These great hollow globes of artificial super-metals, and artificial transparent adamant, ranged in size from the earliest and smallest structures, which were no bigger than a very small asteroid, to spheres considerably larger than the Earth. (Olaf Stapledon, STAR MAKER)
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Where the Wisdom Stars Are
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows a Spitzer Space Telescope image (made up of many images) of our galactic center. By viewing the region in infrared, we can peer past the dust clouds that obscure the center from our eyes. (The title of this post is a throwback to my early days of gaming; let's see if anybody else catches the reference!)
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