“All nature wears one universal grin.” – Henry Fielding

Why would you want to fake a universe? For one reason — to better understand our real universe. Many astronomical projects seeking to learn properties of our universe now start with a robotic telescope taking sequential images of the night sky. Next, sophisticated computer algorithms crunch these digital images to find stars and galaxies and […]

Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 9C and a low of 9C. 75 Humidity. 3 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from East.

This image shows knots of cold, dense interstellar gas where new stars are forming. These Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules (frEGGs) are located in the Northern Coalsack Nebula in the direction of Cygnus, the Swan. via NASA https://ift.tt/3bSWtPy

“Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.” – Edward Young

Why, sometimes, does part of the Sun’s atmosphere leap into space? The reason lies in changing magnetic fields that thread through the Sun’s surface. Regions of strong surface magnetism, known as active regions, are usually marked by dark sunspots. Active regions can channel charged gas along arching or sweeping magnetic fields — gas that sometimes […]

Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 8C and a low of 8C. 89 Humidity. 6 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

“I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.” – William Butler Yeats

Light Rain today! With a high of 7C and a low of 7C. 90 Humidity. 4 C currently. 18 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

To some it looks like a cat’s eye. To others, perhaps like a giant cosmic conch shell. It is actually one of brightest and most highly detailed planetary nebula known, composed of gas expelled in the brief yet glorious phase near the end of life of a Sun-like star. This nebula’s dying central star may […]