• March 28, 2011

5 photos of our universe = you’re not as important as you think.

It’s hard to accept but on a galactic scale, you do not exist. You are nothing – this isn’t even talking about the emptiness of the quantum, but purely on the scale of the universe – we are merely a tiny particle on a tiny dust speck that will forever be forgotten. Cheery huh? Messier [...]

  • May 15, 2008

Picture of the Day – Sideways Galazy NGC 3628

Explanation: Dark dust lanes cut across the middle of this gorgeous island universe, a strong hint that NGC 3628 is a spiral galaxy seen sideways. About 35 million light-years away in the northern springtime constellation Leo, NGC 3628 also bears the distinction of being the only member of the well known Leo triplet of galaxies [...]