In the fading darkness before dawn, a tilted triangle appeared to balance atop a rock formation off the southern tip of Sicily. Making up the points of the triangle are three of the four brightest objects visible in Earth’s sky: Jupiter, Venus and the Moon. Though a thin waning crescent, most of the moon’s disk […]
PM Showers today! With a high of 11C and a low of 11C. 74 Humidity. 11 C currently. 24 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia article of the day is 90377 Sedna. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Sedna is a trans-Neptunian object with the minor-planet number 90377. It was discovered on November 14, 2003, by the astronomers Michael Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz. As of 2023, Sedna is 84 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun, which is almost three […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 14, 2023: A drinker (Euthrix potatoria) in Pärnu, Estonia. More Info
In this photo from Nov. 9, 2023, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket illuminates the water as it launches at night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 29th commercial resupply mission of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft brought new scientific research, technology demonstrations, crew supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station, including NASA’s Integrated […]
“The view of Earth is spectacular.” – Sally Ride
“Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.” – Jean Rostand
Have you ever seen the Andromeda galaxy? Although M31 appears as a faint and fuzzy blob to the unaided eye, the light you see will be over two million years old, making it likely the oldest light you ever will see directly. The featured image captured Andromeda just before it set behind the Swiss Alps […]
Rain today! With a high of 14C and a low of 14C. 89 Humidity. 11 C currently. 18 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia article of the day is Fuzuli (poet). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Fuzuli (Füzuli) is the pen name of Muhammad bin Suleyman (1483–1556), a 16th-century poet who composed works in his native Azerbaijani, as well as Persian and Arabic. He is regarded as one of the greatest poets of Turkic literature. He was widely […]