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        Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2009 October 28 JKCS041: The Farthest Galaxy Cluster Yet MeasuredCredit: X-ray: NASA, CXC, INAF, S. Andreon et al.; Optical: DSS, ESO/VLT Explanation: What…

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> Even places that have been shrouded in darkness for billions of years can be illuminated. Even a stone from the bottom of a river can be used to produce fire. Our present sufferings, no matter how dark, have certainly not continued for billions of years–nor will they linger forever. The sun will definitely rise.…

Doesn’t this just look like musical notes? Galaxy Zoo Catalogs the UniverseCredit & Copyright: SDSS, Galaxy Zoo; Composite: Richard Nowell & Hannah Hutchins Explanation: You, too, can Zoo. The Galaxy Zoo project has been enabling citizen scientists — inquisitive people like yourself armed with only a web browser– to sort through the universe. Specifically, after…

Even places that have been shrouded in darkness for billions of years can be illuminated. Even a stone from the bottom of a river can be used to produce fire. Our present sufferings, no matter how dark, have certainly not continued for billions of years–nor will they linger forever. The sun will definitely rise. In…

>There are many things in my life that I feel Melanie gave me.Apart from her lyrics and music I mean. Her lyrics and music have accompanied me now for over 40 years and I still bless that day I found her on our black and white TV in a cold house in June 1969. I…

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There are many things in my life that I feel Melanie gave me.Apart from her lyrics and music I mean. Her lyrics and music have accompanied me now for over 40 years and I still bless that day I found her on our black and white TV in a cold house in June 1969. I…

2009 October 24NGC 7331 and BeyondCredit & Copyright: Ralf Muendlein (data acquisition), Wolfgang Kloehr (processing) Explanation: Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is often touted as an analog to our own Milky Way. About 50 million light-years distant in the northern constellation Pegasus, NGC 7331 was recognized early on as a spiral nebula and is…