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.Autumn Equinox to Halloween - QuizAutumn equinox and autumn sky, discoveries and discoverers, an ancient festival that marked the transition from the light to darkness. Can you identify them?Autumn Equinox to Halloween - Quiz.
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.HalloweenHalloween falls midway between an equinox and a solstice. In the ancient Celtic world it was the new year's eve and start of winter - time to prepare for survival in the darkening days. But also a time when the boundary between our world and the otherworld weakened. Who knew what might cross it?Halloween.
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.Cosmic Halloween TourJoin me - if you dare! - on a Halloween astronomical tour. See a cosmic witch and cosmic ghosts, spiders and snakes, and a fiery skull. And you don't really have to be afraid. It's a virtual tour and all these things are interesting astronomical objects a very long way away.Cosmic Halloween Tour.
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.Cosmic Ghosts Ghouls and VampiresAstronomers use colorful language for cosmic objects. But unlike ghosts, ghouls and vampires in horror stories, the cosmic ones aren't scary late at night. Here are tales of the birth, evolution and death of stars, a blinking demon and a star that, at Halloween, seems like the Sun's ghost.Cosmic Ghosts Ghouls and Vampires.
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.Taurids - Halloween FireballsThousands of years ago a comet broke up. A remnant still visits Earth, adding to the debris stream fuelling the annual Taurid meteor shower. The shower peaks near Halloween and may produce brilliant meteors - its nickname is 'Halloween Fireballs'. But is there something deadly in the Beta Taurids?Taurids - Halloween Fireballs.
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.Born between Halloween and the Solstice – QuizHere are 30 people who made contributions to astronomy and space. Ten of them were also born between Halloween and the Winter Solstice. Can you match them to their birthdays?Born between Halloween and the Solstice – Quiz.
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