What the Andromeda galaxy would look like from earth if it was a bit brighter.

Asteroid named after former Laurier physics prof. The late Raymond Koenig was an avid astronomer, and spent three decades teaching physics and astronomy at Laurier. therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

Londinium (Roman London) England, UK. Drawn by Rocío Espín Piñar.

Why Is Canadian Architecture So Bad? - The Walrus apple.news/AlDdelTXFQrqxb…

Timelapse of Europa & Io orbiting Jupiter, captured by the Cassini space probe via NASA-JPL’s Kevin M. Gill

Illustration - Athens, Greece during the beginning of the 4th century BC.

In the future, Mars will have a ring like Saturn generated by the breakup of its moon Phobos.

This is what an Igloo looks like when you build a fire inside. The fire inside melts the inner layer of ice, and the cold outside refreezes it adding a layer of insulation that can keep the igloo at 15°C inside while it's -45°C outside.

The great junk transfer is coming as Canadians inherit piles of their parents’ stuff - The Globe and Mail apple.news/AjH6Mf-kxR1e8v…

Space Facts

Dr. David L. Goodstein’s «States of Matter», a book published in January 1985, has a very remarkable opening passage. [read more: buff.ly/2W9wzTv] [buy: buff.ly/3gpPMHh] #SaturdayFun

One pretty cool geological fun fact is that the Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, and the Atlas are the same mountain range, once connected as the Central Pangean Mountains [source: buff.ly/3oAZuKP] [read more: buff.ly/3VixkCM]

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This holiday season, start a conversation about Canada's geostrategic future with a gift. Order from Dundurn Press and use code HOLIDAY23 to get a 25% discount: tinyurl.com/2kvkz5rs

When you think of an old-fashioned telephone, you’ll likely picture this week’s model. The “Daffodil” telephone, so called because of its resemblance to the flower, became a popular set in 1910. Brantford’s official flower is the daffodil thanks to this telephone! #Bell150

Aurora Borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country? #solarstorm #auroraborealis

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟒𝟓𝟑 𝐀 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐲. “𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚,