Is it Time to Forget Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow?
Perhaps, but the following 30-minute video is not for the faint of heart or for the spiritually insecure so view at your own discretion. Herr Beethoven supplies the music, the Cosmos supplies the comets, meteors, and fireballs which have been increasing in number for the last few years, have you noticed?
Some curious links are made to catastrophes and
This mysterious disc is said to be the oldest known map of the heavens.Two nights ago the stars sparkled so fiercely above our house. Jupiter was a perfect, tiny orange disc, suspended between bright burning Aldebaran, the Watcher of the East, and Orio…
It’s December and Geminid meteor time, skywatchers!
Space Weather News for Dec 13, 2012
GEMINID METEOR SHOWER: Earth is passing through a stream of debris from "rock comet" 3200 Phaethon, source of the annual Geminid meteor shower. Around the world, observers are counting as many as 60 shooting stars per hour, a number which could increase sharply as the shower peaks on the night of Dec 13-
My good friend Isy pointed out in a recent comment that we should not think of Pluto as a simple lump of rock spinning through space, but as a group of objects with a great big hole in the middle. So I asked her to write about it. Understanding t…
Oops! Our Moon’s Gravitational Pull Affects Large Hadron Collider
by Jude Cowell
Now who would’ve guessed that the minute gravitational pull of Earth’s Moon is affecting the Large Hadron Collider?
Could it be that there are more things under heaven and earth than are dreamed of in science labs? Yet you and I know that amazing cosmic affects are and have been dreamed of in Astrology studies
Those Rare Venus Transits 1639 – 2117
by Jude Cowell
Coming soon to a Cosmos near you is the Venus Transit of June 5 or 6, 2012 in mid-Gemini. The excellent publication History Today tells of astronomer and mathematician Jeremiah Horrocks, a Liverpudlian, who forecasted then observed for the first time a Venus Transit (aka, Occultation of the Sun) on November 24, 1639.
Note: to read the
The following video was nabbed from the Transit of Venus website where you’ll find more information, plus, Transit of Venus apps concerning this rare cosmic event placed on our calendars by The Cosmos for June 5 or 6, 2012, depending on your viewing location:
You’ll remember the last Venus Transit (aka, an Occultation of the Sun) which occurred during the G-8 Summit held June 8-10, 2004 when
In case you were up early this morning and wondering what in the world…Space Weather News for March 27, 2012 This morning before sunrise, sky watchers along the eastern seaboard of the United States witnessed an amazing sky show created by the rapid-fire launch of five rockets from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. It was an experiment named "ATREX" to study turbulent winds in the transition zone
Just what I always wanted: a lovely yet ‘elusive’ meteor shower for my birthday tomorrow!Space Weather News for Jan 3, 2012FIRST METEOR SHOWER OF 2012: The annual Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Wednesday morning, Jan. 4th, when Earth passes through…
Space Weather News for Dec. 9, 2011LUNAR ECLIPSE: Sky watchers on the Pacific side of Earth should be alert for a total lunar eclipse on Saturday, Dec. 10th. The disk of the full Moon will turn a beautiful shade of copper-red as it passes through Eart…