“Art depends on luck and talent.” – Francis Ford Coppola

When the Artemis 1 mission’s Orion spacecraft makes its November 21 powered flyby of the Moon, denizens of planet Earth will see the Moon in a waning crescent phase. The spacecraft will approach to within about 130 kilometers of the lunar surface on its way to a distant retrograde orbit some 70,000 kilometers beyond the […]

Showers today! With a high of 8C and a low of 8C. 93 Humidity. 7 C currently. 11 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

A small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 blots out the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/dK9lxVE

“Behind every cloud is another cloud.” – Judy Garland

“I realize that every picture isn’t a work of art.” – Conrad Hall

The protostar within dark cloud L1527 is a mere 100,000 years old, still embedded in the cloud of gas and dust that feeds its growth. In this NIRCam image from the James Webb Space Telescope, the dark band at the neck of the infrared nebula is a thick disk that surrounds the young stellar object. […]

Showers today! With a high of 9C and a low of 9C. 93 Humidity. 7 C currently. 13 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Stephanie Yazzie, Northern Arizona University student and NAU Space Jacks team member, poses with her team’s rocket in this photo from the 2019 NASA First Nations Launch (FNL) competition. via NASA https://ift.tt/s7SJrHn

“Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.” – William Allingham