NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Apr 5 2023

Rubin's Galaxy

In this Hubble Space Telescope image the bright, spiky stars lie in the foreground toward the heroic northern constellation Perseus and well within our own Milky Way galaxy. In sharp focus beyond is UGC 2885, a giant spiral galaxy about 232 million light-years distant. Some 800,000 light-years across compared to the Milky Way's diameter of 100,000 light-years or so, it has around 1 trillion stars. That's about 10 times as many stars as the Milky Way. Part of an investigation to understand how galaxies can grow to such enormous sizes, UGC 2885 was also part of An Interesting Voyage and astronomer Vera Rubin's pioneering study of the rotation of spiral galaxies. Her work was the first to convincingly demonstrate the dominating presence of dark matter in our universe.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html?

Multiple people dead after Missouri tornado

Apr 5 2023

A tornado killed multiple people Wednesday in southeastern Missouri, officials said.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott said the tornado went through Bollinger County, about 50 miles south of St. Louis, at about 3:45 p.m. and caused "multiple injuries and multiple deaths," according to the Associated Press.

Parrott did not say how many people were impacted by the storm or where but said: "The damage is pretty widespread. It’s just heartbreaking to see it."

The tornado hit less than a week after 26 people were killed in tornadoes across the United States.

https://truthsocial.com/@jsolomonreports/posts/110146855071458924

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/multiple-people-dead-after-missouri-tornado

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>Justin Gibbs, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Paducah, Kentucky, said the tornado touched down at around 3:30 a.m. and remained on the ground for roughly 15 minutes, traveling an estimated 15-20 miles (24-32 kilometers).

Thanks for the correction.

Makes me wonder.