Venus goes through phases. Just like our Moon, Venus can appear as a full circular disk, a thin crescent, or anything in between. Venus, frequently the brightest object in the post-sunset or pre-sunrise sky, appears so small, however, that it usually requires binoculars or a small telescope to clearly see its current phase. The featured […]
Cloudy today! With a high of 0C and a low of 0C. 72 Humidity. -2 C currently. 18 Km/h Wind from Northeast.
Wikipedia article of the day is Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. is a landmark 1948 New York Supreme Court decision. It was the first case in the United States dealing with moral rights in authorship. The Soviet composers Dmitri Shostakovich (pictured), Aram Khachaturian, […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on January 8, 2024: An African common toad swimming in Lake Sibhayi, South Africa More Info
“If you know somethin’ well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin’ chickens.” – Grandma Moses
“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, […]