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Father of the Lantern
Abu Fanous translates to “Father of the Lantern” and is the title given to a mysterious light phenomenon that occurs in the Arabian Desert. The local urban legend is that the light is a jinn attempting to lure unwise travelers into dangerous parts of the desert where they will meet their doom.
Read MoreWill-O’-The-Wisps
As the Scottish legend goes, will-o’-the-wisps are the souls of the lost who could enter neither heaven nor hell and must wander the earth for all eternity.
Read MoreStar iPTF14hls
Usually, when a star goes supernova, the core collapses in less than a second, the shockwave hits several hours later, and peak brightness is reached in a few months.
Read MoreMirage
Everyone is familiar with the well-known mirage of an oasis in the desert. It has even become a common trope in media for the main character to be stranded and see a lake of water in the distance. However, when they arrive, they find nothing but more sand.
Read MoreSailing Stones
In Death Valley National Park it is possible for rocks to move across the ground even when no one has touched them.
Read MoreCatatumbo Lightning
They say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but at Lake Maracaibo lightning can strike over 40 times in one minute.
Read MoreSpiral
The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, which means it is constantly in motion. Not only do the nine planets in our solar system rotate around the sun, but the sun itself is in orbit around the center of the galaxy where a massive black hole can be found. This black hole creates an enormous…
Read MorePhases
Every 29.5 days, the moon completes its lunar phase cycle. This means that in the time frame of less than a month, it wanes to nothing, then waxes to full again.
Read MoreEclipse
Were you able to see the eclipse this week? If so, it was pretty spectacular! A once in a lifetime experience for many people.
Read MoreGalaxy
A galaxy is made up of millions of stars and their solar systems all held together by a gravitational pull.
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