Pie in the Sky
You and I are traveling through a part of our yearly orbit where we see the Big Dipper high in our northern sky—as high as it ever gets. If you look for it, you’ll notice that it’s upside down at the...
View ArticlePlanet Venus and Five-Petal Flowers
Imagine yourself in the space above our little blue-green planet looking down—way, way down—on her icy North Pole. If you stay in this space for 24 hours, you get to see her make one whole spin around...
View ArticleThe Secret to Walking on Ceilings
Pssst! You! You are a passenger on a planet-a blue-green planet that's orbiting a golden star.
View ArticleCelebrate
Did you join me in a celebration powered by the light of the star we're orbiting-and by the spinning of the planet that we're riding on? We just passed through a pivotal point in our relationship with...
View ArticleSummer Solstice
The star that we're orbiting is visible in our sky longer now than at any other point in our yearly journey around it. But this gives us less time to enjoy the other suns in our sky, because our nights...
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