M44: The Beehive Cluster
A mere 600 light-years away, M44 is one of the closest star clusters to our solar system. Also […]
Monthly Archives: April 2022
PM Showers for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 16°C and a low of […]
Started Out as a Fish. How Did It End Up ...
A meme about the transitional fossil Tiktaalik argues that although we did come out of the sea, we […]
Mostly Sunny for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 19°C and a low of […]
Portrait of NGC 3628
Sharp telescopic views of NGC 3628 show a puffy galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. Of course, […]
They’re All Good Dogs, and It Has Nothing to Do ...
Retrievers that don’t retrieve and Papillons that point are all possible because the genes that shape dog behavior […]
Sunny for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 19°C and a low of […]
Lyrid of the Lake
In the early hours of April 24 this bright Lyrid meteor flashed along the central Milky Way. For […]
NASA Sees ‘Otherworldly’ Wreckage on Mars With Ingenuity Helicopter by ...
The debris was part of the equipment that helped the Perseverance mission safely land on the red planet […]
Moon Shadow on Jupiter
What is that large dark spot on Jupiter? It’s the shadow of Io, one of Jupiter‘s largest moons. […]