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Auroras are coming! [Stardust, Contemplating]
As you read this, a blast wave of trillions of energetic particles is bearing down on us, with impact expected in just 10 to 30 hours (night of May 10 – May 12). The resulting auroras will fill the skies in many Northern areas with shimmering green, red and blue. If you’ve never seen auroras, this could be your chance! Ready for auroras? Read More
Your Once in a Lifetime Chance to see a Star Explode! It’ll happen any day now!
What, really? See a star explode – go Nova or Supernova? But aren’t those completely unpredictable? How can we know when to look?
Like so much else that science shows us, it’s complicated. The upshot is that some are very predictable, and brightest predictable one in the entire night sky in your lifetime is expected to explode before Samhain this year – literally any day now. Here’s how to see it.
Happy Spring Equitherm (Beltane)!
Celebrations
Attraction! Our world reawakens, and we see beauty around us! In addition to each of us finding beauty in our world as part of our connection to our Universe, our wider body of humankind is about to find new beauty in the night sky – with the light from a star undergoing a Nova explosion! But hold on, don’t those happen without warning, and can’t be predicted? Usually, yes – but a recurrent Nova can be predicted, and the only one most of have a chance to see is expected this year! More details soon, including a ritual for when it explodes! Also, just after Beltane, many of us enjoy Star Wars Day, May 4th.
Some of the ways many of us are celebrating Beltane were published ~ a week ago, and now we also have many online & in person celebrations and rituals to attend, as we like (see list of links in that post published last week). Plus, hat tip to Mark Green for posting this useful article about ways to celebrate Beltane with kids, without the need to focus on human sexuality (not that there’s anything wrong with that, Jerry). Beltane also reminds us of the symmetry of life and death, – as Glenys does here. For some of us, the celebrations will be later this week or next- the actual midpoint between the Equinox and the Solstice is May 5th, and this year, with Beltane falling on a weekday, this coming weekend has plenty of events planned. And of course, for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, Happy Samhain! However you are celebrating, may your be celebration be blessed.
This is an updated version of our annual Spring Equitherm post.
The May Cross-Quarter (Vernal Equitherm or Beltane) is less than two weeks away! + a dozen online celebrations
The Vernal Equitherm (Beltane) is coming! While Beltane sweeps over our whole Northern Hemisphere (with Samhain in the Southern Hemisphere), it’s especially obvious in California, more El Nino rain has again given California a superbloom! Check out the flowers celebrating Beltane throughout so much of that state!
Success! We did it! A Celebration of the Discovery of the Big Bang is coming on April 20! Can you be there? [Starstuff, Contemplating]
The Horn has been saved!!
One of the most powerful discoveries given to us by science has been learning the astounding and glorious history of how we got here. A key part of that discovery was the finding of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation (CMB, see picture below), literally the glow of the Big Bang or Great Radiance itself! The actual structure which gave us our earliest baby picture of ourselves was under threat from developers (for building a condo unit), but now, with our petition and the efforts of many others, has been saved! A number of events are planned for the opening on April 20th, in Holmdel, NJ!
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