Tag: stars

Transit of Mercury: The Movie

I think it’s probably impossible for us to truly understand the size of a star, even an ordinary, not particularly big star like our sun. Check out this page from NASA with images from the recent transit of Mercury across the face of the sun. In particular, take time to download the movie. Watch the …

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Stars

  Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are . . . Stars have always fascinated humans.  At the dawn of history, and probably even before, wise men watched the stars and learned to read them as markers of the turning of the seasons.  They attributed magical powers to the stars (a belief …

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