Most galaxies don’t have any rings — why does this galaxy have two? To begin, the bright band near NGC 1512’s center is a nuclear ring, a ring that surrounds the galaxy center and glows brightly with recently formed stars. Most stars and accompanying gas and dust, however, orbit the galactic center in a ring […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 20C and a low of 20C. 70 Humidity. 11 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Northeast.
“Imagination is the eye of the soul.” – Joseph Joubert
“If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.” – Bill Watterson
On certain dates in February, an elusive firefall can be spotted at sunset in Yosemite National Park, when water flows, the weather cooperates and the direction to the setting Sun is just right. Often photographed from vantage points below, at the right moment the park’s seasonal Horsetail Fall is isolated in the shadows of the […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 22C and a low of 22C. 71 Humidity. 9 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen shortly after it landed with NASA and ESA astronauts on Friday, May 6, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/dXMRUyJ
“‘Healing,’ Papa would tell me, ‘is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.’” – W. H. Auden
This cosmic skyscape features glowing gas and dark dust clouds along side the young stars of NGC 3572. A beautiful emission nebula and star cluster it sails far southern skies within the nautical constellation Carina. Stars from NGC 3572 are toward top center in the telescopic frame that would measure about 100 light-years across at […]
AM Showers today! With a high of 19C and a low of 19C. 91 Humidity. 10 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Northeast.