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“I was looking at that,” she said, pointing to the Big Dipper. “See?” “Ursa Major,” he said. “The Great Bear.” “Odin’s Wain, they call it. And the Great Bear. Where we come from, we believe that is a, a thing, a, not a god, but like a god, a bad thing, chained up in those stars. If it escapes, it will eat the whole of everything. And there are three sisters who must watch the sky, all the day, all the night. If he escapes, the thing in the stars, the world is over." – Neil Gaiman, American…

Clear night sky is full of magic and feeling that there are a lot of mysterious undiscovered things happening up there. There's no such feeling in the world like watching clear sky in the warm summer night. It reminds me of the greatness and incredible beauty of our wonderful planet!

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It's really hard to comprehend how big the universe is (and our tiny place in it). Distances in space are generally calculated by the distance light travels in a certain time. Light travels approximately 300,000 km's a second (a light second). A light year converts to approx Ten Trillion km's. Or if you want to be more accurate, light travels 9,460,730,472,580.8 km's per year. The earth is 1/24th of a light second in diameter, the moon is about a light second away, the sun is roughly 8 light…

By using Photoshop on photos taken by NASA at the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, London-based illustrator Chris Keegan is able to create beautiful images of

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Wall Art, Mouse Pads, Jigsaw Puzzles, Posters and more images of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope "Stephan's Quintet". Credit: NASA and STScI

Curious how to best experience Big Island stargazing? Whether you choose a tour or a simple solo outing to stargaze, you can't go wrong!