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A stormy crested tit, Scotland Three more wintry days! Scottish people believe that the last three days of March is borrowed from April that's why are called 'Borrow Days'. March normally consists of lots of weather lore— one is springy and breezy, the other is wintry and snowy and the last one is rainy and sleety, according to Scottish folklore. These days are considered the wintry lapse and some think, they are ill-omen to reduce the businesses and makes birds frozen on their perch on the branches of trees. So today, in this image a b lack crowned  tit  ( Parus rubidiventris)  is perching on a tree in a stormy weather. Its  body is 12 cm long and is characterized by black crown feathers and chest pockets, white cheeks, gray upper body, no wings, gray lower body, and brown rump.  Young birds are dark and have a short plumage.   Generally they inhabit in alpine forest areas nearly 2000 meters above sea level, often active in alpine coniferous...

The Milky Way above Grotto in Canadian Badlands, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada Tens of thousands years old land and thousands and thousands of stars! This place is the home to millions of years of paleontological history. The deep, wide valley walls are a rainbow of earthy hues with layer upon layer of secrets from the past. Visiting them is like stepping back into the pioneering days and the coal mining era. Parts of the landscape look like the face of the moon or another planet, yet you can experience them by driving just 90 minutes northeast of Calgary. Here today, in this photograph you can also experience a sky full of stars (Milky Way indeed) due to pollution-less and cloudless atmosphere. The Milky Way consists of more than one hundred and fifty billion stars. Each star is helping the galaxy to shine like a diamond and forms a beautiful hue of colors and light which mesmerizes us at night.  Now you can think of our Earth signifi...

Malham's night sky, North Yorkshire, UK. Stars in the night sky Light pollution can cause trouble for astronomy enthusiasts who want to see the galaxy.  But for those who are preparing to go out in warm clothes on these dark winter nights, some of our national parks offer great views.  Our homepage picture was taken in the village of Malham in Yorkshire Dales National Park, which, along with North York Moore National Park, offers the best night sky in the UK. Now the fifth annual Dark Sky Festival, low-light pollution and clear vision provide future astronomers with the opportunity to see up to 2,000 stars at once without street lights.  In some places you can see our galaxy, the Milky Way, with the naked eye and through the park, you will get great views of the night sky.  There are also ghost walks, night pulls, moonlight canoeing, and mountain biking, which are suitable for those brave quasi-astronists, while others may want to relax and enjoy the sta...

"Pluto shining on the crescent moon" NASA, New Horizons.

Today is the day of discovery of "Galileo satellite".   Galileo Galilei discovered the planet Jupiter and its four biggest moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) on January 7th, 1610 with the help of binoculars.