Wikipedia article of the day is Illustrated Daily News. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2PYnMNk Summary: The Daily News was a newspaper published in Los Angeles from 1923 to 1954, founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt IV as the first of several papers he wanted to manage. After quickly going into receivership, it was sold to Manchester Boddy, a local […]
In the center of this serene stellar swirl is likely a harrowing black-hole beast. The surrounding swirl sweeps around billions of stars which are highlighted by the brightest and bluest. The breadth and beauty of the display give the swirl the designation of a grand design spiral galaxy. The central beast shows evidence that it […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 16, 2020: Federico Neri, nurse anesthetist of the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, Italy, at the end of his shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. 18 March 2020. https://ift.tt/2CziMvA
“Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Wikipedia article of the day is 2019 World Snooker Championship. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2GUoGs7 Summary: The 2019 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 20 April to 6 May at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 43rd consecutive year the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible, […]
Does the Moon ever block out Mars? Yes, the Moon occasionally moves in front of all of the Solar System’s planets. Just this past Sunday, as visible from some locations in South America, a waning gibbous Moon eclipsed Mars. The featured image from Córdoba, Argentina captured this occultation well, showing a familiar cratered Moon in […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 15, 2020: High altar of Freiburg Minster, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Hans Baldung, 1512–16. https://ift.tt/3art51l
This past weekend, NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy was no exception as he collected trash for disposal during weekend housekeeping activities. via wordpress https://wp.me/p4wJUi-7cp
“Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.” – Miguel de Unamuno
Wikipedia article of the day is Surrender of Japan. Check it out: https://ift.tt/140RX9x Summary: The surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945, brought the hostilities of World War II to a close. Together with the British Empire and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on […]