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

The whole thing looks like an eagle. A closer look at the Eagle Nebula’s center, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. Through this window, a brightly-lit workshop appears where a whole open cluster of stars is being formed. In this cavity tall […]

AM Clouds/PM Sun today! With a high of 19C and a low of 19C. 90 Humidity. 6 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

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

This is the last complete image of the asteroid Dimorphos, as seen by our Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) 2 seconds before impact. via NASA https://ift.tt/ShiPrlT

What mysteries might be solved by peering into this crystal ball? In this case, the ball is actually a moon of Jupiter, the crystals are ice, and the moon is not only dirty but cracked beyond repair. Nevertheless, speculation is rampant that oceans exist under Europa’s fractured ice-plains that could support life. Europa, roughly the […]

AM Clouds/PM Sun today! With a high of 16C and a low of 16C. 99 Humidity. 8 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from Northeast.

“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.” – Arthur C. Clarke

“When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.” – Alfred Eisenstaedt

What could shoot out a neutron star like a cannon ball? A supernova. About 10,000 years ago, the supernova that created the nebular remnant CTB 1 not only destroyed a massive star but blasted its newly formed neutron star core — a pulsar — out into the Milky Way Galaxy. The pulsar, spinning 8.7 times […]