Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev landed in their Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 371 days in space as members of […]
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
Do you see the hourglass shape — or does it see you? If you can picture it, the rings of MyCn 18 trace the outline of an hourglass — although one with an unusual eye in its center. Either way, the sands of time are running out for the central star of this hourglass-shaped planetary […]
PM Showers today! With a high of 23C and a low of 23C. 58 Humidity. 18 C currently. 18 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 3, 2023: A waitress with Hacker-Pschorr, one of the traditional beers allowed to be served at Oktoberfest. She wears a Dirndl, a traditional women’s dress of Bavaria. Today is the last day of the festival this year. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is 1919–20 Gillingham F.C. season. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The 1919–20 Gillingham Football Club season was their 22nd season in England’s Southern League, and their 21st in the league’s Division One. George Collins was appointed as Gillingham’s new manager, and most of the players were new; the club struggled […]
“When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.” – Alfred Eisenstaedt
“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.” – Arthur C. Clarke
Sometimes lightning occurs out near space. One such lightning type is red sprite lightning, which has only been photographed and studied on Earth over the past 25 years. The origins of all types of lightning remain topics for research, and scientists are still trying to figure out why red sprite lightning occurs at all. Research […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 26C and a low of 26C. 78 Humidity. 12 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from Southeast.