Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula

By: vivian on domingo, outubro 30, 2016

Halloween's origin is ancient and astronomical. Since the fifth century BC, Halloween has been celebrated as a cross-quarter day, a day halfway between an equinox (equal day / equal night) and a solstice (minimum day / maximum night in the northern hemisphere). With a modern calendar however, even though Halloween occurs tomorrow, the real cross-quarter day will occur next week. Another cross-quarter day is Groundhog Day. Halloween's modern celebration retains historic roots in dressing to scare away the spirits of the dead. Perhaps a fitting tribute to this ancient holiday is this view of the Ghost Head Nebula taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. Similar to the icon of a fictional ghost, NGC 2080 is actually a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way Galaxy. The Ghost Head Nebula spans about 50 light-years and is shown in representative colors.

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A Frenchwoman was mysteriously murdered in 1937. When alive, she was connected to a powerful gang,...

By: vivian on domingo, outubro 30, 2016

A Frenchwoman was mysteriously murdered in 1937. When alive, she was connected to a powerful gang, right-wing politics, and Paris’ seedier nightlife. Though the police obtained two confessions, no one was every prosecuted let alone convicted for her murder. This is the story of Laetitia Nourrissat Toureaux

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In 1968, British pop star Petula Clark (on right), best known...

By: vivian on domingo, outubro 30, 2016

In 1968, British pop star Petula Clark (on right), best known for hits like “Downtown” and “Don’t Sleep on the Subway,” hosted an NBC special that included a rare TV appearance by African-American singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. When the two sang Clark’s anti-war song, “On the Path of Glory,” Clark gently put her hand on Belafonte’s arm in a gesture of compassion and connection which was also the first interracial touch in prime time. An executive from one of the show’s corporate sponsors demanded the scene cut – or that another, contact-free take be used instead. “He told the show’s producer that he found the touch offensive and absolutely unacceptable,” Belafonte later said. Clark and her producer erased the first three takes, leaving only the one with her touching Belafonte left so that it had to be aired.

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Jonathan Swift first coined the word “yahoo” in 1726, in his book Gulliver’s...

By: vivian on domingo, outubro 30, 2016

Jonathan Swift first coined the word “yahoo” in 1726, in his book Gulliver’s Travels. It meant a “rough brute.”

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TODAY IN THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGYVisit –>...

By: vivian on domingo, outubro 30, 2016

TODAY IN THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY

Visit –> all-about-psychology.com for free psychology information and resources.

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