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Cosmic Curiosities

"A total eclipse of the sun...is the most sublime and awe-i

Cosmic Curiosities

“Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.”
~ Blaise Pascal, 17th Century French Philosopher/Writer

March Calendar Madness

In Woodland Indian rituals, ceremonies, and religious observances, tobacco is the unifying thread of communication between humans and the spiritual powers.

The manidog (spirits) are said to be extremely fond of tobacco and that the only way they could get it was from the Indians, either by smoke from a pipe or by offerings of dry tobacco. According to tradition, the Indians received tobacco as a gift from Wenebojo who had taken it from a mountain giant and then given the seed to his brothers.

Cosmic Curiosities

“We choose to go to the Moon! We choose to go to the Moon... We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
-  John F. Kennedy, American President

Cosmic Curiosities

“Mars is the only known planet inhabited by robots.”
- Brian Solis, American Speaker & Author

A Day in Space-Life

Cosmic Curiosities

“I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive how very little more I know than I did seven years ago when I first did this kind of work.”
~ Maria Mitchell, 19th century American Astronomer

Sun and Moon Size -- A Coincidence?

To the Maya of the modern Lake Amatitlán communities, the lake has a longstanding tradition as a sacred place. During Pre-Columbian times, according to legend (see Borhegyi 1959:237-38, Suzanne de Borhegyi 1961), a carved stone figure known as Jefe Dios occupied a hilltop on the north shore of the lake. One night in the 17th century, during a violent hailstorm and earthquake, the figure disappeared. In the morning, the small, painted wooden statue of the Santo Niño, the Christ Child, stood at the water's edge at the base of the cliff.