“We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature’s greatest healers.” – Ellsworth Huntington

Some 60 million light-years away in the southerly constellation Corvus, two large galaxies are colliding. Stars in the two galaxies, cataloged as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, very rarely collide in the course of the ponderous cataclysm that lasts for hundreds of millions of years. But the galaxies’ large clouds of molecular gas and dust […]

Light Rain today! With a high of 8C and a low of 8C. 91 Humidity. 6 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Northeast.

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, and cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Pyotr Dubrov are seen inside their Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after landing. via NASA https://ift.tt/gFx560o

“The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.” – Mary Shelley

“The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.” – Mary Shelley

“The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.” – Mary Shelley

What do you call a cosmic puzzle that no one expected to see? In this case, Odd Radio Circles, aka ORCs. ORC-1 typifies the enigmatic five objects, only visible at radio frequencies, that were serendipitously discovered in 2019 using the new Australian SKA Pathfinder radio array. The final image in the featured video uses 2021 […]

Light Rain today! With a high of 11C and a low of 11C. 70 Humidity. 10 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Astronaut Mark Vande Hei arrived at the International Space Station on April 9, 2021, and will return home March 30, 2022, after spending 355 days in low-Earth orbit. via NASA https://ift.tt/DUjwRE0