Astronomy – A Pondering Mind

Stephen Hawking

A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture a little old lady atContinue reading “Stephen Hawking”

‘Shadow of a Martian Robot’ image

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‘Naked Eye Nova Sagittarii 2015 No 2’ image

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‘Earths Changing Vista’s’ image

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‘Atlas V Launches MMS’ image

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‘A Double Eclipse of the Sun’ image

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‘Northern Equinox Eclipse’ image

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‘Vanguard Satellite, 1958’ image

When this satellite was launched, I was nine years old. It was the day of my mother’s birthday. She turned 42 on that day. http://www.nasa.gov/content/vanguard-satellite-1958 via #NASA_APP

Space & Moon

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Victoria Crater, Mars

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Full Moon

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Milky Way over Lake Titicaca