Okay, I'll be the first to admit that as an only child, I might have been spoiled---I like to think of it as just getting focused attention---but that's not the point of this post. I've always been the type of person who doesn't like spoilers. Whether it's for my favorite TV show or for a book I want to read. Some people don't seem to mind---in fact, they actually go looking for spoilers. I don't like talking to these people. They tend to slip up and reveal a spoiler. When there is a … [Read more...]
The Butterfly Nebula
October 2, 2009 Read Comments
One of my core interests is space and astronomy. I'm especially fond of looking at the images captured by the Hubble telescope. I'm so glad that NASA decided to fix it. This is one of my favorite images: NGC 6302 or The Butterfly Nebula. It does live within our Milky Way galaxy, but it's almost 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. It looks beautiful and serene but it's not. According to the NASA site: "What resemble dainty butterfly wings are actually roiling … [Read more...]
