Neptune's Rings

Supernovas, Nebulas, and Stars captured by Hubble space telescope ✨🌌 💫

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑵𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒂, 𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝟗𝟗. 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝟗𝟗 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒏𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒂, 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕. 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝟗𝟗 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒌𝒚. 𝑶𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒚𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉, 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑪𝒓𝒖𝒙. 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝟗𝟗 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕-𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕-𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔. 𝑺𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚.✨💙

"If you go on T you won't look like a pretty anime boy, you're gonna look like an ugly man!" is so funny because I'm SE Asian, have been on T for 3 years with subtle (but satisfactory) changes, and definitely still have been told I look like an anime boy or a K-pop idol (because racism.) I do like to take care of my appearance and make an effort to look nice and stylish, but that's not a "pretty anime boy" or "K-pop idol" thing, I'm just A Guy who wants to look nice and pretty and cool. It's such an odd statement cause from my perspective it definitely does not consider the experience I described above, LMAO. It's assuming a "little white girl who doesn't know any better and likes anime" person, or something like that. (Just putting this out there because transmascs of color definitely need to be heard more, and transitioning on T experiences are all very very different.)

And anyways, the condescending way people talk down to trans men who do want to look like their cute/pretty fictional men transition goals is so weird... Like, what's wrong with that, anyways? Some fictional guys are really designed nicely, and may give new perspective on masculinity or maleness that people IRL may not show depending on where you live. Anyways, I think even if T changes you to be more masculine than you expected, you can still present in a way inspired by characters and styles you admire if you so like.

And the other side -- what's wrong with looking like an "ugly" man? I feel like that's saying any masculine trait is "ugly," so if you think that please reevaluate yourself. Looking more like a man Is Kind Of The Entire Point. Many transmascs will embrace that masculinity, and that's not anything bad, wrong, or poisonous. If you think it makes them look uglier or more like a predator or enemy, I want you to know that is not a very kind mindset to have toward transgender people, or to any man in general; it's rather in poor taste, and shows you are not an ally to transgender people. So if you do desire to be an ally, I urge you to reevaluate yourself and challenge yourself on what being a "man" entails, what being "masculine" entails. Because it's not inherently immorality or ugliness, it's just a gender.

This framing of masculinization as something to be warned against, that we don't know what we're getting into is not very cool, definitely ignoring we have our own agency and choices and feelings about our bodies. Like, when we go on T, often we know what it will do to us, and what kind of person we are gender-wise. We're making that choice for ourselves, absurd that we're treated like we don't know any better. We know. Don't treat it like a warning that we'll become less desirable types of people.

Space + Academia

Requested by @starclusters-super-dumb-reblogs

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Messier 100 Galaxy by Judy Schmidt

M15 // Phil Hoppes

if you ever feel like you're not "smart enough" for STEM or didn't do that great in school, i just wanna let you know that i failed algebra 2 THREE TIMES and dropped my high school physics class the FIRST WEEK...

and NASA chose me to student research with them.

so what i'm trying to say is that STEM is for EVERYONE. if school wasn't the easiest for you and you're not the strongest in math, don't let that stop you from pursuing STEM. working hard for goals makes you a great scientist.

screw that stereotype that all STEM majors are geniuses who were building robots and knew how to work a microscope at 3 years old.

STEM IS FOR EVERYONE! BECOME A FREAKING SCIENTIST! YOU CAN DO IT!

bro i can’t come to the phone right now, neptune has a moon that shines like a star.