Faint comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) sweeps past background stars in the constellation Taurus and even fainter distant galaxies in this telescopic frame from September 7. About 5 years ago, this comet’s 4 kilometer spanning, double-lobed nucleus became the final resting place of robots from planet Earth, following the completion of the historic Rosetta mission to the […]
PM Light Rain today! With a high of 22C and a low of 22C. 79 Humidity. 18 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from South.
Wikipedia article of the day is Giovanni Antonio Grassi. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Giovanni Antonio Grassi (10 September 1775 – 12 December 1849) was an Italian Jesuit who led many academic and religious institutions in the United States and Europe. Born in Lombardy, he studied at the Jesuit College in Polotsk, where he began his academic career. He was […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on September 10, 2021: Vaka ‘A Hina, a sculpture by Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine in Christchurch, New Zealand. More Info
Mary W. Jackson grew up in Hampton, Virginia and attended the historically black college Hampton Institute (now Hampton University). via NASA https://ift.tt/3twaTwP
“Of all lies, art is the least untrue.” – Gustave Flaubert
“Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.” – Edward Young
A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, M16 is also known as The Eagle Nebula. This beautifully detailed image of the region adopts the colorful Hubble palette and includes cosmic sculptures made famous in Hubble Space Telescope close-ups of the starforming complex. Described as elephant […]
Showers today! With a high of 22C and a low of 22C. 69 Humidity. 19 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from South.
Wikipedia picture of the day on September 9, 2021: Issued 100 years ago: 50 Pfennig “Notgeld” banknote (emergency money) of Berlin, district Tiergarten (1921). The reverse shows the first German steamboat, the “Prinzessin Charlotte von Preußen”, around 1830.However the date 1830 is mistaken, as the “Charlotte von Preußen” was already dismantled in 1824. More Info