This is a great idea for carving pumpkins, and I wish I'd seen it a long time ago! Makes it so easy! Enjoy!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cwu6A38ubxq/

Such a beautiful artifact!! (I should have been an archaeologist 😉)

'Rare 1,000-Year-Old Brooch Goes on Display in England' ....

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-1000-year-old-brooch-goes-on-display-in-england-180983025/

There's a Conjunction coming up, on Oct. 10th, of Venus, the Moon, and the star Regulus! More info here:

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-conjunction-astronomy/

After three attempts - it's DONE IT!! 👏👏

'Curiosity rover reaches ancient ridge of mud and boulders' ..... https://earthsky.org/space/curiosity-rover-gediz-vallis-ridge-mount-sharp-mars/

https://www.tumblr.com/inspirationsimple/50059734892

From Earthsky.org: NASA launched the Lucy spacecraft in October 2021, on a mission to visit and study the Trojan asteroids in Jupitor's orbit. She's coming up on an interim asteroid that will give her good practise.

'Lucy spacecraft gets its 1st view of target asteroid' ...
https://earthsky.org/space/lucy-spacecraft-to-visit-asteroid-nov-1-2023/

'Most distant galactic magnetic field yet, in galaxy 9io9' ..... https://earthsky.org/space/galactic-magnetic-field-in-galaxy-9io9/

I really love the Aurora Borealis, and wish we had more opportunities to see them here! (We've seen them here twice in the 40 years we've lived here). I just have to be content with everyone's pictures, and articles like this one:

'Myths of the northern and southern lights through history' ..... https://earthsky.org/human-world/legends-folklore-myths-northern-southern-lights-auroras/

It's that time of year again! Please..... 'Dim the lights for pollinators and plants at night'

https://earthsky.org/human-world/dim-the-lights-for-pollinators-and-plants-at-night/

'Wait. How can this brown dwarf be hotter than our sun?' ......well...

https://earthsky.org/space/hot-jupiter-brown-dwarf-exoplanets/

Any Mead lovers here? I just read an article about a small company in Baltimore that's producing some interesting meads, and thought I'd share it with everyone. Enjoy!

'The Nectar of the Gods Is Coming to a Bar Near You' ...... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/nectar-gods-mead-bar-meadery-180982702/

I just couldn't resist posting this! ;D

'The Weirdest Pumpkin Spice Products of 2023'

https://thetakeout.com/weirdest-pumpkin-spice-products-2023-dog-soap-trash-bag-1850770422

'See the Rare Spotless Giraffe Born at a Tennessee Zoo'

'The baby might be the only all-brown giraffe on the planet, as the last one on record was born in 1972' ..... She's adorable!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-rare-spotless-giraffe-born-at-a-tennessee-zoo-180982785/

'Loch Ness Monster Lovers Come Together for Biggest Hunt in 50 Years'

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-legendary-loch-ness-monster-attracts-a-new-generation-of-hunters-180982780/