Two of Orion’s four recently installed solar array wings are exposed and surrounded by the panels that will protect it during launch and ascent. via wordpress https://wp.me/p4wJUi-7qb
Saturn and Jupiter are getting closer. Every night that you go out and check for the next two months, these two bright planets will be even closer together on the sky. Finally, in mid-December, a Great Conjunction will occur — when the two planets will appear only 0.1 degrees apart — just one fifth the […]
This illustration shows the hot, dense, expanding cloud of debris stripped from neutron stars just before they collided. via wordpress https://wp.me/p4wJUi-7qR
How many famous sky objects can you find in this image? The featured dark sky composite combines over 60 exposures spanning over 220 degrees to create a veritable menagerie of night sky wonders. Visible celestial icons include the Belt of Orion, the Orion Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy, the California Nebula, and bright stars Sirius and […]
On Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample collection mission performed a successful “Touch-And-Go” (TAG) maneuver. via NASA https://wp.me/p4wJUi-7rp
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 21, 2020: Main building of the University of Wrocław, which was established on this day in 1702. View from the River Oder. https://ift.tt/31oINGU
“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Wikipedia article of the day is Leech. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2iNUf61 Summary: Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worms of the subclass Hirudinea in the phylum Annelida. Like earthworms, they have soft, muscular, segmented bodies that can lengthen and contract, but the coelom, the body cavity that can be spacious in other annelids, is reduced […]