In the Milky Way the Galactic Day is 200 Million Years Long
C0nc0rdance reads Isaac Asimov’s “Science and Beauty”
First published 12-Aug-79, Washington Post by prolific science author Isaac Asimov. You can read it here at:
http://www.fortunecity.com/emachines/e11/86/rmind24.html
Some people feel that science is cold and detached from the beauty in the universe. Mr. Asimov and I disagree. Our appreciation for the beauty of the natural world is deepened by a greater understanding.
Many images taken from Hubble or Chandra sites:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/archive/top100/
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo