Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, has passed away. He was 94. via NASA https://ift.tt/gR2W6En

“What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.” – Isaac Bashevis Singer

Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 92 Humidity. 7 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Northeast.

How far can you see? Everything you can see, and everything you could possibly see, right now, assuming your eyes could detect all types of radiations around you — is the observable universe. In light, the farthest we can see comes from the cosmic microwave background, a time 13.8 billion years ago when the universe […]

In this image from August 2021, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei sits and reads while on the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/HUfxGc8

“A forest bird never wants a cage.” – Henrik Ibsen

Light Rain today! With a high of 12C and a low of 12C. 69 Humidity. 6 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from South.

Pictured — a very scenic road to the stars. The road approaches La Silla Observatory in Chile, with the ESO’s 3.6-meter telescope just up ahead. To the left are some futuristic-looking support structures for the planned BlackGEM telescopes, an array of optical telescopes that will help locate optical counterparts to gravitational waves detections by LIGO […]

Today is Pi Day! via NASA https://ift.tt/hIo9sCK

“Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?” – James Montgomery