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Space Rock | Kitaro - “Aqua”

From Lunesoleil

Posted by Lunesoleil (here)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nLv74c-0mFI

Kitaro is a favorite, one of my Mom's favorites

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BddSN2jNS9E

"The Silk Road: The Rise And Fall of Civilizations"

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The Night Sky

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A) The moment of the 3rd quarter moon will fall at 4:52 UTC on April 10, 2026. That’s 11:52 p.m. CDT on April 9. It’ll rise after midnight your local time and set around noon. Look for it high in the sky before dawn.

B) On the mornings of April 11 and 12, the waning crescent moon will shine in front of the stars of the constellations of Capricornus the Sea Goat. The stars of Capricornus form a pattern that resembles an arrowhead. Look for them about 60 minutes before sunrise.

C) A thin waning crescent moon will hang low near the eastern horizon on April 13 and 14. Look for the delicate glow of earthshine on the unlit portion of the moon. That’s light reflected off the Earth. Look for them about an hour before sunrise.

D) On April 15, from the Southern Hemisphere, a thin waning crescent moon will shine above Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Look for them about 60 minutes before sunrise. Mercury will rise first in the eastern morning twilight. Below it in the bright twilight are the fainter planets Mars and Saturn. Meanwhile, observers in the Northern Hemisphere will probably only see the waning crescent moon.


The Mid-April Daytime Planet Parade





Planet parades are popular on social media. They aren’t that unusual, though, because the planets always follow a line across the sky. Here’s a sphere chart showing the daylight view – around noon on April 15 – of the sun and all 5 bright planets in our solar system. Of course, you won’t be able to see the planets during the day. Even though we can’t see them, they are there along the ecliptic (the green line). The ecliptic is the path the sun takes across our sky. You’ll find the moon and planets follow that path as well. So in April, Mercury, Mars and Saturn are rising and setting before the sun. And Venus and Jupiter are following the sun, so you can still spot them for a while after the sun sets.

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essen...aturn-mercury/

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Endless Snow Geese Fill the Sky as Spring Hits Canada



Witness the breathtaking spectacle as thousands of snow geese take to the skies across Canada. This footage captures their semi-annual migration, an incredible 5,000-kilometre journey from their winter homes to the Arctic.

Published 8th April 2026 (1:16)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=K458ScT2TUk

[Bluegreen]

UFOmania

Going Nuclear: Bright Orbs Near Mountaineer Power Plant - 2009 - West Virginia

On August 9, 2009, a WSAZ-TV news helicopter was filming a report on the Mountaineer Power Plant in New Haven, West Virginia, USA, focusing on emissions entering the Ohio River. During the aerial filming, the cameras captured something unexpected: four bright orbs floating near the plant's smokestacks. To this day, this sighting remains unexplained.

(1:09)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=J9enbMNafhk

I've never seen something make turns like this at this speed

UFO makes a uey -- Mooncam catches something strange.

Published 25th March 2026 (2:24)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=s4GX-eJc_CI

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TV Personality Nick Pope Dies At 60 (Wife's Heartfelt Tribute)




Nick Pope: Voice of Authority in Ufology

In this video, we uncover the life and legacy of Nick Pope — the former UK Ministry of Defence official who handled real UFO reports. From his time at the “UFO Desk” to becoming a global voice on television and podcasts, Pope’s journey is both fascinating and mysterious. We explore: His role inside the UK government - The truth behind UFO investigations - His rise as a media figure - His personal life and final days - The questions he left behind. Nick Pope didn’t just study UFOs… he changed how the world talks about them. Watch until the end — because some questions still have no answers.

Published 7th April 2026 (5:04)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CDGaiHHNQKQ

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UFO Mystery: Stable of Deceased, Missing Scientists Grows | Jesse Weber Live



Scientists listed with some details on each.

Published 9th April 2026 (6:07)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GALknW6aFhw

Avi Loeb Reacts | The Chicago Report



Harvard's Avi Loeb tells Chicago news he is not too worried ... yet.

Published 10th April 2026 (5:18)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=f7m5W6tfc_M

[Bluegreen]

Webb Captures Striking Edge-On Views of Two Planet Nurseries




New images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveal two young stars surrounded by planet-forming disks, Tau 042021 (left) and Oph 163131 (right), offering a rare edge-on glimpse into how worlds like our own may take shape.
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“Protoplanetary disks appear around stars that have recently been born,” the Webb astronomers said in a statement. “When a clump of gas inside a larger molecular cloud collapses to form a star, unused gas and dust is left orbiting the star in a thick disk.”

