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)
Friday, January 4, 2019
Far Rotator
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a a combination of images of 2014 MU69, courtesy of New Horizons 2015. A tantalizing glimpse, and one that will have to suffice (for now): the vehicle will be obscured by the Sun for about a week; it will then start downloading data (and take around twenty months to do so!).
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