The ancient Greeks named the planet Mars after their god of war Ares, then the Romans did the same. Other cultures made links to the red colour and war association too. The red colour of the planet is visible in the night sky.

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Here’s a section of my latest artwork

The details of the universe are so soothing and magnificent.

Never before in history have humans had such unprecedented access to gaze into the heavens and see in such detail. We are so lucky we get to witness it.

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Joe is very intelligent and has practical knowledge of first aid and astronomy. He is also extremely clumsy, and often finds himself falling on his face or dropping things. He eventually becomes much more mellow and level-headed, though the clumsiness remains.

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Whardslovus
Likes: collecting music albums, amateur astronomy
https://t.co/9Oe8qKywjm

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A HEPTATECHNIST is someone well versed in many subjects, or a master of arts. It literally means a ‘seven-artist’—a reference to the traditional Seven Liberal Arts of grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.

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Join author, Anna Campbell, as she takes a look at Life in the time of Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel. There is also a chance to check out Anna's fabulous new book. https://t.co/3JgSu3VUN9 via

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Ancient Comet ‘Atlas’ Measures Half the Size of the Sun and it’s Back! https://t.co/j4J47aVy7l https://t.co/EGSz4oRF0Z This is one special comet - great article by Ashley Cowie ☄️

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I'm not sure if we'll have clear skies this evening, so, in case it's cloudy, I did an iPad Apple Pencil illustration of what we might see in

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Look at this incredibly and by at her restaurant in A true work of art 😍🍎🍎🍎✨
https://t.co/YNvO7OswvE

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Left-Up: Revisiting the Veil Nebula

Left-Down: The Twin Jet Nebula

Right-Up: Star birth in the extreme

Right-Down: Hubble's newest images of star-forming pillar of gas and dust 🤯

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Urania, the muse of astronomy, can easily be identified by her globe.

The word museum derives from the Greek word 'mouseion', meaning ‘seat of the Muses’.

Detail of a fresco from the Moregine site, 600m from Pompeii's Stabian Gate.

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Welcome to Nihonkai Gastronomy

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The Pinwheel Galaxy - 21 million LY distant. Imaging galaxies from the city is not for the faint hearted, this is the front line of the battle with light pollution! LRGB shot over 4 consecutive (!) clear nights from (23-26 March)

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Follow me on YouTube for much astronomy stars and moon goodness https://t.co/7rg1OHv4Tf

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Here’s Indigo! He’s my shy baby boy. He love astronomy, and making small model race cars

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