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This entire web site is an educational resource for those interested in art-sciences including Astronomy, Sidereal Astrology, the relation between Tropical and Sidereal Zodiacs; Planetary Synodic Cycles; Venus Transits, asteroids, new planets, Earth Resonances, Earth's Precessional Cycle & the Evolutionary Cycle of the Soul, Solar Cycles, Bio-Harmonics, Health & Healing, and the Evolution of Human Consciousness. Please Enjoy!

There are several sections to this web site. The two main sections are: The Lunar Planner, and Earth's Precessional Holy Cross. You are on the Lunar Planner section. The Precessional Cross section has its own table of contents.

The Lunar Planner section includes the Monthly Lunar Planner and many other related areas. Links are below. A part of the Lunar Planner (the Monthly Lunar Planner Commentary) is available to subscribers, while the rest of this web site, which is quite voluminous, is FREE.

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This Lunar Month's Theme

Spiritual Mastery of Primal Forces

Nov 16, 2009 - Dec 16, 2009

A Synopsis of this month's Lunar Planner

This New Moon occurs on the cups of sidereal Scorpio, nesting within the clutches of the Scorpion and approaching the Scorpion's head. It conjoins several potent stars including Beta Centauri, and the Nuclear Galaxy AP Libra.

The theme in this few degree band of the zodiak is about doing what ever it takes in assertive physical action to claim our mastery over the powerful forces governing life and death; to ensure our evolutionary freedom from perpetual entrapment in these forces. It demands that we mature in consciousness and take responsibility for our lives and for any entrapments in which we may find ourselves.

This is an intense lunar cycle, one that kicks off a potent year ahead, yet it leads us eloquently through a positive transmutational process. In this lunar cycle, we enter the start of the Saturn-Pluto Square, which continues through August 21, 2010. The first trigger to this square began the day before this New Moon, on November 15, 2009. From this time through the second trigger of three, which occurs on January 31, 2009, Saturn and Pluto maintain a very tight orb, of about 1°. This creates a very potent and relentless aspect--one demanding profound "change" in the very structure of consciousness.

The Gibbous Moon, which starts the pollinating lunar phase, conjoins Eris, while at the same time Juno, the asteroid of relationships and relating, begins a new many-year (synodic) cycle with Eris. Eris, a newly discovered planet is the "great disruptor." Eris, larger than Pluto, was responsible for the entire reclassification of planets and the formation of the new Dwarf Planet category to which Pluto now belongs. Eris forced us to relinquish limiting construct about our reality and to embrace our rapidly expanding consciousness.

As the Sun moves through the Scorpion, and under the auspices of Ophiuchus throughout this lunar cycle, it will conjoin Pholus, Ixion and Quaoar, all of which reside in sidereal Scorpio. This will provide opportunity to learn more about the nature of these newly discovered forces in our lives; and gain more insight into issues surrounding use of power.

Uranus, currently in opposition to Saturn and Makemake, completes its retrograde in this lunar cycle just before the Full Moon. The Full Moon conjoins Aldebaran, the Eye of the Bull, which marks the center of sidereal Taurus, and which reveals the purpose of this lunar cycle. Uranus' direct station marks the time for radical change to accelerate in our yearly cycle, a time to break away from the conforming bounds of that past; and it catalyzes another shift in our very dynamic few-year timeline.

Jupiter and Chiron conjoin later in the lunar cycle as Jupiter makes its way for its final conjunction with Neptune on the December solstice. The final conjunctions of Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune fully engage a new visionary energetic that will aid us to cross what seems to be a vast abyss still ahead.

The entwining cycles of Uranus, Saturn, Pluto and Jupiter will continue to play a very significant role in the tremendous change occurring in our societal paradigm well into 2011. Uranus and Pluto will then take over for a lengthy square extending well into 2015.

Visit this month's Lunar Planner for an in-depth stellar exploration of this lunar month's alignments and the planetary cycles ahead. The stars would not be in the heavens if we were meant to walk in darkness.

