The December 28 night launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida marked the fifth launch for the rocket’s reusable side boosters. About 2 minutes 20 seconds into the flight, the two side boosters separated from the rocket’s core stage. Starting just after booster separation, this three minute long exposure captures […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 2C and a low of 2C. 92 Humidity. -7 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
Wikipedia picture of the day on January 20, 2024: Falling rain in downtown León, Guanajuato, Mexico. León was founded on this day in 1576. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Theodore II Laskaris. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Theodore II Laskaris (1221/1222–1258) was a Byzantine emperor who ruled the Empire of Nicaea from 1254 until his death. Nicaea was a successor state to the Byzantine Empire, after crusaders captured the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade. Theodore […]
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