It gratifies me that a number of my friend's list friends comment that they like these, generally, weekly doses of, mainly, Hubble amazingness. Encourages me to carry on posting them. Also, please note that NASA is link crazy, many of which, because they are so text-heavy, I remove leaving behind only those I believe to be the most informative or ( Read more... )

Astonishing to realize, sobering to remember, that each and every bright dot is a galaxy!

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FROM: TedEd
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9... and 0. With just these ten symbols, we can write any rational number imaginable. But why these particular symbols? Why ten of them? And why do we arrange them the way we do?

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And on a related note, an article from: Smithsonia.com titled How Humans Invented Numbers-And How Numbers Reshaped Our World ( Read more... )

...what is learned in space about water recovery can ultimately be applied to earth. And coming as I do from a drought-inclined area, I find that to be so very relevant.

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Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble

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Image Credit: NOAA, NASA

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Image Credit & Copyright: Data - ESO/INAF/R. Colombari/E. Recurt, Processing - R. Colombari+-
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It is astonishing to me how zooming in just keeps going and going. Space is incredible!!

Taken from here at Hubble Space TelescopeThis sequence takes the viewer from a wide view of the Milky Way to the central regions, where many bright star forming regions and star clusters can be seen. The final view is a close-up of the sky around the star ( Read more... )

I know no one EVER clicks ALL the links associated with these NASA posts but, if you only have time for a couple, please click 'Earth dwellers' and 'imaged together'. I do click ALL of the links associated with the images I post hoping to find just the kind of images these two links lead to. I adore their sense of whimsy and fun interspersed ( Read more... )