Subscribe to the Monthly Lunar Planner for an in-depth
exploration of each Lunar Cycle and the planetary cycles ahead.


Newest Articles & Updates (For Subscribers AND Non-Subscribers)

November 2009 Planetary Configurations Upcoming Intense Planetary Configurations
November-December 2009

We have two intense planetary configurations starting in November 2009 and that continue through January 31, 2010: Key dates listing.
Makemake, Saturn, Uranus & the Global Economy The Full Moon's Passage Through Earth's Magnetotail
Makemake, Saturn, Uranus & the Global Economy In Search of the Golden Egg 2008 - 2011
Makemake, Saturn, Uranus & the Global Economy
(This is a major update to "The Five Saturn-Uranus Oppositions")
NEW: Latest Update September 7, 2009 (The September Turning & Relationships)
Previous Update August 1, 2009 (The Great Deception)
Sept 3, 2009 Are Sunspots Disappearing?
"The sun is in the pits of the deepest solar minimum in nearly a century. Weeks and sometimes whole months go by without even a single tiny sunspot. Are sunspots disappearing? Experts discuss the question...
Pluto & Orcus: A new & extensive exploration into the nature of Pluto and Orcus, Pluto's Compliment
Posted June 2, 2009
Your Natal Cross & Clockwise House Rotation
in Soul Level Astrology

Posted May 6, 2009
Huamea: A New Birth in Consciousness & Makemake: In search of the Golden Egg. Extensive new material on Haumea & entirely new material on Makemake.
Posted March 21, 2009
2009 Graphic Ephemeris & Astrological Highlights
Dec 17, 2008
The 2009 Synodic Cycles Timeline
Dec 8, 2008


Non-subscriber Lunar Planner issues and many other articles can be found in the Lunar Planner Archive. Lunar Planners older than six months are available to non-subscribers.


Interactive Moon Calendar The Lunar Planner's Interactive Moon Calendar
Sidereal Astrology by Lyn Dalebout Sidereal Astrology Readings by Lyn Dalebout

Visit the all new Lunar Planner Forum

About the Monthly Lunar Planner

Planetary cycles create the evolutionary currents of growth occurring within ourselves and our lives. To know what these cycles of life are asking of us is to consciously participate in life from a place of personal empowerment and inner peace. In this awareness and attunement, we can walk the path leading to our highest fulfillment-- physically, emotionally and spiritually.

The Lunar Planner is an experiential tool teaching how to live in attunement to the natural Lunar & Planetary Cycles--supplemented with astronomical star-level astrology and much more.

There are three parts to the Monthly Lunar Planner Publication:

• The Lunar Planner Introduction
• The Monthly Lunar Calendar
• The Monthly Lunar Planner Commentary

The Monthly "Lunar Calendar" and the "Lunar Planner Introduction" PDF downloads are FREE to all visitors to this web site. These two documents will teach you how to live in attunement to the Lunar Cycles. (Links to these files can be found below.) A new "Lunar Calendar" is made available just before each New Moon. If you use the Monthly Lunar Calendar like a daily journal while using the Lunar Planner Introduction as guide, you can quickly learn how to participate in harmony with the natural lunar spiral of growth and gain an entirely new understanding and perspective of your life experience.

The "Monthly Lunar Planner Commentary," also made available just before each New Moon, is available by subscription. This monthly publication articulates the opportunity for growth in consciousness each lunar month offers and how each month's lunar theme unfolds throughout the changing phases of the Lunar Calendar. I explore the theme of each lunar month and its unfoldment in our lives with "astronomical star-level astrology" which I have evolved over many years. This is not sign-based astrology (topical or sidereal), but is experientially-based astrology exploring alignments with individual stars and constellations much like one would naturally learn by living and sleeping under the starry heavens.

The rest of the Lunar Planner web site including the "Lunar Planner Forum," and many other educational resources are free and are available to everyone.

I also offer a few other publications available to purchase: Planetary Bio-harmonic Audio Meditations, Personalized Star Charts, and other educational material.


Lunar Planner Members


The Monthly Lunar Planner Commentary available on each New Moon (based in sidereal / star level astrology) is available for a small subscription fee--merely the price of one good Cappuccino per month.

I hope my existing visitors, as well as new visitors, find the subscription of value. After offering the monthly Lunar Planner Commentary for free for many years, I now ask for this small subscription fee to allow me the ability to continue to host and evolve what has become a rather voluminous web site.

Lunar Planner Forum


The Lunar Planner Forum is an exciting addition to the Lunar Planner Web Site available to everyone--to subscribers and non-subscribers.

The Lunar Planner Forum is intended to be a fun and educational way for Lunar Planner visitors to learn from each other's experiences.

Discuss the Lunar Planner, Sidereal Astrology, Earth's Precessional Holy Cross, and all other Lunar Planner related topics--from bio-harmonics to the stars; private messaging for forum participants, and much more.


New subscribes have a seven-day trial period to explore the current Monthly Lunar Planner before committing to the 6-month subscription. You can also visit the Lunar Planner Archive to view previous issues of the Lunar Planner so you can get a feel for what the monthly Lunar Planners are all about--a continuing story-line revealing the monthly energetics creating our evolutionary spiral of growth, articulated through sidereal star-level astrology, synodic astrology, and astronomical mythology, the picture-language of the Greater Heavens. Lunar Planners older than 6 months are available to non-subscribers.

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I have been wanting to write you / speak with you for a while anyway because the level of your understanding is so profound that I wanted to connect a little more on where it is coming from. I had been aware of your work through another galactic astrologer friend of mine Norma Tarango years ago. She was sending me some of your work...and since I have found it online and I print it out and read it faithfully every month...


So this is to tell you that I think subscribing to your work is well worth it. Your level of understanding and galactic connectivity is profound and it has opened much understanding for me...so thank you !


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New to this Site? See what the Lunar Planner can do for you via the "Table of Contents" below.

And of course, whether you subscribe to the Monthly Lunar Planner or not, the rest of this site is a FREE educational resource. So please feel welcome to explore.

A few other recent Articles - For Everyone

Articles and other reference matterial are available to subscribers and non-subscribers.

Astronomical Earthgrid Spacetime Mapping:
Seismic activity occurring at the second Saturn-Uranus Opposition of mid-February 2009

Posted Jan 6, 2009 / Last Update Feb 14, 2009
The Haumea Pluto Generation 1952-1957, the Saturn Pluto Haumea Generation of 1947-1948
& the Uranus-Haumea Generation of 1962

Posted Nov 11, 2008
The 2008 US Presidential Election & the Uranus-Saturn Opposition--"the first of 5 oppositions"
Posted Nov 4, 2008
Eris, the Great Disrupter, Revati, & The Global Economic Crisis
Posted October 11, 2008
Meet Haumea: Goddess of Childbirth & Fertility--"midwife to a new birth in concsiousness"
Posted October 5, 2008
The New 32-year Saturn-Orcus Synodic Cycle Begins & The New Earth-Venus Cycle - Aug 2007
Posted Aug 1, 2007
The Path of Eris & The Eris Synodic Cycles 2003 - 2016
Posted June 27, 2007
The Synodic Cycles of Pluto, Ixion & Quaoar: A Historical Timeline: 1982 - 2020
Posted June 21, 2007


Click here for More articles and other Reference Material

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Contents for the Lunar Planner section of this Web site


Introducing the Lunar Planner

What the Lunar Planner can do for You

How to live in attunement to the Lunar Cycle and the eight Lunar Phases.
The Lunar Planner Introduction & the Monthly Lunar Calendar.
About Astronomical Astrology and the Monthly Lunar Planner Commentary.
Soul Infusion and DNA Illumination - getting grounded.


The Lunar Planner Material

Luna There are three parts to the Monthly Lunar Planner:

1) The Lunar Planner Introduction - How to Use the Lunar Planner

This printable document provides simple and empowering instructions on how to live in attunement to the natural lunar phases. Includes a detailed explanation of the characteristics of each lunar phase, how one lunar phase shifts to another, creating an experiential monthly rhythm of our personal growth.

The Lunar Planner Introduction is not something to just read, it is an experiential and participatory tool that can empower you to live in harmony and balance with your emotional and physical experience. To gain full benefit from the Lunar Planner, use it along with each month's lunar calendar on a daily basis: write down your experiences and feelings in each month's calendar, especially before and after each lunar phase shift. Noting and observing your experiences and feelings on a daily basis--in the context of the lunar phase characteristics as presented in this Introduction--is the key. Doing so quickly reveals how your life experience, inner feelings, and realizations already occur in tune with the lunar phases. As you observe the synchronicity between your life experience, inner feelings, and the changing lunar phases, you can then learn to consciously live attuned to the natural spiral of growth rather than just observe it, not only scheduling your activities within the lunar spiral of growth, but more importantly, embracing your life experience in its fullness, living in the present and thus gaining greater self-empowerment through the inner growth your life experience has to offer.

Lunar Planner Introduction

PDF (portable document format) files are a standard, cross-platform, easy to download, printable file format. Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or greater (or an equivalent PDF reader like MAC's Preview) is required to view and print the Lunar Planner PDF files. Acrobat Reader is available to download FREE for any platform (MAC, Windows...) from Adobe Software.


2) This Month's Lunar Calendar - November 16, 2009 - December 16, 2009

The two page Lunar Calendar is posted just before each NEW MOON. The Lunar Calendar reveals the dates and times of each lunar phase shift and their changing characteristics. You can use the lunar calendar as a daily planner as well as a journal to record your experiences and feelings as the changing lunar phase occur.

Writing your experiences in the Lunar Calendar and correlating them with the changing lunar phases is the best way to learn how the lunar cycles and their changes phases work at an experiential level. Working with the Lunar Planner Introduction along with each month's lunar calendar can help you to become consciously aware of the lunar rhythm in your life and how to participate with it in empowerment. The Lunar Calendar goes hand-in-hand with the above Lunar Planner Introductory pdf file.

• An "Aspects Version" of the Lunar Calendar is still available to subscribers, It has the principal lunar aspects and other planetary cycles listed under each lunar phase, for those wishing to have this additional information.

• The "Journal Version" of the Lunar Calendar has all aspects removed, thus making room to use it as a journal. Writing your experiences in the Lunar Calendar and correlating them with the changing lunar phases is the best way to learn how the lunar cycle of growth works at an experiential level.

Lunar Planner Calendar

3) For Members: This Month's Lunar Theme - November 16, 2009 - December 16, 2009
Not a Member? Subscribe Here

The monthly Lunar Planner is based in star level, Sidereal Astrology and Synodic Astrology with unique and original Galactic Star Lore--the mythology (picture language) of the Greater Heavens. Each New Moon Theme articulates the cycles of growth unfolding in our lives. The theme of each lunar month weaves a story line of our evolutionary unfoldment and spiritual awakening. Each New Moon theme is posted just before each New Moon, along with the new month's Lunar Calendar.

Looking at the astrology of individual stars rather than that of mere astrological signs (whether tropical or sidereal), is like adjusting an out of focus camera lens into crystal clarity.

Although each lunar month's astrological commentary reveals the dynamics of the unfolding lunar theme and provides an embracing context to our experience, it is adjunct material. It is not necessary to read the monthly astrology to learn to live in attunement to the lunar calendar as offered in the above free Lunar Planner Introduction and by using each month's free Lunar Calendar. The monthly lunar theme is also a wonderful educational tool for the sidereal astrologer wishing to learn more about astronomy, synodic cycles, the fixed stars and their influence in astrology.


