Dominated by dark matter, massive cluster of galaxies Abell 2744 is known to some as Pandora’s Cluster. It lies 3.5 billion light-years away toward the constellation Sculptor. Using the galaxy cluster’s enormous mass as a gravitational lens to warp spacetime and magnify even more distant objects directly behind it, astronomers have found a background galaxy, […]
Showers today! With a high of 9C and a low of 9C. 94 Humidity. 7 C currently. 21 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 10, 2023: Hortus Haren. (Laetiporus sulphureus) on (Ginkgo biloba). More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Radoje Pajović. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Radoje Pajović (1934–2019) was a prominent Yugoslav and Montenegrin historian who worked at the Institute of History at the University of Montenegro for forty years, and received the “13 July Award” from the National Assembly of Montenegro and the “19 December Award” […]
A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2023, carrying the DISSIPATION mission. The rocket launched into aurora and successfully captured data to understand how auroras heat the atmosphere and cause high-altitude winds. via NASA https://ift.tt/s5tle2u
“All nature wears one universal grin.” – Henry Fielding
“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.” – Baltasar Gracian
The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier’s famous 18th century list of things which are not comets. In fact, the Crab is now known to be a supernova remnant, debris from the death explosion of a massive star witnessed by astronomers in the year 1054. This sharp image from […]
Showers today! With a high of 11C and a low of 11C. 70 Humidity. 6 C currently. 18 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 9, 2023: People sitting in the Tuileries Garden in front of the Roue de Paris (France). This 60-metre (200 ft) tall Ferris wheel was originally installed for the 2000 millennium celebrations. More Info