The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, M33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy. M33 is over 50,000 light-years in diameter, third largest in the Local Group of galaxies after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), and our own Milky Way. About 3 million light-years from the […]
“The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.” – Saint Teresa of Avila
AM Light Rain today! With a high of 13C and a low of 13C. 81 Humidity. 11 C currently. 16 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Watch for three things in this unusual eclipse video. First, watch for a big dark circle to approach from the right to block out more and more of the Sun. This dark circle is the Moon, and the video was made primarily to capture this partial solar eclipse last week. Next, watch a large solar […]
Teams at the NASA Armstrong Research Center recently completed stress testing on the Navy’s F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, seen here in a top view while in a wing loading test configuration at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. via NASA https://ift.tt/NmCB9Ah
“I know the lands are lit, with all the autumn blaze of Goldenrod.” – Helen Hunt Jackson
AM Rain today! With a high of 15C and a low of 15C. 90 Humidity. 13 C currently. 18 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
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