Still bright in planet Earth’s night skies, good telescopic views of Saturn and its beautiful rings often make it a star at star parties. But this stunning view of Saturn’s rings and night side just isn’t possible from telescopes closer to the Sun than the outer planet. They can only bring Saturn’s day into view. […]
Showers today! With a high of 21C and a low of 21C. 89 Humidity. 17 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on September 11, 2021: Boy reading a book in Dar ul-Ihsan Mosque, Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is United Airlines Flight 93. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: United Airlines Flight 93 was a passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists in 2001 as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers stormed the westbound aircraft’s cockpit 46 minutes after its takeoff from Newark, New Jersey, and diverted […]
At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Orion’s newly completed pressure vessel for the Artemis III mission is lifted out of the welding tool. via NASA https://ift.tt/2YLX5mH
“We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us.” – Walter Gilbert
“To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.” – Robert Mapplethorpe
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 […]