“The bluebird carries the sky on his back.” – Henry David Thoreau

Does this nebula look like the head of a witch? The nebula is known popularly as the Witch Head Nebula because, it is said, the nebula’s shape resembles a Halloween-style caricature of a witch’s head. Exactly how, though, can be a topic of imaginative speculation. What is clear is that IC 2118 is about 50 […]

Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 94 Humidity. 9 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from South.

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 4, 2023: Small pratincole (Glareola lactea), Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka More Info

Wikipedia article of the day is WSNS-TV. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: WSNS-TV (channel 44) is a television station in Chicago broadcasting the Spanish-language Telemundo network. It is owned and operated by the network and shares its studios in the NBC Tower (pictured), and its transmitter on the Willis Tower, with WMAQ-TV. WSNS-TV was built […]

Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev landed in their Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 371 days in space as members of […]

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

Do you see the hourglass shape — or does it see you? If you can picture it, the rings of MyCn 18 trace the outline of an hourglass — although one with an unusual eye in its center. Either way, the sands of time are running out for the central star of this hourglass-shaped planetary […]

PM Showers today! With a high of 23C and a low of 23C. 58 Humidity. 18 C currently. 18 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 3, 2023: A waitress with Hacker-Pschorr, one of the traditional beers allowed to be served at Oktoberfest. She wears a Dirndl, a traditional women’s dress of Bavaria. Today is the last day of the festival this year. More Info