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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are found in
lowest
level of the Earth’s atmosphere?
Did you know that the Inuit sea spirit, Sedna, stubbornly refused to marry anyone?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Orographic liftxOrographic lift : Occurs when an air mass is forced to rise over geographic relief from a lower elevation. As the air mass rises it expands and cools adiabatically, which can raise the relative humidity to 100%, create clouds and precipitation.
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Research Highlights
Glaciovolcanoes, they're called, these rumbling mountains where the orange-red fire of magma meets the frozen blue of glaciers. Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano, which erupted recently, is but one of...
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