Posts Tagged ‘stars’

Ten Movie Idol Obituaries From Ten Years Ago.

It is common to hear people say that time flies and it is true. I have put together a list of screen idols who died ten years ago. When I began researching this list of screen idols' obituaries, I was surprised to read who had died and how old they had been when they died. I have sorted them by date. Doesn't time fly?

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Astronomy – Important Dates BC

There is no doubt that astronomy is the oldest science and there is also no doubt that astronomy was being studied by everyone, not only the wise men, thousands and thousands of years ago.

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Interesting Facts about Astronomy

Astronomy is an interesting science to most people because it is filled with loads of astronomy fun facts. Everything from the size and temperature of our own star, the Sun, to the make-up of distant planets has been recorded. All of this information can be retold to entertain and enlighten people.

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The Chinese Lunar Calendar

Prior to their implementation of the Western solar calendar system, the Chinese almost exclusively followed their own lunar calendar for determining the times of planting and harvesting and festival days. Although people in China today use the Western calendar for almost all business, governmental and practical matters of daily life, the old system still serves as the basis for working out many seasonal holidays. This coexistence of two calendar systems has long been accepted by the people of China.

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Astronomy For Beginners

Although astronomy is the oldest science, it continues to be at the forefront of not only scientific thought, but that of the public at large too. Who has not looked up at the galaxy while walking home late at night and wondered? Having said that though, the ancient people of certainly the northern hemisphere, but probably both, knew the movements of the stars and planets better than most of us do nowadays.

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