The immediate context ofIl Saggiatorewas a controversy sparked by the appearance of comets in the night sky in 1618. In 1619, Jesuit astronomer Orazio Grassi published a treatise arguing that comets were real celestial bodies traveling through space beyond the Moon. His conclusions, though reasonabl...
→Read about more fun facts in the Almanac Astronomer’s post, “Vernal Equinox Oddities.” Q: According to folklore, you can stand a raw egg on its end on the equinox. Is this true? A:This egg folklore became popular in 1945 following aLIFEarticleabout the spring practice. “The origins...
34. “The UFO phenomenon, whatever its ultimate explanation, is one of the great mysteries of the modern age.”—J. Allen Hynek, astronomer & UFO researcher 35. “The UFO phenomenon is one of the great mysteries of our time, and it is essential that it be scientifically investigated.”—...
Carl Sagan was an American astronomer and planetary scientist best known for his contribution to research on extraterrestrial life. Sagan was bornCarl Edward SaganinBrooklyn, New Yorkon November 9, 1934. His interest in astronomy began when he was five years old when his mother sent him to the...
Somebody sticks around when he feels that he has something to do. You know, old people that don’t feel like they have something to do and their friends don’t love them anymore; they die fast. People who have something to do and friends they care about; they don’t die out like th...
What the world's first observatory, which is 12,000 years old, looks like The oldest temple in the world could have another purpose The northern hemisphere of the Earth was covered with huge glaciers when a group of hunter-gatherers in southern Turkey began construction of a structure known ...
The Belgian astronomer and statistician Adolphe Quételet did more than anyone to claim these statistical regularities were evidence of determinism. Individuals might think marriage was their decision, but since the number of total marriages was relatively stable from year to year, Quételet claimed the...
- Sir Martin Rees (astronomer) "I can't see any farther. Giants are standing on my shoulders!" - unknown "In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken," and then they would actually change their minds and you never...
Both Sam and Mina (“It’s my dad. He took my mother to Whitby Abbey while she was pregnant with me. My poor brother narrowly escaped being called Van Helsing.”) have arrived with significant emotional baggage. Sam lost his seven-year-old daughter, Maggie. Mina lost her brother, Eddie...
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