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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

It's not the big ring that's attracting the most attention. Although the big planet-forming ring around the star PDS 70 is clearly imaged and itself quite interesting. It's also not the planet on the right, just inside the big disk, that’s being talked about the most. Although the planet PDS 70c is a newly formed and, interestingly, similar in size and mass to Jupiter. It's the fuzzy patch around the planet PDS 70c that's causing the commotion. That fuzzy patch is thought to be a dusty disk that is now forming into moons -- and that had never been seen before. The featured image was taken in 2021 by the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) of 66 radio telescopes in the high Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Based on ALMA data, astronomers infer that the moon-forming exoplanetary disk has a radius similar to our Earth's orbit, and may one day form three or so Luna-sized moons -- not very different from our Jupiter's four.

Come talk to me, please do.
When you are near,
it's time to review,
if you can now hear.

All of the words,
passing through trees,
like knives through sheets,
of a soft cheese.

What are the words,
you continue to spread?
They're happy words,
alive or some dead.

If i say I Love You,
and don't want to wait,
would you acknowledge,
or continue to pontificate?

Idiocy, at its finest,
a partial eclipse of the Sun,
perhaps what was unique,
when life's no longer fun.

I love my friends,
for in them I see,
the real picture,
which makes myself, me.

There isn't any wool,
to pull over their eyes.
No matter the prattle
of words uttered in sighs.

The World lays
twisted and torn.
There are times I wish,
I hadn't been born.

Other days,
when life is grand,
I realize it is time
to pay the band.

So, what do you say,
when there's something new?
Work harder you must,
it's what you must do.

I have found,
this to be true,
Don't argue with those,
who haven't a clue.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

She knew everything but the question. She was well aware that there would be a complete annular eclipse of the Sun visible from their driving destination: Lake Abert in Oregon. She knew that the next ring-of-fire eclipse would occur in the USA only in 16 more years, making this a rare photographic opportunity. She was comfortable with the plan: that she and her boyfriend would appear in front of the eclipse in silhouette, sometimes alone, and sometimes together. She knew that the annular phase of this eclipse would last only a few minutes and she helped in the many hours of planning. She could see their friend who set up the camera about 400 meters away at the bottom of a ridge. What she didn't know was the question she would be asked. But she did know the answer: "yes". Album: Selected eclipse images sent in to APOD

Photo by Jerry Zhang (left), Baolong Chen (photographer) & Amber Zhang (right)

Baltasar Gracián, S. J. (1601 - 1658), in full, Baltasar Gracián Morales, was a Spanish Jesuit, prose writer and philosopher. He is known as  one of the leading exponents of conceptism, a literary movement of the Spanish Golden Age of literature characterized by a rapid rhythm, directness, simple vocabulary, witty metaphors, and wordplay. In this style, multiple meanings are conveyed in a very concise manner, and conceptual intricacies are emphasized over elaborate vocabulary. His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche and the appeal of his timeless advice focusing on honesty and kindness endures to this date.

There is an art in listening
and when it's at an end,
be thankful for that someone,
for they are a true friend.

Thank you for listening,
I'm happy you understand,
as the sadness in my heart,
is now, starting to mend.