“Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.” – Jean Ingelow

“When artists make art, they shouldn’t question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.” – Sol LeWitt

This stunning infrared image was released one year ago as the James Webb Space Telescope began its exploration of the cosmos. The view of the early Universe toward the southern constellation Volans was achieved in 12.5 hours of exposure with Webb’s NIRCam instrument. Of course the stars with six spikes are well within our own […]

Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 34C and a low of 34C. 59 Humidity. 19 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from South.

Work is being done on the Orion spacecraft for NASAs crewed Artemis II, Artemis III, and Artemis IV missions at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/w4QlWTL

“I start a picture and I finish it.” – Jean-Michel Basquiat

“Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” – A. A. Milne

Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) was just spotted in March, another comet found by the NASA funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. On July 1 this Comet ATLAS reached perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun. Shortly afterwards the telescopic comet was captured in this frame sporting a pretty greenish coma and faint, narrow ion tail […]

AM Clouds/PM Sun today! With a high of 29C and a low of 29C. 79 Humidity. 13 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

Former NASA astronaut Jack Fischer captured this photograph of Lagoa dos Barros and crescent-shaped barchan dunes on the Atlantic coastline of southern Brazil on July 9, 2017, while aboard the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/40ueAbU