1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (411+ words) Explanation: Scanning the skies for galaxies, Canadian astronomer Paul Hickson and colleagues identified some 100 compact groups of galaxies, now appropriately called Hickson Compact Groups. The four prominent galaxies seen in this intriguing telescopic skyscape are one such group, Hickson 44. The…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (385+ words) Explanation: The defining astronomical moment of the equinox today is at 14:46 UTC (March 20). That's when the Sun crosses the celestial equator moving north in its yearly journey through planet Earth's sky, marking the beginning of spring for our fair planet…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (292+ words) Explanation: This telescopic close-up shows off the central regions of otherwise faint emission nebula IC 410, captured under backyard skies. Presented in a Hubble color palette, the image combines visible broadband and narrowband data with data from the near-infrared. Below and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (337+ words) Explanation: Want to visit a planet that has 3.14 days in a year? Then plan a trip to K2-315b, an earth-sized planet orbiting around a cool, red, M dwarf star about once every 3.14 days. The exoplanet's discovery, based on publicly available data…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (306+ words) Explanation: Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as large and clear as this. Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the Pleiades…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (347+ words) On the first Friday of Ramadan, while practicing Muslims will be performing the Tarawih prayer in the center of Times Square, New York dog owners and lovers plan to also take over Times Square for a Pawty of epic proportions....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (93+ words) New images in the search for Nancy Guthrie: Working with our partners - as of this morning, law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed'individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door'the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (137+ words) DEI for buildings. . . . Hey, Chicago, try getting real. Behold: This exercise in ultra-woke-techno-narcissism for the Chicago lake-front is called (variously) Eden Rise or Sky Droplet by Yanko Design. It is supposed to be a "vertical farm skyscraper." The promotional literature…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (86+ words) This type of scene is getting rarer. The sun is high, the land wide and open. The polar bears rest after their long journey north along the Hudson Bay coast in Canada. Shrinking sea ice is making it harder for…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (188+ words) It is not momentous events that are the most meme-worthy. Rather, it is moments when liberals show their true colors and embarrass themselves, often in relatively trivial ways, that set meme-creators to work. This week, along with the ongoing fiasco…...