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The Perseids meteor shower begins tonight and will last until September 1st, with the peak of the cosmic display on August 12th. This year’s peak will be especially worth making time to see, as we will have a moon-less sky during the pre-dawn hours.
Did ancient Egyptians think of the Milky Way as a specific attribute of the sky goddess Nut? A new study uses computer simulations of the ancient sky and analysis of Egyptian astronomical texts to argue the Milky Way may have been considered Nut’s backbone or outstretched arms at different times of the year.
Scientists have detected one of the most powerful cosmic rays ever observed. Named after the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu, the particle rivals the famous “Oh-My-God” particle observed in 1991 – and appears to come from a blank area of the sky.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Museum of Magic, Fortune-telling & Witchcraft is set to open, Iemanjá statue, ConVocation and other upcoming events, the green comet, and more news.
Professor and physicist Enrique Alberto Gómez reflects on the Mayan calendar and the assertion that the West is interested in the products of Indigenous thought, but not in the Indigenous thought process that produced it.