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, September 29, 2013
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a massive image of the Eagle Nebula, one of the more famous celestial objects imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. Make sure you scroll down to see the entire picture.