“Nature is a petrified magic city.” – Novalis

“There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.” – Andre Gide

On December 4, periodic Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks shared this telescopic field of view with Vega, alpha star of the northern constellation Lyra. Fifth brightest star in planet Earth’s night, Vega is some 25 light-years distant while the much fainter comet was about 21 light-minutes away. In recent months, outbursts have caused dramatic increases in brightness for […]

Rain today! With a high of 7C and a low of 7C. 92 Humidity. 2 C currently. 13 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Wikipedia article of the day is White Horse (Taylor Swift song). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: “White Horse” is a single by Taylor Swift (pictured) from her second studio album, Fearless. A country pop song, the ballad is driven by a finger-picked guitar and includes piano and cello accents. The lyrics incorporate fairy-tale imagery of […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on December 8, 2023: Half-timbered mansion of the former Zirkelmühle in the Thuringian village of Mellenbach-Glasbach, Germany More Info

Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (left) and Christina Koch (middle) of NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen (second from left) view the core stage for the Space Launch System rocket at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Nov. 16. The three astronauts, along with NASA’s Victor Glover, will […]

“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” – Mark Twain

“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” – Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

On December 5, 2022, a camera on board the uncrewed Orion spacecraft captured this view as Orion approached its return powered flyby of the Moon. Beyond one of Orion’s extended solar arrays lies dark, smooth, terrain along the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum. Prominent on the lunar nearside Oceanus Procellarum, the Ocean of Storms, […]