Starship Asterisk*

I really appreciate the dedication of the photographer, Andy Casely. Taking that photo yearly lets us see the wonder of Saturn as it moves through space. This is the real thing, not an artist's interpretation or animation. What Galileo saw 413 years ago as fuzzy blobs are majestic rings. What might ...

Science shows us the connections between the very large and the very small.
The whorls and eddies in today's image are visible in my fingerprint.
I am humbled.

So much beauty, so much knowledge, so much joy. For free. Every day I marvel, every day I learn, every day I am in awe.

Thank all of you for spreading the wonder around the earth. I love you all.

Lovely, lovely Chris, I totally get it now.

I'm coming at this from a non-science background, but "information" as you describe it applies to my background too.

Teachers come in many forms. I am very grateful.

This is the first APOD I've come across in a long time that I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around. May I ask clarification on something? In the description, this phrase: "...the information held by a black hole..." When the word "information" is used, in this context, to...

Maybe it's a stray pod from the Eighth Dimension?


"Laugh while you can, monkey boy."
Lord John Worfin

APOD is not a blog. Blogs can contain science content, but are, in my mind, opinion, not fact. Consider Pharyngula. Written by a scientist but clearly opinion. APOD is educational and contains facts, clearly documented and verifiable. No opinions, speculations or rants. Which is why I recommend it t...