NGC 4258 is a spiral galaxy well known to astronomers for having two \u201canomalous\u201d arms that glow in X-ray, optical, and radio light. Rather than being aligned with the plane of the galaxy, they intersect with it at an angle. This composite image of NGC 4258 shows the galaxy in X-rays from Chandra (blue), radio waves from the VLA (purple), optical data from Hubble (yellow and blue), and infrared with Spitzer (red). Researchers are using all of these telescopes to better understand how the supermassive black hole is affecting the galaxy and its anomalous arms.
(Chandra X-Ray Observatory\/Caltech\/NASA public domain) \u00a0Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
It seems to me that it\u2019s appropriate, on the Sabbath, to consider the sheer grandeur of the cosmos.<\/p>\n
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O\u00a0Lord<\/span>, our Lord,<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>how majestic is your\u00a0name in all the earth!<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nYou have set your\u00a0glory above the heavens.<\/span><\/strong>
\n2\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Out of the mouth of babies and infants,<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nyou have established\u00a0strength because of your foes,<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>to still\u00a0the enemy and the avenger.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
3\u00a0<\/span>When I\u00a0look at your heavens, the work of your\u00a0fingers,<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the moon and the stars,\u00a0which you have set in place,<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n4\u00a0<\/span>what is man that you are\u00a0mindful of him,<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0the son of man that you\u00a0care for him?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
5\u00a0<\/span>Yet you have made him a little lower than\u00a0the heavenly beings
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