Explore Mythology of the Mayas
The Maya believed the Earth was flat with four corners. Each corner was a direction shown by ...
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Xib Chac was the Mayan rain god. He was a fair god, and was shown by many colors. He was often ...
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Ix Chel, the "Lady Rainbow," was the Moon goddess in Mayan mythology. The Mayans associated ...
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The ancient Mayans used the doorways and windows of their buildings to look at things in space. ...
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Mayans were sophisticated observers of the sky. Mayans used their astronomical knowledge to ...
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Mayans seem to have thought of the Milky Way as the road along which souls walk into the underworld. ...
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Did you know that there may be 200 or so
dwarf planets in the solar system, out to the
Kuiper Belt?
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Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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EutrophicationxEutrophication : Accumulation of nutrients that supports dense growth of algae which decays and depletes the water of oxygen
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Research Highlights
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...
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