“All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.” – John Stuart Mill

“There’s something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.” – Ken Kesey

At opposition, opposite the Sun in Earth’s sky, late last month Jupiter is also approaching perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in its elliptical orbit, early next year. That makes Jupiter exceptionally close to our fair planet, currently resulting in excellent views of the Solar System’s ruling gas giant. On September 27, this sharp […]

Mostly Cloudy today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 84 Humidity. 12 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor installs samples for the Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification (MICS) experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in this image from Nov. 27, 2018. via NASA https://ift.tt/y3lAnce

“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” – Gertrude Jekyll

“One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.” – Jean Cocteau

NGC 4631 is a big beautiful spiral galaxy. Seen edge-on, it lies only 25 million light-years away in the well-trained northern constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy’s slightly distorted wedge shape suggests to some a cosmic herring and to others its popular moniker, The Whale Galaxy. Either way, it is similar in size to our own […]

AM Clouds/PM Sun today! With a high of 17C and a low of 17C. 79 Humidity. 14 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Astronaut Nicole Mann sits inside a T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas in this image from Nov. 15, 2018. via NASA https://ift.tt/3eJfDkR