“The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.” – Blaise Pascal

To some it looks like a cat’s eye. To others, perhaps like a giant cosmic conch shell. It is actually one of the brightest and most highly detailed planetary nebula known, composed of gas expelled in the brief yet glorious phase near the end of life of a Sun-like star. This nebula’s dying central star […]

AM Fog/PM Clouds today! With a high of 3C and a low of 3C. 97 Humidity. 3 C currently. 11 Km/h Wind from North.

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 7, 2024: Winter morning in the Carpathian National Park, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine More Info

Wikipedia article of the day is Daisy Bacon. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Daisy Bacon (1898–1986) was an American pulp fiction magazine editor and writer, best known as the editor of Love Story Magazine from 1928 to 1947. She was hired in 1926 to assist with “Friends in Need”, an advice column in the magazine, […]

“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.” – Jean Cocteau

You couldn’t really be caught in this blizzard while standing by a cliff on periodic comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Orbiting the comet in June of 2016, the Rosetta spacecraft’s narrow angle camera did record streaks of dust and ice particles similar to snow as they drifted across the field of view close to the camera and above […]

PM Light Rain today! With a high of 4C and a low of 4C. 88 Humidity. 4 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Wikipedia article of the day is Supernova. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: A supernova is a powerful explosion of a star, usually a star that is unable to produce sufficient energy from nuclear fusion to counteract its own gravity. Its remnant will become a diffuse nebula, neutron star or black hole. The peak optical luminosity […]