the garden needs sorting out/ she curls her lips on the bow

Mondays will be posts by me as I continue towards self-improvement and cross silly things off of my 26 things for 26 years list I wrote for my birthday. I won't be posting the whole list because some of it is private and because some of it is just not very interesting. I will also continue doing Meatless Mondays, although that will kick back up next week.


In addition to the main list of things I wished to accomplish, I had an entire additional list because I was on a list writing role. So, I'm considering those things as part of the entire year's theme. Being awesome, everyday.

Goal: Learn about a celestial body once a month.

I'm not sure if I'll be doing this only once a month. I really enjoy learning about space. But since currently most of my knowledge is limited at best, I'm using this as an opportunity to get a little smarter and maybe reward myself with one of those personal home planetariums that I adore.

My topic for this month is: Quasars

Things I knew about Quasars:
-There is a Marvel character named Quasar.
-The Beastie Boys have a punk band called Quasar
-There was a brand of appliances named Quasar.

-That in space, Quasars are bad news.

Things I Learned about Quasars:
-Quasars are the most luminous objects in space.
-That they are the most powerful and energetic objects in the known universe
-That they are, bad news.

There are many other things that I learned, but they are highly scientific and I defer to experts rather then copy from them.

Wiki, yes, Wiki
Hubble Pictures
SeaSky.org
Space.com

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