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Myths about the Sky, Constellations, and Stars
Since long ago, people around the world have associated the heavens, the stars, and the patterns they make in the sky with their gods and goddesses. Links from this page will take you to descriptions of the role of selected stars, star patterns, and related gods and goddesses in various cultures.
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Constellations
Learn about how different cultures associated myths with arrangements of stars in the sky. ...Read more
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8/21 Lake Nyos, Cameroon, Mass Carbon Dioxide Asphyxiation Event, 1986 Details
8/22 Birthday of American Astronomer Samuel Pierpont Langley in 1834
8/23 On this date in 1905 Albert Einstein introduced the special theory of relativity.
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Do you know what the gods Re, Tonatiuh, and Shamash all have in common?Did you know that, in Egyptian mythology, the sky goddess Nut married the Earth god Geb, and that the Sun god Re was angry, and so forced them to separate?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?Seiche
xSeiche : A standing wave in an enclosed or partially enclosed body of water. Seiches and seiche-related phenomena have been observed on lakes, reservoirs, swimming pools, bays, and seas. The key requirement for formation of a seiche is that the body of water
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Research Highlights
Silver Tells a Story of Early Earth: Water Here Since Planet's Very Early Days
A new study shows that water might have been on Earth very early in its history. Before this new information, scientists thought water came to Earth from comets. Scientists have learned this by studying...Read more
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