Lunar Planner Intro

Star Level Sidereal Astrology & other Related Material


The Montly Lunar Planner Archive

Previous Lunar Month Comentaries can found here.
Lunar Planners older than six months become availabe to non-subscribers.

Lunar Planner Articles

Links to all articles about astrological and astronoimcal events.

Lunar Planner Reference Material

All other educational material can be found here.


Primary Reference Material


Sidereal Astrology: The Tropical and Sidereal Zodiaks
& Earth's Precessional Holy Cross

Learn about Earth's Precession; the relationship between the tropical and sidereal zodiacs; the astrological ages, the intercession of Earth's Precessional Holy Cross; measurement of the precessional rate, and introducing the Galactic Ayanamsa: Reckoning of the sidereal zodiak to the galactic axis of Earth's Precessional Holy Cross is based upon the spherical geometry created by Earth's precessional orientation in the solar system and our solar system's current location and orientation in the galaxy), rather than merely on star locations as seen from Earth.


Synodic Astrology
Synodic Cycles & Planetary Retrogrades

A retrograde period of a planet marks the time when we disengage from a planet's previous synodic cycle and engage in its next one. Learn more about these underlying cycles of growth--the musical score creating the symphony upon which we evolve. In addition to an introduction to Synodic Cycles, there are links to several articles about specific synodic cycles with the main planets as well as with the newly discover dwarf planets: Eris, Quaoar, Ixion, Orcus, etc.


The Sidereal Heavens Star Map: Under the Stars

Getting to know the heavens: This is a sky map of the heavens that shows the stars, constellations, and the sidereal signs. Visually learn how the stars and constellations interrelate and blend to create each sidereal sign. This is a wonderful tool for the novice or seasoned sidereal astrologer, for the astronomer, for the casual sky watcher, or simply for those wishing to know more of the Greater Heavens under which we live. The Sky Chart is also a wonderful reference for the material presented in each month's Lunar Planner.


The Asteroids & Dwarf Planets

Learn about the four primary Asteroids - Ceres, Juno, Vesta, and Pallas; the Centaurs - Chiron, Phollus and Nessus; and the recently discovered "Dwarf Planets of the Kuiper Belt" - The Friends of Pluto: Quaoar, Ixion, Varuna, Orcus and Eris (which was discovered on January 5, 2005 and is larger than Pluto), Sedna, Haumea & Makemake


The Venus Transit: 2004 / 2012

Venus


There are two Venus Transit occurring in this millennium, also called a Venus Passage. The Venus Transit presently upon us comes in a pair, with each transit in the pair spaced eight years apart. One transit occurs on June 8, 2004 and the other on June 6, 2012. This is a rare once in a life time event. The last Venus Transit (pair) occurred 129.5 years ago in 1874 and 1882. The next pair will occur 113.5 years from this one, in 2117 and 2125.

During a Venus Transit, Venus lies directly in front of the Sun and in line with Earth, at which time Venus acts like a gravitational lens focusing the sun's rays through Venus onto Earth. Thus, the Venus Transit creates a condition where the harmonizing and beneficent resonances of Venus are highly focused (emblazoned) upon the Earth--inspiring a new level of Venusian qualities to permeate Earth and spread throughout human consciousness. This specific transit pair (2004-2012), because it coincides with Earth's current Precessional Cross, strongly supports the reintegration and emergence of the Divine Feminine in our world--which desperately awaits the guidance and balance of the Goddess. In addition, the direct Sun-Earth-Venus alignemnet makes the new Earth-Venus 584-day synodic cycle of extra significance.

This article explores the eight-year pentagonal cycle of Venus; how the retrogrades of Venus are created; the 243-year Venus Passage cycle; why the transits in this cycle come in pairs for a while and why they then become singular; the drift of this cycle through the zodiak; the star alignments of the 2004/2012 transits in the sidereal zodiak; the psychophysiology (mental-emotional-physical facets) of Venus in our lives; and the astrophysical resonances of Venus in light (color), sound, and brain wave frequencies.


