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May 2016: NASA Announces 1,200 New Planets
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major science and disaster news events of May 2016. 1…Sun, Moon, and Stars: June 2002
June 2002 Overview Week by Week Go to week 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Major phenomena…Brewer's: Aldebaran
The sun in Arabian mythology. In astronomy, the star called the Bull's eye in the constellation Taurus. (Arabic al the, debaran.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: Sagittarius
the archer, represents the Centaur Chiron, who at death was converted into the constellation so called. (See next article.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Twins
One of the signs of the constellation (May 21st to June 21st). When now no more the alternate twins are fired, Short is the doubtful empire of the night. Thomson: Summer. Source:…Brewer's: Varnish
from the French vernis; Italian, vernice. Sir G. C. Lewis says the word is a corruption of Berenice, famous for her amber hair, which was dedicated in the temple of Arsinoe, and became a…Brewer's: Cepheus
(2 syl.). One of the northern constellations, which takes its name from Cepheus, King of Ethiopia, husband of Cassiopeia and father of Andromeda. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,…Brewer's: Charles's Wain
The constellation called the Great Bear, which forms the outline of a wheelbarrow or rustic wagon. “Charles” is a corruption of the word churles, the farmer's wagon. (Anglo-Saxon, ceorles…Baron Munchausen: Preparations for the Baron'...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron insists on the ve... The Baron proceeds on his v... Preparations for the Baron'... Preparations for the Baron's expedition into Africa-…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to Heaven
by Percy Bysshe Shelley An Ode, Written October, 1819Ode to the West WindOde to Heaven Published with "Prometheus Unbound", 1820. Dated 'Florence, December, 1819' in Harvard manuscript (…Trending
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