“Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.” – Saint Augustine

When two planets pass on the night sky, they can usually be seen near each other for a week or more. In the case of this planetary conjunction, Venus and Mars passed within 4 degrees of each other earlier this month. The featured image was taken a few days prior, when Venus was slowing rising […]

Cloudy today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 53 Humidity. 10 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from South.

Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Znm6Kr

“Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.” – Jacques Yves Cousteau

The southernmost part of the Milky Way contains not only the stars of the Southern Cross, but the closest star system to our Sun — Alpha Centauri. The Southern Cross itself is topped by the bright, yellowish star Gamma Crucis. A line from Gamma Crucis through the blue star at the bottom of the cross, […]

Sunny today! With a high of 20C and a low of 20C. 50 Humidity. 8 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from South.

“I learn something every time I go into the mountains.” – Michael Kennedy

Why would the surface of Titan light up with a blinding flash? The reason: a sunglint from liquid seas. Saturn’s moon Titan has numerous smooth lakes of methane that, when the angle is right, reflect sunlight as if they were mirrors. Pictured here in false-color, the robotic Cassini spacecraft that orbited Saturn from 2004 to […]

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