Rising on the left and, under the Milky Way’s arch, is a band of zodiacal light — sunlight reflected by dust orbiting in the inner solar system. On the right, just above one of Earth’s larger sand dunes, an astute eye can find the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of ...
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‘Endogeic’ translates from Greek to mean ‘within the earth,’ and accordingly, these worms burrow within the top layers of soil and rarely come up to the surface, preferring instead to literally live within the earth. They are most commonly found in the uppermost layers of soil where they...
The next time you are out taking pictures of the night sky or the Milky Way, be sure to take a series of 30-second images rather than just one or two. Aim to capture about 10-20 pictures to realize the benefits of image stacking. ...
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Monday, December 2, 2024: Between these two blocky buildings, the arm of our Milky Way stretches into the night sky. This photo was taken from European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Very Large Telescope (VLT), high in the Chilean mountains. Pictured, the VLT's fourth Unit Telescope, sta...
Alternate Names:Hen-of-the-woods, Grifola, Shelf Fungi 11. Morel Mushrooms Source:Image Amongst the edible mushroom types, morels are the most elusive mushrooms present on earth. These decadent ingredients are usually found making their way straight to plush restaurants and cuisines, adding a rich...
While millions of people on Earth enjoy Thanksgiving, the astronauts currently crewing the International Space Station (ISS) are having a "turkey day" all of their own.
They also found the Milky Way probably was a flat disk with a bulge in the middle, both of which grew simultaneously into the majestic spiral seen today. The Sun and Earth reside in the disk and the bulge is both full of older stars and home to a supermassive black hole that probably ...