Explore Myths about Stars
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For the ancient Greeks, the Hyades were daughters of Pleione and Atlas, a giant who carried ...
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In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were seven sisters. Their names were Maia, Electra, Alcyone, ...
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The Flint Boys is the name that Navajo Indians give to the Pleiades. According to a Navajo ...
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According to the Pawnee Indians, the world was created by the god Tirawa who assigned to the ...
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According tho the Navajo mythology, the Milky Way was created by the misbehavior of the mischievous ...
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Mayans seem to have thought of the Milky Way as the mystic road along which souls walk into ...
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In the Hindu mythology, it is said that the stars of the Big Dipper were the seven sages called ...
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According to Hindu mythology, Svaha represents the star Zeta Tauri, which is the tip of one ...
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The Pleiades were known to the Aztecs as Tianquiztli which means the "marketplace." The Pleiades ...
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you know that the Sun is fueled by
fusion
reactions in the
Sun's
core?
Did you know that the Earth’s
magnetic field has reversed
its orientation irregularly many times over Earth’s history?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Research Highlights
Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled, beginning 4.568 billion years ago. Results...
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