Starship Asterisk*

I'm curious about the faintly visible bluish galaxy at the right edge of the image, just right of the blue foreground star. Does this galaxy have a name/designation? Are there any larger images of it? Good eye! Don't know what that galaxy is, but there's another similar but fainter bluish one to th...

Awesome Andromeda; Milky Way's big sister! 8-) Bigger in extent and number of stars most likely, but perhaps not in overall mass. I believe the jury is still out on that, though I've had a hard time finding anything definitive since there seems to be a lot of uncertainty. Wikipedia has the Milky Wa...

As beautiful as this short video and musical accompaniment was, it's sobering to think that the vast universe we are embedded in cares not a whit for the current dire plight of humankind on planet earth. We're all - and only us - in this together indeed.

The "you can check out the Earth Now" link (https://climate.nasa.gov/earth-now) - from the description shows a gaping absence of data over Antarctica. Anyone know why?

"The Truth is out there."

"I see millions of stars, Holmes," says Watson. "And what do you conclude from that, Watson?" Watson thinks for a moment. "Well," he says, "astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. The entire quote is pre...

"I see millions of stars, Holmes," says Watson. "And what do you conclude from that, Watson?" Watson thinks for a moment. "Well," he says, "astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. The entire quote is pre...