Why is the Lobster Nebula forming some of the most massive stars known? No one is yet sure. Cataloged as NGC 6357, the Lobster Nebula houses the open star cluster Pismis 24 near its center — a home to unusually bright and massive stars. The overall red glow near the inner star forming region results […]
While observing the outer region of the Milky Way galaxy, our Spitzer Telescope captured this infrared image of a cloud of gas and dust that looks like the hollowed-out pumpkins we see every Halloween. via NASA https://ift.tt/v4r83im
“I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.” – Muhammad Iqbal
Cloudy today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 83 Humidity. 9 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from East.
What is the most spook-tacular nebula in the galaxy? One contender is LDN 43, which bears an astonishing resemblance to a vast cosmic bat flying amongst the stars on a dark Halloween night. Located about 1400 light years away in the constellation Ophiuchus, this molecular cloud is dense enough to block light not only from […]
“The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.” – Zora Neale Hurston
AM Clouds/PM Sun today! With a high of 22C and a low of 22C. 73 Humidity. 12 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
What spooky planet is this? Planet Earth of course, on a dark and stormy night in 2013 at Hverir, a geothermally active area along the volcanic landscape in northeastern Iceland. Triggered by solar activity, geomagnetic storms produced the auroral display in the starry night sky. The ghostly towers of steam and gas are venting from […]
“But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.” – H. P. Lovecraft
Part of a dark expanse that splits the crowded plane of our Milky Way galaxy, the Aquila Rift arcs through planet Earth’s skies near bright star Altair. In eerie silhouette against the Milky Way’s faint starlight, its dusty molecular clouds likely contain raw material to form hundreds of thousands of stars and astronomers search the […]