Why is our Sun so active now? No one is sure. An increase in surface activity was expected because our Sun is approaching solar maximum in 2025. However, last month our Sun sprouted more sunspots than in any month during the entire previous 11-year solar cycle — and even dating back to 2002. The featured […]
Isolated Thunderstorms today! With a high of 36C and a low of 36C. 77 Humidity. 18 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, just before closest approach on July 14, 2015. via NASA https://ift.tt/WoMnkzK
“What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.” – Lionel Trilling
“If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature’s way.” – Aristotle
When stars form, pandemonium reigns. A textbook case is the star forming region NGC 6559. Visible in the featured image are red glowing emission nebulas of hydrogen, blue reflection nebulas of dust, dark absorption nebulas of dust, and the stars that formed from them. The first massive stars formed from the dense gas will emit […]
AM Thunderstorms today! With a high of 29C and a low of 29C. 74 Humidity. 22 C currently. 10 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
“Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.” – Steven Pinker
“Nature’s far too subtle to repeat herself.” – Paul Muni
Eta Carinae may be about to explode. But no one knows when – it may be next year, it may be one million years from now. Eta Carinae’s mass – about 100 times greater than our Sun – makes it an excellent candidate for a full blown supernova. Historical records do show that about 170 […]