“I am not strong on perfection.” – Jasper Johns

“All the universe is full of the lives of perfect creatures.” – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

This magnificent spiral galaxy is Messier 64, often called the Black Eye Galaxy or the Sleeping Beauty Galaxy for its dark-lidded appearance in telescopic views. The spiral’s central region, about 7,400 light-years across, is pictured in this reprocessed image from the Hubble Space Telescope. M64 lies some 17 million light-years distant in the otherwise well-groomed […]

Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 23C and a low of 23C. 75 Humidity. 14 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

On July 17, 2023, NASA’s four Starling CubeSats successfully deployed after having launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket, shown in this image. via NASA https://ift.tt/NRoz0fp

“The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.” – D. H. Lawrence

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Birds don’t fly this high. Airplanes don’t go this fast. The Statue of Liberty weighs less. No species other than human can even comprehend what is going on, nor could any human just a millennium ago. The launch of a rocket bound for space is an event that inspires awe and challenges description. Pictured here […]

PM Thunderstorms today! With a high of 28C and a low of 28C. 89 Humidity. 16 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

As the International Space Station orbited 259 miles above North Africa, clouds covered the sky. To the bottom right of the image, one of the station’s roll-out solar arrays peeks through. via NASA https://ift.tt/bThLUlu