In this Hubble Space Telescope image the bright, spiky stars lie in the foreground toward the heroic northern constellation Perseus and well within our own Milky Way galaxy. In sharp focus beyond is UGC 2885, a giant spiral galaxy about 232 million light-years distant. Some 800,000 light-years across compared to the Milky Way’s diameter of […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 23C and a low of 23C. 80 Humidity. 12 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
Wikipedia article of the day is Acamptonectes. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Acamptonectes is a genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur, a type of dolphin-like marine reptile that lived during the Early Cretaceous around 130 million years ago. The first specimen—a partial adult skeleton—was discovered in Speeton, England, in 1958, but it was not formally described until 2012. […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on September 18, 2021: Tatra National Park, Poland. More Info
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There has been a flash on Jupiter. A few days ago, several groups monitoring our Solar System’s largest planet noticed a two-second long burst of light. Such flashes have been seen before, with the most famous being a series of impactor strikes in 1994. Then, fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 struck Jupiter leaving dark patches […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 20C and a low of 20C. 87 Humidity. 13 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from East.
Wikipedia picture of the day on September 17, 2021: Sterntor in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Hurricane Humberto (2019). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Hurricane Humberto was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that caused extensive wind damage in the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda during September 2019. It was the eighth named storm and third hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. Humberto formed on […]
NASA’s Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology Project’s Mobile Acoustics Facility is parked in the background of Joby’s prototype aircraft near Big Sur, California. via NASA https://ift.tt/3Cj6nFb