E-Motions of the Heart: Venus Elongations & the Crescent Moon

VenusVenus


Learn about the Venus Elongations and their correspondences with the Crescent and Balsamic Moons.


The Mars Cycle and the 2003 Close Encounter

Mars


The Astronomy and the Astrology: In August 2003, Mars was closer to Earth than it has ever been in about 73,000 years. It appeared more than six times larger than normal and 85 times brighter--brighter than Jupiter. Learn about the significance and astronomy of this event, and about the future cycles of Mars.

There is an email that seems to circulate about this 2003 event, erroneously claiming it is occurring each year the email circulates; as well as a statement that Mars will appear larger than the moon - pretty silly eh?. Learn the facts here.

Books on the Fixed Stars & Sidereal Astrology

A reference list of books on Star Names, Star Lore, Sidereal Astrology, and associated topics.


Lunar Planner Intro

Publications


NEW Introducing
Planetary Bio-Harmonic Audio Meditations

Designed for the Attunement, Transformation,
and the Evolution of Consciousness

Sample Star Chart

Learn More

Get Attuned: A planet does not merely resonate to one frequency, as is sometimes thought, it is a complex rotating dynamic system composed of many astrophysical parameters that together create a planet's unique "harmonic signature."

The entire composition created by all of the individual planetary harmonic signatures, as well as the cycles they create with each other, establishes the musical symphony of our solar system, the harmonic environment in which life on Earth evolves. Thus we are not separate from these harmonic resonances, our biological and neurological systems function in attunement to this astrophysical symphony. Each planetary harmonic signature thus resonates with its corresponding neurological aspect of our selves--our entire mental, emotional and physical composition--the science behind the astrology.

Each 15-minute audio meditation is meticulously designed to incorporate a planet's harmonic signature in a way that brings the listener through a profound inner journey. Get in touch with and resolve issues you may have surrounding a specific planetary quality, strength and harmonize that planetary quality within self and in your life.


The Star Catalog

The Star Catalog has 2 parts: It is a step-by-step instruction manual teaching how to create a Sidereal Astrology Chart, complete with fixed stars and deep-space objects.

The Star Catalog also lists the sidereal longitudes and latitudes of over 600 stars and deep-space objects in a unique format making it easy for the astrologer to add stars to any astrology chart .


Your Personalized Star Chart

Sample Star Chart

Learn More

Did you ever wonder where the planets and asteroids were in the heavens when you were born? This made to order chart of the sidereal heavens shows their actual location at the time of YOUR birth. Visually learn which stars conjoin your natal planets; and see where they reside in the constellations and sidereal signs. Learn about your Horizon Plane, Meridian, and Prime Vertical, how these great circles create your Personal (Natal Cross), and how it nests upon Earth's Precessional Holy Cross--all creating your personal sacred geometry. This is your personal astronomy from which an astrology chart is derived. These great circles create your Ascendant, Descendant, Mid-heaven, Anti-Mid-heaven, Zenith, Nadir, East Point, and Vertex. Your Personalized Star Chart reveals exactly where these great circles and points lie in the heavens, and which stars and constellations they align with. This chart will provide insight into your greater self for years to come--and it prints as a beautiful high-resolution poster. You can also learn about the Great Circles and Personal Points in the Star Chart via this link.


Lunar Planner Intro
Earth's Precessional Holy Cross


Earth's Precessional Cycle of the Holy Cross
The Sacred Geometry of Global Change

The cross in a circle, is not only a spiritual symbol, it is also the astronomical symbol for planet Earth. The cosmic significance of this symbol is that it marks the timing of a primary transition or turning in the natural evolutionary cycle of the Earth. hidden within this symbol is a map referring to a unique occurrence of a specific geometric relationship between Earth, the solar system, and our galaxy--an astrophysical event occurring NOW, within Earth's ~25,000 year, precessional cycle. The precessional movement of the Earth governs the evolutionary unfoldment of consciousness on Earth. This portal of evolutionary change, occurring now in Earth's Precessional Cycle of the Holy Cross, propels human consciousness into Galactic (Unified Field) Awareness.

