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Category Archives: Look! Up in the sky!
Just to put your day into perspective
Just to put your day into perspective. Of course, that’s all well and good, but a human soul has greater worth. Christ died for souls, not stars or background radiation. It seems to me that the material cosmos is so … Read More
JUST TOO COOL – Fly Over video of The Moon
Because today is the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, it’s time for a trip to your planet’s largest satellite! Everyone should check out the amazing “Tour of The Moon” 4K “fly over” video, provided by the folks at NASA. HERE It makes … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged moon
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Happy Birthday, dear universe, happy birthday to you!
Fun! This is from History: On this day in 4977 B.C., the universe is created, according to German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, considered a founder of modern science. Kepler is best known for his theories explaining the motion of … Read More
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s…. STEVE!
Run, don’t walk, to SpaceWeather for a super cool video of STEVE! STEVE RETURNS (UPDATED WITH VIDEO): Last night in Alberta, Canada, photographer Alan Dyer looked up and saw a mauve ribbon of light bisecting the night sky. Auroras? Not exactly. … Read More
Holy Saturday 2018 – Paschal Blue Moon on Vigil of Easter and more Moon stuff
Bumped up to the top for today… photos below A “Blue Moon” is a second full moon during a calendar month. They are infrequent. This year – 2018 – there are two occurrences. The first was on 31 January, and … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged blue moon, Vigil of Easter
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Look! Up in the sky! Falcon Heavy lifts off.
I’ve been watching the SpaceX launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket. They sent up Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster. This booster can lift 64 metric tons (141,000 lbs), more than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel. … Read More
31 Jan – Blue Moon Eclipse
This is from SpaceWeather: BLUE MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE: On Wednesday, Jan. 31st, the second full Moon of January will pass through Earth’s shadow, producing a rare “Blue Moon Lunar Eclipse.” The Moon won’t look blue, however. Researchers are predicting a … Read More
The Pope marries a couple on the papal airplane. Hmmm.
I fairly dread papal trips these days. You never know what is going to happen on the papal airplane. Will there be another presser in which the Holy Father will say something like, “Who am I to judge?” That was … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Look! Up in the sky!, One Man & One Woman
Tagged martimony, martrimony
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Just Too Cool! Voyager fires its thrusters for the first time in 37 years.
Recently I re-watched the movie The Martian, which is also a novel. [US HERE – UK HERE I understand that the author has a new book out.] I find it inspiring. We encounter challenges. We work the problems. We face … Read More
Posted in Four Last Things, Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged The Martian, Voyager
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VIDEO for your Just Too Cool file – supercomputer simulation of past year’s hurricane season
At APOD I saw this amazing video and I can’t but share it. Explanation: Where do hurricanes go? To better understand dangerous storms, NASA compiled data from several satellites into a supercomputer simulation of this past year’s hurricane season. Specifically, the … Read More
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Tagged hurricanes, weather
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