That’s no moon. On the ground, that’s the Lars Homestead in Tunisia. And that’s not just any galaxy. That’s the central band of our own Milky Way galaxy. Last, that’s not just any meteor. It is a bright fireball likely from last year’s Perseids meteor shower. The featured image composite combines consecutive exposures taken by […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 24C and a low of 24C. 96 Humidity. 17 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from South.
What would it look like to return home from outside our galaxy? Although designed to answer greater questions, data from ESA’s robotic Gaia mission is helping to provide a uniquely modern perspective on humanity’s place in the universe. Gaia orbits the Sun near the Earth and resolves stars’ positions so precisely that it can determine […]
PM Showers today! With a high of 23C and a low of 23C. 90 Humidity. 17 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
On a road trip up Mount UludaÄ in Bursa province, Turkey these motorcyclists found themselves above low clouds and fog in late June. With the bright Sun directly behind them, the view down the side of the great mountain revealed a beautiful, atmospheric glory and fog bow. Known to some as the heiligenschein or the […]
Showers today! With a high of 23C and a low of 23C. 97 Humidity. 16 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Employees from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida watch as teams with Exploration Ground Systems transport the agency’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) core stage to the spaceport’s Vehicle Assembly Building on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The 212-foot-long rocket stage completed its journey from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans aboard the Pegasus barge […]
As Mars wanders through Earth’s night, it passes about 5 degrees south of the Pleiades star cluster in this composite astrophoto. The skyview was constructed from a series of images captured over a run of 16 consecutive clear nights beginning on July 12. Mars’ march across the field of view begins at the far right, […]
AM Showers today! With a high of 25C and a low of 25C. 94 Humidity. 20 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
In the arid outback of Western Australia, miners have excavated rust-colored soil to reach the precious minerals below. The open pits and ponds of Telfer mine can be seen in this image, captured by the OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9. via NASA https://ift.tt/GQ2ghnx