This is a good week to see meteors. Comet dust will rain down on planet Earth, streaking through dark skies during peak nights of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. The featured composite image was taken during the 2018 Perseids from the Poloniny Dark Sky Park in Slovakia. The dome of the observatory in the foreground […]
Showers today! With a high of 21C and a low of 21C. 73 Humidity. 16 C currently. 13 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
In this image from April 2023, NASA’s Moonikin Campos enjoys a quiet moment during acceleration sled testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. via NASA https://ift.tt/8IxleFY
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What’s that below the Moon? Jupiter — and its largest moons. Many skygazers across planet Earth enjoyed the close conjunction of Earth’s Moon passing nearly in front of Jupiter in mid-June. The featured image is a single exposure of the event taken from Morón de la Frontera, Spain. The sunlit lunar crescent on the left […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 22C and a low of 22C. 76 Humidity. 13 C currently. 11 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
In this image from June 2023, an engineer watches a development model rover during a test for NASA’s Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) technology demonstration in the Mars Yard at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. via NASA https://ift.tt/JKvoFAa
In this image from June 2023, an engineer watches a development model rover during a test for NASA’s Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) technology demonstration in the Mars Yard at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. via NASA https://ift.tt/JKvoFAa
“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” – Jane Austen