“In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.” – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

What created the strange spiral structure on the upper left? No one is sure, although it is likely related to a star in a binary star system entering the planetary nebula phase, when its outer atmosphere is ejected. The huge spiral spans about a third of a light year across and, winding four or five […]

Snow today! With a high of 2C and a low of 2C. 92 Humidity. 1 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from West.

“Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.” – Elizabeth Bowen

“I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.” – Henry Ossawa Tanner

This high cliff occurs not on a planet, not on a moon, but on a comet. It was discovered to be part of the dark nucleus of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko (CG) by Rosetta, a robotic spacecraft launched by ESA that rendezvoused with the Sun-orbiting comet in 2014. The ragged cliff, as featured here, was imaged by […]

Light Snow today! With a high of 3C and a low of 3C. 86 Humidity. 2 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

“Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour.” – Giotto di Bondone

“This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness.” – Richard Jefferies

Big, beautiful spiral galaxy M101 is one of the last entries in Charles Messier’s famous catalog, but definitely not one of the least. About 170,000 light-years across, this galaxy is enormous, almost twice the size of our own Milky Way. M101 was also one of the original spiral nebulae observed by Lord Rosse’s large 19th […]