My Favourite Scenes From The Harry Potter Movies

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“There is not perhaps another object in the heavens that presents us with such a variety of extraordinary phenomena as the planet Saturn.”

—Sir William Herschel (1738-1822)

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.  It matters that you don’t just give up.

Stephen Hawking, who turns 74 today. Happy birthday! (via astrowhat)

“Don’t think of night as the absence of day; think of it as a kind of freedom. Turned away from our sun, we see the dawning of far flung galaxies. We are no longer sun blinded to the star coated universe we inhabit.

Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses (via beautyandtheuniverse)

Gigantic Ring System Around J1407b Much Larger, Heavier Than Saturn’s.

Saturn Photographed by Giacomo Venturin

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Time lapse of Voyager 1′s approach to Jupiter