We live on a shore of two Universes. Both are huge and both require our interest. At the bottom, the Universe of water and marine life is hidden from our eyes but calls for our integrity every day as we pollute it so many ways. The Universe above our head is, actually, our ocean, and…
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“I wasn’t there that morning when my father passed away. I didn’t get to tell him all the things I had to say” sings Mike&Mechanics in their legendary song. The exact words and the song itself came to my mind a few days ago when sitting on this shore of the Seč lake. My father…
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Enjoy the majestic view of the summer night of the southern hemisphere, captured from captivating Spitzkoppe national park, Namibia. From the right, you can spot both Magellanic Clouds, the great Gum Nebula in the Milky Way, the colorful surrounding of Orion constellation, Hyades and Pleiades clusters, or even the faint Gegenschein. Over the horizon, the…
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Dusty, gaseous, and starry smoke seemingly rises from the distant Villarrica volcano nearby Pucon, Chile. It is our Milky Way what you see and many gems of the southern stary sky in it. Just over the distant summit where the light from lava is reflected in the vapor, the Alpha Centauri can be seen. Majestic…
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Based on ESO La Silla Observatory, the three beehive-shaped domes hide 0.6-m telescopes called ExTrA (short for Exoplanets in Transits and their Atmospheres), which are from 2017 active instruments for study the structure and composition of Earth-sized worlds, and address some fundamental questions about planets in our Galaxy. The Galaxy we see just over the…
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About 163 thousands of light years from us, the dwarf spiral galaxy, satellite galaxy of our Milky Way called Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) makes itself as one of the most beautiful close objects in the Universe. Named after legendary explorer Ferdinand Magellan and located not far from the South Celestial Pole, it can be seen…
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The surrounding of the celestial south pole is truly impressive. The Milky Way, our Galaxy, is full of sky gems, such as the Southern Cross (the Crux) constellation, the Coalsack Nebula, the Carina Nebula. Two satellite galaxies of our Milky Way, the Magellanic Clouds, are full HII regions and also regions of stars pulled off…
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