There must be a lot of astronomy facts right? Consider that there are somewhere around 1 x 10 ^22 stars in the universe, that’s a one followed by 22 zeros. Now realize that many of those stars are surrounded by plants. (more…)
Who discovered Saturn? Did the ancients know this planet or is modern science its first analyst? The truth is that in the antiquity people had a far better knowledge of the sky map than we have today, and it is possible that they were familiar with Saturn by means of primitive telescopes. (more…)
In the old times people spent a lot more time looking at the sky and searching for the answer to their various problems and preoccupations among the stars. Almost any culture abounds in myths, legends and stories about stars. At the time, symbolism, light intensity and even religious considerations made people name a star in a certain way. (more…)
The red nautical star is a modern adaptation of a century-old tattoo. Sailors found their way on the sea guiding themselves by the Southern Cross and the Northern Star; as long as one of these two was visible, the ship was on the right course. Sailors would therefore wear nautical stars on their arms most of the times out of superstition, and to have higher chances to get home safe. (more…)
People are more and more interested in learning about the star sign compatibility with the person they love, and magazines and Internet sites only fire this tendency even further. In ancient cultures the determination of star sign compatibility was a serious task that relied on the interpretation of cosmic facts and events. Thus, every person is born under a star sign and all his/her life suffers the influence of the cosmic energy of the moment of birth. (more…)