The “celestial swan” most prominently flies across the night sky throughout the summer and fall months in the northern hemisphere. The brightest star, Deneb, marks the tail of the swan, while Albireo marks the Swan’s head. Sadr, near the center, marks the swan’s breast, sitting at t...
The stars of the Great Square in-closing the body of the Horse (the Great Square of Pegasus marked by the starsAlpheratz(alpha Andromeda),Scheat,Markab, andAlgenib). Mythologically he was the son of Neptune and Medusa, sprung by his father’s command from the blood of the latter which...
Positioned between Gemini to the west and Leo to the east, this constellation is best visible in the northern hemisphere during early spring. Historically and mythologically, it represents the crab from the Greek legend of Hercules, linking it to themes of bravery and struggle. Stars in Cancer ...
The JWST team found that the features seen in the Ring Nebula were similar to those seen in its southern counterpart, theSouthern Ring Nebula(NGC 3132), imaged by Webb in 2022. The astronomers concluded that these features, including the multiplicity of the central star, may be common to suc...
Legends of saints taming bears are common in the Alpine zone. In the arms of the bishopric of Freising, the bear is the dangerous totem animal tamed by St. Corbinian and made to carry his civilised baggage over the mountains. A bear also features prominently in the legend of St. Romed...
wind conditions, this shell structure can be westward tilted with different angles and sometimes is even eastwardly tilted (see their Fig.4). Figure5a, b illustrates this range of variations. In general, for other examples (not shown here), most of the EPI events presented positive Δtin th...