Today's #Hubble favorite is M51. It's a pair of two interacting galaxies, NGC 5194, the Whirlpool Galaxy, and its companion galaxy NGC 5195. The image was taken to celebrate Hubble's 15th anniversary in 2005.

The Whirlpool Galaxy is a grand design spiral. Its arms may be so prominent because of a series of close encounters with NGC 5195, the small, yellowish galaxy behind the outermost tip of one of its arms.

More: https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2005/12/1677-Image.html
#Astronomy #Galaxy #Space

One of the highlights of the collections of the Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg: A remarkably well-preserved Late Neolithic flint dagger found in Allensbach at the Lake Constance, southwest #Germany, dating 2900-2800 BC. The blade was made of flint from Monte Baldo, northern #Italy. It was fastened with birch tar in a handle made of elderwood.

Further information:

https://www.alm-konstanz.de/digitale-sammlung/objekt/dolch-von-allensbach-1971-0029-2682-0001#f4007186089318896

#archaeology

The PPE Medpro scandal just keeps giving, doesn't it?

RT @[email protected]

MICHELLE MONE
DHSC lawsuit for £133m rebate from PPE Medpro claims the firm falsely submitted a report from Intertek to accredit the gowns were safe.
Intertek DENIES issuing the document
A FAKED safety document would mean they knowingly put nurses at risk
https://www.ft.com/content/7a2093f8-55f8-400f-9176-2225b9193e05

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/carolvorders/status/1611002012996603909