Slow and steady wins the race for this gopher tortoise, ambling along the Launch Pad 39B beach road on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Gopher tortoises are dry-land turtles that live in scrub, dry hammock, pine flatwood, coastal grassland and dune habitats. via NASA https://ift.tt/q9auWsg

A supermoon occurred yesterday. And tonight’s moon should also look impressive. Supermoons appear slightly larger and brighter than most full moons because they reach their full phase when slightly nearer to the Earth — closer than 90 percent of all full moons. This supermoon was also a blue moon given the definition that it is […]

Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 25C and a low of 25C. 96 Humidity. 15 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

A training model of the sample return capsule is seen is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range. via NASA https://ift.tt/oUMlW7P

Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars. Cataloged as IC 5146, the beautiful nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide. Soaring high in northern summer night skies, it’s located some 4,000 light years away toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus). Like other star forming regions, it stands out in red, glowing, […]

Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 23C and a low of 23C. 95 Humidity. 15 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from East.

One of the most spectacular solar sights is an erupting prominence. In 2011, NASA’s Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamic Observatory spacecraft imaged an impressively large prominence erupting from the surface. The dramatic explosion was captured in ultraviolet light in the featured time lapse video covering 90 minutes, where a new frame was taken every 24 seconds. The […]

Rain today! With a high of 19C and a low of 19C. 95 Humidity. 19 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

On August 11 a Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched from a rotating planet. With a small satellite on board its mission was dubbed A Sky Full of SARs (Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites), departing for low Earth orbit from Mahia Peninsula on New Zealand’s north island. The fiery trace of the Electron’s graceful launch arc is […]

Mostly Cloudy today! With a high of 26C and a low of 26C. 85 Humidity. 17 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from South.