Photographer Peter Adams launched a “Faces of Open Source” portrait project in 2014. This week he posted a special announcement on the web site of Bell Labs: Later this month, Bell Labs will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Unix with a special two day “Unix 50” event at their historic Murray Hill headquarters. This event should be one for the history…
Tag: Folklore
A year with 13 Friday the 13ths?
Should we ever adopt the International Fixed Calendar, we’d have 13 months in a year, with each month containing a Friday the 13th. Friggatriskaidekaphobia – aka fear of Friday the 13th – would be rampant! Or not. Read more about this calendar system here. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/13-month-calendar-would-mean-13-friday-the-13ths…
How many supermoons in 2019?
We had 3 full supermoons (close full moons) earlier this year. Now we’re having 3 new supermoons (close new moons). The dates are August 1 and 30, plus September 28. The August 30 supermoon will be the closest of this year. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/what-is-a-supermoon…
What are the full moon names?
Lists of common full moon names – both by month and by season – for both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/full-moon-names…
Prison inmates haunted by ‘wailing’ ghost
Female inmates at a jail in Tihar, India have been left hysterical by a ghost that is said to wail every night. Like a banshee of Irish folklore, the … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329442/prison-inmates-haunted-by-wailing-ghost…
Black Moon supermoon on July 31
Don’t listen to people who tell you that supermoons are hype. Supermoons aren’t hype; they’re folklore, like Blue Moons or Black Moons or the beloved Harvest Moons. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/black-moon-supermoon-on-july-31…
What’s a Blood Moon?
In some circles of Christian prophecy, a Blood Moon is a member of a special kind of lunar tetrad : four total lunar eclipses in a row, each separated by six lunar months. By this definition, the last Blood Moon occurred on September 28, 2015. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/what-is-a-blood-moon-lunar-eclipses-2014-2015…
Only 2 full moons in a season possible?
We know it’s possible to squeeze 4 full moons into a single season. But can a season have just 2 full moons? Turns out it can. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/blue-moon-seasonal-definition-possible-two-full-moons-one-season…
May 18 Blue Moon near Antares, Jupiter, Ceres
In North America, the May full moon carries the name Flower Moon. 2019’s May full moon on the 18th is a Blue Moon, the 3rd of 4 moons in a season. This Blue Moon will be near bright Antares and brighter Jupiter. It’ll be poised to occult dwarf planet Ceres. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/seasonal-blue-moon-on-may-18-2019…
When is the next Blue Moon?
You might know the definition of Blue Moon as the 2nd of 2 full moons in a calendar month. But there’s another kind of Blue Moon … coming up on May 18, 2019. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/when-is-the-next-blue-moon…