Wikipedia article of the day is British nuclear tests at Maralinga. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: British nuclear tests were conducted at Maralinga in the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia between 1956 and 1963. A total of seven major nuclear tests took place at Maralinga, with explosive yields ranging from approximately 1 to 27 […]
“Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To the eye, this cosmic composition nicely balances the Bubble Nebula at the right with open star cluster M52. The pair would be lopsided on other scales, though. Embedded in a complex of interstellar dust and gas and blown by the winds from a single, massive O-type star, the Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 24C and a low of 24C. 78 Humidity. 12 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
Wikipedia picture of the day on September 25, 2021: Zea mays ‘Ottofile giallo Tortonese’ , seeds. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots is an 1832 book by Edward Lear containing 42 hand-coloured lithographs (example pictured). Lear started painting parrots for the book in 1830 when he was 18 years old, […]
On the night 175 years ago on Sept. 23-24, 1846, astronomers discovered Neptune, the eighth planet orbiting our Sun. via NASA https://ift.tt/2ZuQYDF
“Autumn is my favorite season.” – Johnny Kelly
This year an outburst of Perseid meteors surprised skywatchers. The reliable meteor shower’s peak was predicted for the night of August 12/13. But persistent visual observers in North America were deluged with a startling Perseid shower outburst a day later, with reports of multiple meteors per minute and sometimes per second in the early hours […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 21C and a low of 21C. 81 Humidity. 12 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from South.