So you think the scientific world is one of cold, hard, facts and impassive objectivity, incapable of bringing tenderness and twee sentimentalism forth into the world? You think that NASA, that behemoth of a governmental organization, spends all its time censoring evolutionary scientists and fucking up stuff on the Hubble telescope? Well, you're right, for the most part!
Right now, however, you are wrong, because NASA has just extracted from the comet particle-embedded aerogel collected by Stardust spacecraft A HEART-SHAPED COMET GEM. The particle is made up of the silicate mineral forsterite, which can found on Earth in gemstones called peridot, but who cares because what a beautiful thing. Go hold hands and look at the stars.
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thank you claire. i plan on doing just that. i'll even get on my kneez and pinch myself.
wow... they kind of look like trippy crystal sharks teeth too...
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