Fishermen on the Banks of the Yerres painted by Gustave Caillebotte (1848 - 1894)
On a day such as this, let us not forget scripture:
Mermaid Street, Sussex, England (2014).
“None of those words are in the Bible”
These words specifically are in the Bible
You doing ok?
Got his ass together in three words
Martin Luther responding to the Pope after his excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church (1521).
Say Hello to NGC 6441
Location: In the Scorpius constellation
Distance from Earth: About 44,000 light-years
Object type: Globular star cluster
Discovered by: James Dunlop in 1826
Each tiny point of light in this image is its own star - and there are more than a million of them! This stunning image captured by the Hubble Telescope depicts NGC 6441, a globular cluster that weighs about 1.6 million times the mass of our Sun. Globular clusters like NGC 6441 are groups of old stars held together by their mutual gravitational attraction, appearing nearly spherical in shape due to the density of stars that comprises them. This particular cluster is one of the most massive and luminous in our Milky Way Galaxy. It is also home to a planetary nebula and four pulsars (rotating neutron stars that emit beams of radiation at steady intervals, detected when the beams are aimed at Earth).
Read more information about NGC 6441 here.
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