Yours Truly

Yes, it's really me


Friends & Links

Visit the work of my friends and colleagues. Topics include: mathematics, Earth resonance, personal growth and coaching; astrology and astronomy (including the software programs I use and where I get the astronomical images I use in each month's Lunar Planner).

Current Astronomical & Earth News

Mars Rover Named "Curiosity" Water found on the Moon - The argument that the Moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water. At a press conference today, researchers revealed data from NASA's LCROSS mission indicating that water exists in a permanently shadowed lunar crater. Full Story: Water found on the Moon

Mars Rover Named "Curiosity" NASA's Solar Cycle #24 Prediction UPDATE - Nov 2, 2009: "Solar Cycle 24 will peak in April or May 2013."

Mars Rover Named "Curiosity" NASA's Solar Cycle #24 Prediction - June 2009: "If our prediction is correct, Solar Cycle 24 will have a peak sunspot number of 90, the lowest of any cycle since 1928 when Solar Cycle 16 peaked at 78," says panel chairman Doug Biesecker of the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. It is tempting to describe such a cycle as "weak" or "mild," but that could give the wrong impression. "Even a below-average cycle is capable of producing severe space weather," points out Biesecker. "The great geomagnetic storm of 1859, for instance, occurred during a solar cycle of about the same size we’re predicting for 2013." The 1859 storm--known as the "Carrington Event".... "if a similar storm occurred today, it could cause $1 to 2 trillion in damages to society's high-tech infrastructure....". More on the Sun & Solar Cycle 24 Predictions

Mercury by NASA's Messenger spacecraft

Mercury by NASA's Messenger spacecraft. Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

Mars Rover Named "Curiosity" Dynamic Mercury, The Winged Footed Messenger - Nov. 3, 2009: The MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of the planet Mercury has given scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and revealed some dramatic changes in Mercury's comet-like tail. Full Story & Images: Hidden Territory on Mercury Revealed

Mars Rover Named "Curiosity" A Mars Rover Named "Curiosity" - October 31, 2009: "This rover is intrinsically spectacular in terms of what the mission will do," says Meyer. "It's a keystone for the future...." Full Story: A Mars Rover Named "Curiosity"

Saturn's Super Ring Saturn's Super Ring - October 7, 2009: NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous and previously unknown infrared ring around Saturn. Full Story: Saturn's Super Ring

Fall of the Maya The Fall of the Maya - October 7, 2009: Archeologists are using NASA satellites and supercomputers to crack the mystery of the ancient Maya. New findings suggest the Maya may have played a key role in their own downfall. Full Story: Fall of the Maya

The Trilogy is Complete: The third image of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released. “The GigaGalaxy Zoom project’s dedicated website has proved very successful, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors from all around the world,” says project coordinator Henri Boffin. “With the trilogy now complete, viewers will be able to explore a magnificently detailed cosmic environment on many different scales and take a breathtaking dive into our Milky Way.” http://www.gigagalaxyzoom.org

Evidence of Global Cooling…Study Censored by EPA: Full Story: Global Cooling

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory: Astronomers are celebrating 10 years of discovery by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Today's story highlights some of Chandra's most surprising, violent and beautiful images of the high-energy Universe. Full Story: Chandra X-ray Observatory

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Coming to a Planetarium Near You
In search of our Cosmic Origins
The ALMA Planetarium Show

ALMA In search of our Cosmic Origins

- a worldwide collaboration-

"The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken"

Need some Perspective?
Watch this Video:
"The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken"
Dedicated to Carl Sagan
European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory

Move over Hubble: The Euopean Space Agency (ESA) launches Herschel, the largest space telescope of its kind; and the Planck space observatory.

ESA Press Release
Herschel in Depth
May 14, 2009

NASA Messenger Mercury


NASA's "Messenger" (the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury) provides new Information about Mercury.

Mercury Color Closeup
Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

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