Tempe, Arizona Two cosmochemists at Arizona State University have made the first-ever measurements of water contained in samples from the surface of an asteroid. The samples came from asteroid Itokawa (our header picture is of Itokawa) and were collected by the Japanese space probe Hayabusa, that seems to be named after the Suzuki Motorcycle. The... Continue Reading →
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from the UK magazine How it Works Scientists hypothesize the Sun began as a giant gas dust cloud rotating in space. Over millions of years, as this cloud spun faster and faster, it collapsed into a disc. Some of the material around the disc formed the planets as small clumps of material stuck together, much... Continue Reading →
A new study reconstructs the relationship of the moon to our earth dating 1.4 billion years ago, long after the Sun was created.. That original day on Earth lasted just over 18 hours -- that is not sun hours but the total hours of a day. Why did it change and can it change again?... Continue Reading →
If "always" means in our collective lives, the answer yes. If "always" though means throughout all of time, no. The UK magazine, How it Works, has an illustrative article that explains that because of "precession of the equinoxes" Polaris -- i.e.: Alpha Ursae Minoris, commonly called the North Star will not always be north, nor has... Continue Reading →
Basically the IAU, the international astronomical union, does it.
The 1621 Laurentia Asteroid was named for an amateur French chemist, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent by its discovered Paul and Prosper Henri on 21 April 1876. Laurentia is also the botanical name of the Virginia blue creeper ; they are not related. And finally there is the Laurentian Mountain Range in Canada; no relation there... Continue Reading →
Now that Saturn has moved into Capricorn, here's a list of 1st Saturn returns: Nicole Simpson's first 911 Call Jan 1 1989 3:58 AM Brentwood, CA Our header image is of Nicole Brown and O.J. Simpson's wedding in 1985. 2.Desert Storm/Gulf War Begins Jan 17 1991 2:38AM Baghdad, Iraq The chart is here. ... Continue Reading →
Pallas is the name given to the second asteroid discovered, by German astronomer Heinrich Olbers. He named the asteroid after himself, Pallas from Greek Mythology the patron goddess of Athens Greece, and our header image though from a shot in Vienna, Austria. He was upset that Piazzi had beaten him in the race to find... Continue Reading →
The Moon’s Nodes are retrograde more often than they are direct, pulling on the subconscious life and trying to integrate them with current life situations. When the nodes are direct, there is a "karmic, straight-path forward manifestation” Most software allows you to chose either Mean or True nodes the difference is Mean Nodes are always... Continue Reading →
Odd Facts Fomalhaut is a star in the Southern Hemisphere in the constellation Piscis Austrinus at 03°52′ Pisces. It travels about three degrees and thirty minutes each year. It is estimated at 440 million years old. By comparison, Earth's sun is about 4.5 billion years old. But when it comes to size, Fomalhaut has the... Continue Reading →
Hygeia Mythologically In Greek Mythology, Hygeia is the great-granddaughter of Zeus / Jupiter via the Apollo(n) line. Her father Aesclepius, another asteroid, was the Greek god of healing & is often shown with a physician’s staff & a snake wrapped around. The cock bird was also sacred to Asclepius and sacrificed on his altar. Chiron,... Continue Reading →
