Jon U. Bell
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Mon Oct 5, SPUTNIK, SATELLITES On October 4, 1957, the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was sent into earth orbit from a launch site in the…
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Monday Sep 28 ARCTURUS AND BOOTES If you look off to the northwest after sunset tonight, you’ll find a star low in the sky. That northwestern star is…
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Mon Sep 21, 2020 HG WELLS, GUSTAV HOLST Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866. Besides “The Invisible Man,” and “The Time…
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Mon Sep 14, 2020 ELEVEN DAYS MISSING!Did you know that here in America, there was no September 13th in the year 1752? There wasn’t a 12th…
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Mon Sep 7, 2020 BRIDE OF MORNING STARThe Blackfoot Indians often told the story of Soatsaki, the Feather Woman, who one day decided to marry the…
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Mon Aug 31, 2020 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHSThe science fantasy writer Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1st, 1875. When Burroughs was…
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Mon Aug 24, 2020 LONG MONTH, BLAME CAESARAugust used to be only thirty days long; now it’s 31. You can blame an old Roman emperor for this. Back in…
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Mon Aug 17, 2020 HOW TO SEE A BLACK HOLEIn the summer evening sky, there are three bright stars high up in the east which are known as the Summer…