Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Run to the Sun (N*E*R*D)

Planet with 2 Suns

What George Lucas imagined in the 1977 film Star Wars wasn’t too far-fetched after all. More than three decades later, NASA has announced the discovery of Kepler-16b, a planet that orbits two stars, just like Tatooine did in Star Wars.The Saturn-sized planet is around 200 light-years from Earth and circles two stars about every 229 days.The stars themselves orbit each other every 41 days, “causing brightness dips.”For someone standing on the planet’s surface, one of the suns would appear orange and the other red.The suns also change positions and movement in relationship to each other. This means no two sunsets are the same. Sometimes the red start will go down first, sometimes the orange star…sometimes they’re far apart & sometimes they’ll be eclipsed

NASA Discovers 5 New Earth-Like Planets! Maybe...



NASA's Kepler observatory had discovered five Earth-like planets that could support life.
The new planets were located using theHigh Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) at the European Southern Observatory‘s (ESO) La Silla Observatory in Chile.

These planets will be among the best targets for future space telescopes to look for signs of life in the planet’s atmosphere by looking for chemical signatures such as oxygen.

And again...and again...

I love this song...all the different versions...

Art of Noise/Moments In Love
I love the piano & the violin...I never get tired of this song...ever

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Hamsa Symbol & Onyx for protection.




The khamsa (Arabic: خمسة ‎, Hebrew: חמסה‎, khamsa lit. five, also romanized hamsa and chamsa) is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout the Middle East and North Africa. The khamsa is often incorporated in jewelry and wall hangings, as a superstitious defense against the evil eye.It is believed to originate in ancient practices associated with the Sabaeans and Nabataeans.
Another Arabic name for the hamsa (or khamsa) is the hand of Fatima, commemorating Fatima Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.Today specimens demonstrate that the hand symbolism originates in the world of sexuality.Hamsa hands often contain an eye symbol. Depictions of the hand, the eye, or the number five in Arabic (and Berber) tradition is related to warding off the evil eye, as exemplified in the saying khamsa fi ainek ("five [fingers] in your eye").Another formula uttered against the evil eye in Arabic is khamsa wa-khamis. Due to its significance in both Arabic and Berber culture, it is one of the national symbols of Algeria, and appears in its emblem.(The Moors of The Berber States)

The khamsa is the most popular of the different amulets to ward off the evil eye in Egypt — others being the Eye, and the Hirz (a silver box containing verses of the Koran). The Hand (Khamsa) has long represented blessings, power and strength and is thus seen as potent in deflecting the evil eye. It's one of the most common components of jewellery in the region.

In all faiths it is a protective sign. It brings it's owner happiness, luck, health, and good fortune.