Stars

The most beautiful stars are shining for you In the vast expanse of the night sky, Where darkness and mystery amplify, There gleams a celestial tapestry above, A canvas adorned with glided stars of love. Each star, a diamond in the cosmic sea, Whispers stories of infinite beauty to me, They shimmer…

Astronomical Mythological Series —

Both stars and planets are massive, large, and round, and look almost the same to the naked eye from the Earth. Yet they’re entirely different objects. What makes them different? Let’s find out! What is a star? A star is a luminous, hot, and massive ball of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium, held together…

Astronomical Mythological Series —

They’re millions of miles around but are mere sparkly specs amongst the black abyss. They’re literal ongoing hydrogen bombs but seem to enhance a chill’s sting on a December night, mimicking dancing ice dots. Their light travels to us still even though some have gone supernova long before our father’s fathers. Yet, especially during their grand ascension close to the horizon, on a country night in Hillsboro, TX, they appear positioned near enough one could take a hair balloon over to them and pluck it like precious jewels from an Egyptian tomb.

The ballet of stars and black holes in galactic centres — Black holes and Their Cosmic Neighborhood A black hole is an invisible cosmic vacuum cleaner; it is so powerful that it can trap anything that comes too close. These black holes are invisible, and they exert a strong gravitational pull that eats everything, even light. However, they do not shine or give off light, making them…

Astronomical Mythological Series —

Astronomical Mythological Series — scuttling across the summer night scratching dancer, child of the solstice ruled by the moon pincers punctuated the hydra’s perilous attack plaguing the hero’s progress perpetuating his defeat queenly tactics crushed beneath his feet: crustacean sacrifice awarded a worthy place among the stars to forever claw the sea of the…

A Haiku on Nature’s Duality —