“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star, this cosmic bubble is huge. Cataloged as Sharpless 2-308 it lies some 5,000 light-years away toward the constellation of the Big Dog (Canis Major) and covers slightly more of the sky than a Full Moon. That corresponds to a diameter of 60 light-years at its estimated […]

Light Rain/Wind today! With a high of 16C and a low of 16C. 79 Humidity. 15 C currently. 31 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

​A vivid aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 274 miles above the southern Indian Ocean. via NASA https://ift.tt/3G28kZj

“Art is the daughter of freedom.” – Friedrich Schiller

“Nature… is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.” – Charles Baudelaire

Why would this mission go out as far as Jupiter — but then not visit Jupiter? Lucy’s plan is to follow different leads about the origin of our Solar System than can be found at Jupiter — where Juno now orbits. Jupiter is such a massive planet that its gravity captures numerous asteroids that orbit […]

PM Showers today! With a high of 19C and a low of 19C. 60 Humidity. 14 C currently. 13 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Concept for a set of future robots working together to ferry back samples from the surface of Mars collected by the Mars Perseverance rover. via NASA https://ift.tt/3lViYsJ

“Art is not a thing; it is a way.” – Elbert Hubbard