“Happiness is the natural flower of duty.” – Phillips Brooks

How did a round star create this square nebula? No one is quite sure. The round star, known as MWC 922 and possibly part of a multiple star system, appears at the center of the Red Square Nebula. The featured image combines infrared exposures from the Hale Telescope on Mt. Palomar in California, and the […]

Heavy Thunderstorms today! With a high of 21C and a low of 21C. 81 Humidity. 17 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

Wikipedia picture of the day on September 26, 2021: A JR East 205-600 series 4-car EMU on the Nikko Line. More Info

Wikipedia article of the day is British nuclear tests at Maralinga. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: British nuclear tests were conducted at Maralinga in the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia between 1956 and 1963. A total of seven major nuclear tests took place at Maralinga, with explosive yields ranging from approximately 1 to 27 […]

“Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To the eye, this cosmic composition nicely balances the Bubble Nebula at the right with open star cluster M52. The pair would be lopsided on other scales, though. Embedded in a complex of interstellar dust and gas and blown by the winds from a single, massive O-type star, the Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC […]

Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 24C and a low of 24C. 78 Humidity. 12 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

Wikipedia picture of the day on September 25, 2021: Zea mays ‘Ottofile giallo Tortonese’ , seeds. More Info

Wikipedia article of the day is Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots is an 1832 book by Edward Lear containing 42 hand-coloured lithographs (example pictured). Lear started painting parrots for the book in 1830 when he was 18 years old, […]