Explore Myths about Venus
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Venus was the goddess of love and beauty. To the perfection of her figure and the purity of ...
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Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is an Aztec deity representing the planet Venus and an apparition of ...
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Maya astronomers had a remarkably accurate knowledge of the apparent motion of Venus. They ...
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Scandinavian story-tellers spoke little about goddesses, who were rarely the chief characters ...
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Explore Myths about other nearby planets
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Mercury was the god of eloquence, games of chance, commerce, and story telling, and was the ...
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Mercury was the prankster of the gods. And yet, in spite of his pranks, he won the affection ...
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In Hindu mythology, the planet Mars is known as Mangala. Hindus believed in the existence ...
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Mayans were sophisticated observers of the sky. Mayans used their astronomical knowledge to ...
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Research Highlights
Scientists can now study climate change in far more detail with powerful new computer software released by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. The Community Earth System...
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