Pictures of the day

Via the Big Picture comes a few of the selections that are currently up in their 2009 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar; their attempt to merge Jesus with scientific exploration and knowledge. Good luck with that.

One new picture a day until Diamond J is birthed. A more appropriate endpoint would be the birth of the Star-Child from 2001: A Space Odyssey, but scientists are as yet unable to pinpoint the exact date Dave Bowman morphed into a space fetus. As always: click to embiggen.