Nature quote of the day
“If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.” – Bill Watterson
“If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.” – Bill Watterson
“Life is short, the art long.” – Hippocrates
What created Devils Tower? The origin of this extraordinary rock monolith in Wyoming, USA is still debated, with a leading hypothesis holding that it is a hardened lava plume that never reached the surface to become a volcano. In this theory, the lighter rock that once surrounded the dense volcanic neck has now eroded away, […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 21C and a low of 21C. 66 Humidity. 12 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from South.
On April 12, 1981, NASA launched is first Space Transportation System, or space shuttle, mission, carrying astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into orbit. via NASA https://ift.tt/n49ij3A
“To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.” – Max Beerbohm
“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” – Oscar Wilde
Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of dust, and energetic light sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque regions of star formation in the Local Group of Galaxies. Known as N11, the region is visible on the upper right of many images of its home galaxy, the Milky Way neighbor known as the Large Magellanic […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 23C and a low of 23C. 55 Humidity. 9 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies fueled the unusual triangular-shaped star-birthing frenzy, as captured in this image from Hubble. via NASA https://ift.tt/QKDq6pU