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 […]
Rain/Snow today! With a high of 4C and a low of 4C. 87 Humidity. 3 C currently. 23 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
This artist’s concept shows a supermassive black hole surrounded by a disk of gas. via NASA https://ift.tt/3nUvV7l
“The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.” – Joyce Maynard
“The ocean moans over dead men’s bones.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Rain clouds passed and the dome of the Lick Observatory’s 36 inch Great Refractor opened on November 19. The historic telescope was pointed toward a partially eclipsed Moon. Illuminated by dim red lighting to preserve an astronomer’s night vision, telescope controls, coordinate dials, and the refractor’s 57 foot long barrel were captured in this high […]