Earth Changes (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Did Saturn square Pluto set off the ClimateGate Tsunami? "Why Does it Feel Like Something’s Going to SNAP?!!" - Saturn-Pluto2009 Something did go 'snap' ... The Pseudo-Science Man Made Global Warming emails flooded the Worldwide Web, engulfing low-lying scientists with a rise in awareness as streams of consciousness burst their banks, sending food waters across the Genetically Modified...
Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Astronomers have been searching for the mysterious Planet X for hundreds of years. It was the search for a theoretical planet beyond Uranus that.
ASTROTABLETALK (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
There is debate amongst analysts as to whether the current President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, is his own man or merely a puppet of the previous President, Vladimir Putin. Medvedev took office in March last year, and it was pretty clear at the time that he was there as Putin’s appointee. Putin was barred by the constitution from a 3rd successive term in office, so Medvedev was there to keep...
Heliogenic Climate Change (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
" Desmoulins graph : green peaks = JEV most aligned days. The Sunspot cycle which averages 11 years is still a mystery, with no real conclusive science that has been put forward with any certainty on what controls the varying length of the Sunspot cycle. Previously in my Neptune/Uranus article we discussed the work of Desmoulins who has graphed the “most aligned days” of Jupiter, Earth...
Universe Today (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Astronomers have been searching for the mysterious Planet X for hundreds of years. It was the search for a theoretical planet beyond Uranus that turned up Neptune, and then again for Pluto. And even now there are some astronomers who think there's a more distant planet out there. Oh, and there are a bunch of [...]
Darker View (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
If you are staying up or getting up to watch the 2009 Leonid Meteors , you might take some time and enjoy some other sights the universe has to offer while you are out under a dark sky. The notes here are for the night of the Leonids, November 17th, but as planetary configurations do not change quickly, much is accurate for several weeks either side of that date. Times may change a bit dependent on...
The Composed Gentleman (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Jeopardy TV game show today asked this question: What is the densest planet in the solar system? The planets that are much closer to the sun are dense planets. That is why Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are denser than Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus, and Saturn.Among Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, the densest planet is Earth. The second densest is Mercury.Rank - Name - Density (kg pr. cubic
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
The astronomy instructor offered to give extra credit to eight students – Jack, Jane, Jeff, Jess, Jill, Jodi, John, and Judy - if they’d help the rest of the class learn about the Solar System. Each student would choose one planet – Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune Saturn, Uranus, or Venus - and write a special report to [...]
Astronomy Blog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Most 8 year olds can reel off the names of the planets with ease. These 8 names (they might have trouble remembering Laurele's 13 or 58 ) are easily recognised, even the ones of planets unknown in antiquity such as Uranus and Neptune. Since the first exoplanet - a planet orbiting a star other than our Sun - was discovered in 1990, we've found over 400 and the numbers are going up rapidly . These planets...
An Astrologer's Diary (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
I haven't had time to add any posts for ages, for which my apologies. It's rather late to say this, but I just wanted to put on record a few of the thoughts I have been sharing with astrological friends for the past five or six years. Having predicted the current recession (to the month) years ago (and advised clients in advance), I thought I would say that the economic outlook remains troubled until...
PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
FINALISTS for the official names of the planets Uranus and Neptune have resonances with ancient Greek and Jewish mythology: Some planets need Hebrew names, and you can help By Ofri Ilani ( Haaretz ) Tags: Israel News, Hebrew Language For more than 1,000 years, when Hebrew speakers looked at the sky, they saw five planets - Hama (Mercury), Noga (Venus), Maadim (Mars), Tsedek (Jupiter) and Shabtai (Saturn)....
Mah Rabu (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
(Crossposted to Jewschool .) Back in January , we posted about the contest to come up with Hebrew names for the planets Uranus and Neptune, as part of the International Year of Astronomy . Some of you may have submitted entries. The finalists have now been announced!!! The two contenders for the planet hereunto known as Uranus are: Oron - “The name means ‘little light’ , and it hints...
On The Contrary.................... (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
[No, I'm not 'back']About 10 months ago, I mentioned a contest to give Uranus and Neptune Hebrew names. I suggested Rahav for Neptune and Elyon for Uranus, but later mentioned that I prefer Shahak for Uranus, as suggested by BZ.Well, four names have made the final voting round - two for each planet. Both Rahav and Shahak are on the list, and both BZ and I are listed amongst those who proposed the
Astrology for the 21st Century (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Campaigning journalist, newsreader, writer, radio and television broadcaster, Ludovic Kennedy who died this weekend, was born into relative privilege and spent his life confidently promoting justice and compassion. He helped to end the death sentence in the UK and promoted voluntary euthanasia. Known for his pursuit of justice in cases of miscarriage thereof, he was often controversial and ahead of...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
The 241-year-old reference authority is looking for the oldest complete set in private hands It tells us that flatulence can be cured by blowing smoke through the anus, devotes 40 pages to the diseases of horses and informs the reader that homo sapiens is divided into five varieties: "the American, the European, the Asiatic, the African and the monstrous". It is of course the first ever...
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