Lyrid Meteor Shower Is Expected To Peak April 19th-April 22nd, 2020. 10 To 20 Stars Are Expected Per

Me @ everyone: look at the moon

Buzzfeed director: Oh you guys are back- where are you going?

Shane and Ryan: moon’s haunted

Buzzfeed director: What?

Shane and Ryan, dragging TJ and the spirit box onto a space ship: moon’s haunted

gosh but like we spent hundreds of years looking up at the stars and wondering “is there anybody out there” and hoping and guessing and imagining

because we as a species were so lonely and we wanted friends so bad, we wanted to meet other species and we wanted to talk to them and we wanted to learn from them and to stop being the only people in the universe

and we started realizing that things were maybe not going so good for us– we got scared that we were going to blow each other up, we got scared that we were going to break our planet permanently, we got scared that in a hundred years we were all going to be dead and gone and even if there were other people out there, we’d never get to meet them

and then

we built robots?

and we gave them names and we gave them brains made out of silicon and we pretended they were people and we told them hey you wanna go exploring, and of course they did, because we had made them in our own image

and maybe in a hundred years we won’t be around any more, maybe yeah the planet will be a mess and we’ll all be dead, and if other people come from the stars we won’t be around to meet them and say hi! how are you! we’re people, too! you’re not alone any more!, maybe we’ll be gone

but we built robots, who have beat-up hulls and metal brains, and who have names; and if the other people come and say, who were these people? what were they like?

the robots can say, when they made us, they called us discovery; they called us curiosity; they called us explorer; they called us spirit. they must have thought that was important.

and they told us to tell you hello.

🌠Don’t forget, the Geminids meteor shower peaks tomorrow night!!🌠

The meteors will radiate from the constellation Gemini, and can be seen anytime between sunset and sunrise, with the best show around 2am! The Geminids tend to be very slow meteors, so the trails can be visible in the sky for up to 2 seconds!!

To find Gemini tomorrow night in the Northern hemisphere:

Face the south

Look for Orion’s belt, the three bright stars close together in a line

Look above and to the left of Orion to see Gemini

Because the meteors radiate from Gemini, look slightly away from Gemini in the sky for the best view of the meteors!

In the Southern hemisphere, look at the Northern horizon - you’ll be able to see meteors even if you can’t see Gemini!

The Geminids get better and better each year as Jupiter pulls more of the asteroid Paethon’s trail into the Earth’s atmosphere. This should be an especially impressive year, however, because Paethon is passing extra-close! The next year it’ll be this close to Earth is 2093, so don’t miss it tomorrow :)

Some viewing tips:

Let your eyes adjust to the darkness for 15-30 minutes to fully enjoy the meteor shower!

Bring a warm blanket and a hot beverage of choice, and get cozy! It can get pretty cold at night.

Try to be out around or after midnight (in your time zone) to see the most meteors.

🌠Happy meteor viewing!!🌠

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Champ

Champ, or Champie, or Big Rem, is the name given to a reputed lake monster living in Lake Champlain, a natural freshwater lake in North America, partially situated across the U.S.-Canada border in the Canadian province of Quebec and partially situated across the Vermont-New York border.Wh ile there is no scientific evidence for the cryptid’s existence, there have been over 300 reported sightings. The legend of the monster is considered a draw for tourism in the Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York areas.

Like the Loch Ness Monster, while most regard Champ as legend, others have speculated it is possible such a creature does live deep in the lake, possibly a relative of the plesiosaur, an extinct group of aquatic reptiles.