It’s so big it is easy to miss. The entire Veil Nebula spans six times the diameter of the full moon, but is so dim you need binoculars to see it. The nebula was created about 15,000 years ago when a star in the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus) exploded. The spectacular explosion would have […]
PM Light Rain today! With a high of 17C and a low of 17C. 92 Humidity. 4 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from East.
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 18, 2023: View to the east from Cho La, 5,400 metres (17,700 ft) a. s. l., a feature-rich mountain pass to the south of the Great Himalayan Range in the Everest Zone of Nepal, Himalayas. Glacial field covered with snow, black cliffs exposing geological layers and a small glacial […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Growing Up Absurd. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Growing Up Absurd is a 1960 book by Paul Goodman (pictured) on the relationship between American juvenile delinquency and the lack of societal opportunities to fulfill natural needs. It drew from his prior works, psychotherapy practice, and personal experiences and relationships. […]
The north coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur on the Pacific Ocean is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above. via NASA
“Insight is the first condition of Art.” – George Henry Lewes
“A weed is but an unloved flower.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
It’s not the big ring that’s attracting the most attention. Although the big planet-forming ring around the star PDS 70 is clearly imaged and itself quite interesting. It’s also not the planet on the right, just inside the big disk, that’s being talked about the most. Although the planet PDS 70c is a newly formed […]
Cloudy today! With a high of 14C and a low of 14C. 80 Humidity. 3 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
Wikipedia article of the day is Venus in fiction. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The planet Venus has been used as a setting in fiction since before the 19th century. Its impenetrable cloud cover gave writers free rein to speculate on conditions at Venus’s surface, which was often depicted as warmer than Earth’s but habitable. […]