This composite image shows the Christmas Tree Cluster. The blue and white lights (which blink in the animated version of this image) are young stars that give off X-rays detected by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Optical data from the National Science Foundation’s WIYN 0.9-meter telescope on Kitt Peak shows gas in the nebula in green, […]
“And finally Winter, with its bitin’, whinin’ wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.” – Roy Bean
“Painting completed my life.” – Frida Kahlo
Could Queen Calafia’s mythical island exist in space? Perhaps not, but by chance the outline of this molecular space cloud echoes the outline of the state of California, USA. Our Sun has its home within the Milky Way’s Orion Arm, only about 1,000 light-years from the California Nebula. Also known as NGC 1499, the classic […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 4C and a low of 4C. 81 Humidity. -1 C currently. 10 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 19, 2023: Winter in ‘It Wikelslân. Location, Nationaal Park De Oude Venen in Friesland. Footpath between marshes and bog holes. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is C. O. Brocato. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: C. O. Brocato (1929–2015) was an American scout, coach and football player best known for his work with the Houston Oilers (later the Tennessee Titans), for which he was a scout from 1974 to 1976, and again from 1981 until his death. […]
The surface of Mars is littered with examples of glacier-like landforms. While surface ice deposits are mostly limited to the polar caps, patterns of slow, viscous flow abound in many non-polar regions of Mars. Streamlines that appear as linear ridges in the surface soils and rocky debris are often exposed on top of infilling deposits […]
“We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.” – Walter Scott
“Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn.” – John Updike