painful.But Nothing Is As Painful As Staying Stuck Somewhere You Don’t

“You inspired me. For that, you are worth every inch of love I had to give.”

— Bianca Sparacino, Seeds Planted in Concrete (via thoughtkick)

Lmao I would do the same

In our restlessness, we’re always tempted to climb every hill, to cross every skyline to find out what lies beyond. But yet, as you get older and wiser, it isn’t just flagging energy but rather increasing wisdom that teaches you to look at mountains from below. Or perhaps, just climb them a little way, for at the top you can no longer see the mountain. And beyond, on the other side, there is perhaps just another valley like this.

- Alan Watts

Weird and Wonderful Irregular Galaxies

Spiral and elliptical galaxies seem neatly put together, but what happened to irregular galaxies? Irregular galaxies have one-of-a-kind shapes and many look like blobs! Why do they look the way they do? Astronomers think the uniqueness of these galaxies results from their interactions with other galaxies — like when they pass close to one another or even collide!

Looking back at the early universe with the help of our Hubble Space Telescope’s “deep field” observations, astronomers can peek at galaxies millions and billions of light-years away. They noticed that these far-away galaxies appear unusually messy, showing more star formation and mergers than galaxies closer to the Milky Way.

We also see irregular galaxies closer to home, though. Some may form when two galaxies pass close together in a near-miss. When this happens, their gravity pulls stars out of place in both galaxies, messing up the neat structure they originally had as spiral or elliptical galaxies. Think of it like this: you happen to have a pile of papers sitting at the edge of a table and when someone passes close by the papers become ruffled and may scatter everywhere! Even though the two galaxies never touched, gravity's effects leave them looking smeared or distorted.

Some irregular galaxies result from the collision between two galaxies. And while some of these look like a blob of stars and dust, others form dazzling ring galaxies! Scientists think these may be a product of collisions between small and large galaxies. These collisions cause ripples that disturb both galaxies, throwing dust, gas, and stars outward. When this happens, it pushes out a ring of material, causing gas clouds to collide and spark the birth of new stars. After just a few million years, stars larger than our Sun explode as supernovae, leaving neutron stars and black holes throughout the ring!

Not all galaxy collisions create irregular galaxies — our Milky Way spiral galaxy has gone through many mergers but has stayed intact! And for some interacting galaxies, being an irregular galaxy may just be a phase in their transformation. We’re observing them at a snapshot in time where things are messy, but they may eventually become neat and structured spirals and ellipticals.

Irregular galaxies are similar to each other, but unique and beautiful because of their different interactions, whether they’re just passing another galaxy or taking part in a dramatic collision. Keep up with NASA Universe on Facebook and Twitter where we post regularly about galaxies.

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Galena Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, England

Ragnarok!

I'm lawful 4.0 and that's why people call me wierd.

ethereal dreamscapes by maya beano

“Because you are alive, everything is possible.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Writing Jeyna is like:

The coffee! The coffee orders! Coffee shop! The coffee!

Jellybeans. The in depth analysis of jelly bean colors and how it ties into their relationship

Hands! It's all about the hands

Paperwork. The metaphor of paperwork as in how Reyna always tries to keep ahead of schedule and do it properly whereas Jason procastinates and does it the night before.

Reyna's braids. Jason loving her hair. Enough said.

EYES! EMOTION! EYES!

Streets of New Rome. Stories on each street.

War Games. How rivalry turns to an uncertain friendship.

Senate meetings and defending each other in small ways

The little gestures. Fingers touching, leg shoving, a hand on the back, shoulders clashing. It's the small things!!!

Their friends. In depth headcanons for Gwen, Dakota, Bobby, Felix etc even though theres likeaybe 5 lines about them in canon.

AUs! High school AUs, where Reyna is usually School President ; medieval AUs; mortal AUs (Reyna's usually a lawyer)

Songs! Taylor Swift is a staple for Jeyna fanfics.

Nightmares. Sucks but it's for the ✨angst✨

Forehead and cheek kisses!

Ok this is usually me but I do think other jeyna writers do the same. @xstarsarewrong true or nah?