A top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample inside. Erika Blumenfeld, creative lead for the Advanced Imaging and Visualization of Astromaterials (AIVA) and Joe Aebersold, project management lead, captured this picture using manual high-resolution precision photography and a semi-automated focus stacking procedure. The […]

Jupiter, our Solar System’s ruling gas giant, is also the fastest spinning planet, rotating once in less than 10 hours. The gas giant doesn’t rotate like a solid body though. A day on Jupiter is about 9 hours and 56 minutes long at the poles, decreasing to 9 hours and 50 minutes near the equator. […]

AM Clouds/PM Sun today! With a high of -1C and a low of -1C. 93 Humidity. -3 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Wikipedia article of the day is Homeworld. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Homeworld is a real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra Studios (co-founder pictured) in 1999 for Microsoft Windows. The science fiction game follows exiles on a spacecraft-constructing mothership who aim to reclaim their ancient homeworld, encountering pirates, mercenaries, […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 19, 2024: Chelonoidis vicina in the Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos National Park, Ecuador More Info

This Hubble Picture of the Week features Arp 122, a peculiar galaxy that in fact comprises two galaxies — NGC 6040, the tilted, warped spiral galaxy and LEDA 59642, the round, face-on spiral — that are in the midst of a collision. via NASA https://ift.tt/eiAZKD2

Northern lights shine in this night skyview from planet Earth’s stratosphere, captured on January 15. The single, 5 second exposure was made with a hand-held camera on board an aircraft above Winnipeg, Canada. During the exposure, terrestrial lights below leave colorful trails along the direction of motion of the speeding aircraft. Above the more distant […]

Rain/Snow today! With a high of 7C and a low of 7C. 94 Humidity. 6 C currently. 11 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Wikipedia article of the day is Mark Baldwin (baseball). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Mark Baldwin (1863–1929) was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Born in Pittsburgh, Baldwin made his professional debut for a Cumberland, Maryland, team in 1883. He made his MLB debut for the […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 18, 2024: Praia Grande (Big Beach) at the end of the day. Porto Covo, Portugal. More Info