Voyager 1, best known for being named after the iffiest series in the Star Trek franchise (I assume), has left our solar system after traveling nearly 11-billion miles, becoming the first man-made object to do so. *standing around* Well?! One of you better be baking a f***ing cake. For the very first time, Voyager’s instruments have also begun to detect gusts of charged particles blowing in the opposite direction, back towards our sun. Where are these particles coming from? Whatever’s out there in the space between the stars. Interstellar space, they call it, and it’s what makes up most of our galaxy… Voyager 1 should have enough fuel and propellant to continue traveling outwards (and sending back data) until at least 2020, by which time it’ll be about 12.5 billion miles from us. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? “About those idiots that drank the Kool-Aid hoping to zoom off in the spaceship behind Hale-Bopp?” Haha, yeah. It would’ve been cooler if they’d shot themselves out of a cannon. Voyager 1 becomes first man-made object to taste galactic space [dvice] Thanks to Jester, who also doubles as the king’s food taster. OMG, you’ve got to try these mashed potatoes — they’re to die for. MWAHA MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

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Don’t Forget To Write: Voyager One Becomes First Man-Made Object To Leave The Solar System

Geekologie Reader and photojournalist with balls at least 5x the international average (and 8x that of Geekologie Readers), David Adams was actually in Libya for the Battle of Sfett Hill (of trunk-tank fame ), and took a bunch more footage of the fighting (and makeshift weapons used). It, uh, really makes me thankful to be sitting in a quiet, florescent-lighted office. This battle took place on 6/6/11. The rebels from Qalaa and Zintan were successful in removing Gaddafi forces from Sffet Hill. The rebels use many makeshift weapons to get the job done. One of the more interesting weapons I’ve heard about, but haven’t seen yet, is a 14.5mm gun with two grad rocket tubes mounted on the side. Also, I had to take a pee break in the middle of the fight. sorry. Video by Colin Summers and David Adams. Colin used a GOPRO mounted on his nikon while I used a canon 7d for video. Not gonna lie, David, I would’ve just pissed my pants. And not because I’m some sort of hardcore photojournalist afraid of missing a moment on film, but because I would’ve just been pissing my pants in fear the entire time. And crying. Lots of crying. HARD. Hit the jump for the holy smokes.

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Libyan Truck-Mounted Tank Cannon: Now With More Truck-Mounted Weapon Friends

This is a commercial for The League of S.T.E.A.M. (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparitional Management), a Victorian-looking ghost elimination company. I thought it was pretty cute. If you like what you see, they have a series of shorts on Youtube of them catching spirits or whatever the hell a bunch of steampunky ghostbusters do. And speaking of catching spirits — toss me an airplane bottle and LET’S GET THIS PARTY STARTED! Happy 4th of July weekend everybody! Hit it for the video.

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