"Over time, this dust too collides and collapses, slowly forming planetesimals which can, in turn, develop into planets. The planetesimals which can’t make the jump to being a fully-fledged planet are left behind as asteroids and comets orbiting the star.

Gas that isn’t consumed by this process is blown away by the new star’s radiation over the course of tens of millions of years, ending the protoplanetary disk.

This is how our own Solar System formed in the distant past, creating the asteroids, comets, gas giants and terrestrial planets we know today.”

Published 8th April 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro - SciNews.com
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/webb-...ies-14683.html

[Johnnycomelately]

Posted by Bluegreen (here)



Webb Captures Striking Edge-On Views of Two Planet Nurseries




New images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveal two young stars surrounded by planet-forming disks, Tau 042021 (left) and Oph 163131 (right), offering a rare edge-on glimpse into how worlds like our own may take shape.
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“Protoplanetary disks appear around stars that have recently been born,” the Webb astronomers said in a statement. “When a clump of gas inside a larger molecular cloud collapses to form a star, unused gas and dust is left orbiting the star in a thick disk.”

"Over time, this dust too collides and collapses, slowly forming planetesimals which can, in turn, develop into planets. The planetesimals which can’t make the jump to being a fully-fledged planet are left behind as asteroids and comets orbiting the star.

Gas that isn’t consumed by this process is blown away by the new star’s radiation over the course of tens of millions of years, ending the protoplanetary disk.

This is how our own Solar System formed in the distant past, creating the asteroids, comets, gas giants and terrestrial planets we know today.”

Published 8th April 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro - SciNews.com
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/webb-...ies-14683.html

I don’t beg to differ, I just differ.

Those pics show the heat signatures of the relaxing traumatic event that formed those stars, a big-a** electric Z-Pinch. Traumatic for all the scientist fools who don’t want to see God’s electric signature in our night skies.

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Johnnycomelately (here)
Those pics show the heat signatures of the relaxing traumatic event that formed those stars, a big-a** electric Z-Pinch. Traumatic for all the scientist fools who don’t want to see God’s electric signature in our night skies.

I don't beg to agree, I just agree.

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HOW TO FIND COMET PANSTARRS



Step 1: Set your alarm for 3 o'clock in the morning. Step 2: Check out this dawn photo from astronomer Petr Horálek.



www.spaceweather.com

"In the eastern sky, just before morning twilight, the comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) can be easily found," says Horálek. "It is located in the constellation Pegasus, just by the 'Great Square'."

"Try spotting it through a small telescope, " he advises. "I was lucky to see and capture it this morning as I had a perfect view of the comet over Proseč u Chrudimi, Czech Republic. The comet’s tail exceeded 14 degrees in the photographs, making it such a nice object along with the Andromeda Galaxy located on the left."

The comet is brightening as it approaches the Sun for a 0.5 AU close approach on April 19-20.

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Hollyweird

Hollywood’s Role in UFO Disclosure | The Naval Intelligence “Deal”



Has Hollywood been operating under some kind of disclosure “plan”?
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Bryce Zabel (whose background includes being a CNN reporter in Los Angeles) and Brent Friedman, creators of NBC’s 'Dark Skies', join Martin Willis to discuss the strange real-life event that sparked their new investigative podcast, 'Sound, Light & Frequency'. They speak of how their personal interest in UFOs began.

They share an incredible story of getting a visit in Bryce's backyard during a wrap party for their television series, 'Dark Skies', from a man wanting to work with them claiming to be from Naval Intelligence.

The conversation turns to why witnesses stay silent, including stories Bryce heard from strangers after 'Dark Skies' aired—schoolyard sightings with dozens of witnesses that never made the news, followed by families insisting: “don’t ever talk about it.”

From there, Bryce and Brent explain the premise of 'Sound, Light & Frequency': an active investigation into whether Hollywood has been part of a long “chicken-and-egg” feedback loop with UFO culture.


Published 24th February 2026 (1:03:22)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_ymraH__k1I

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This Week in Space News w/ Scott Manley

Humans Actually In Deep Space! Time for a Deep Space Update!



Finally back from my long trip and with a lot of new news to talk about, including the entire flight of Artemis II. I was there at the launch and I watched the landing live. I'm so delighted to see people paying attention to this flight around the Moon!

Published 13th April 2026 (29:39)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=K0E8wyo3v-w

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Artemis II Astronauts Return to EARTH




The Artemis II Orion spacecraft Integrity separates from its European Service Module just ahead of reentry on April 10, 2026.








Astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, carrying "Rise," the zero-gravity indicator they took with them on their journey to the Moon.




The Artemis II astronauts in Houston on April 11, 2026. Left to right: Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman.




The joy is infectious in this image of mission pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist Christina Koch, who soak in the moment while sitting together after splashing down on Friday (April 10).








The four crewmates made a very strong bond.

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Spring

https://www.tiktok.com/@khelaghor952...37728186764590

Martha Graham - Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Part 1/4

(8:04) | website: https://www.youtube.com/@danceonfilm

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XmgaKGSxQVw

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New Moon of April 2026 Brings Incredible Views of Hydra, Jupiter, More

The new moon is the perfect time to spot constellations, galaxies and a quartet of planets in the dawn sky




The April new moon has arrived bringing several nights of spectacular dark skies perfect for observing the planets of the solar system, majestic constellations and the galaxies that lie beyond.

April's new moon occurs at 7:52 a.m. EDT (1152 GMT) on April 17, when the moon is positioned between the sun and Earth, rendering it lost from sight in the daytime sky, with the entirety of its near side bathed in shadow.

The moonless nights surrounding this phase are the perfect time to indulge in skywatching and night sky photography, as subtle constellations and deep sky objects often lost behind a veil of moonlight glisten in the twilight realm.

Planets



Look to the west shortly after sunset on April 17 to find Venus appearing as a bright evening star 15 degrees from the horizon, with the blue-white stars of the Pleiades open star cluster glowing 10 degrees above — roughly the width of your clenched fist held at arm's length.

The ice giant Uranus can be found a little under 5 degrees to the lower left of the star cluster. It'll be too dim to spot with the naked eye — without exceptionally dark skies and perfect vision — but a pair of binoculars or a small telescope will allow you to spot its disk as a tiny greenish dot.

Jupiter, meanwhile, will shine high overhead, below Castor and Pollux — the brightest stars of the constellation Gemini. Turn a 6-inch telescope on Jupiter and you may notice a line of bright dots extending outward from the gas giant's colorful disk. Those are the Galilean moons Io, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto!

Mars will sit higher in the sky,with Saturn below and Mercury off to the right. Neptune will also be present to the upper right of Mercury, though the distant ice giant will be too dim to spot with the naked eye.

Constellations



Published 17th April 2026 by Anthony Wood – Space.com
https://www.space.com/stargazing/new...more-this-week

The Sky This Week






http://www.astronomy.com

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Catching the 2026 April Lyrid Meteor Shower





April flowers mean one thing to springtime sky-watchers: it’s time for the Lyrid meteor shower. The Lyrids are always a good bet, and always make the top ten list for annual meteor showers. And to top it off, 2026 is a favorable year for the Lyrids, with the waxing crescent Moon mostly out of the way.

The shower takes its name from the constellation Lyra the Lyre, the musical instrument wielded by Orpheus in Greek mythology in his ill-fated journey into the Underworld of Hades. The radiant for a meteor shower is the point in the sky where meteors seem to come or ‘radiate’ from. In actuality, this is the point where the meteor stream intersects the orbit of the Earth. The stream is an ancient path of tiny dust particles laid down by a progenitor comet long ago. This is why showers such as the Geminids, Perseids or the Lyrids turn up annually around the same date.

Records for the Lyrids go way back. In fact, the shower is one of the oldest meteor showers noted. A Chinese chronicle mentions the shower in 687 BC, back when precession had moved the shower's peak to March. In modern times, the Lyrids have produced outbursts in 1803, 1922 (nearly a 100 per hour) and most recently, 250 per hour in 1982. A journalist based in Richmond, Virginia witnessed the 1803 Lyrid storm, and wrote:

“Shooting stars: this electrical (!) phenomenon was observed on Wednesday morning last at Richmond and its vicinity, in a manner that alarmed many, and astonished every person that beheld it. From one until three in the morning, those starry meteors seemed to fall from every point in the heavens, in such numbers as to resemble a shower of sky rockets.”

Note that the journalist’s report reflects the thinking at the time, that meteors were a purely atmospheric phenomenon.




Published 15th April 2026 by David Dickinson – Universe Today
https://www.universetoday.com/articl...-meteor-shower

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Saturday Morning Cartoons



Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space

Short Attention Span (1:00)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=eIMrGPxh1AM

It's amazing how bad this is. Musical highlight: “Double Trouble”. Episode #1 – 1972.

Full Episode: (20:17)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UxL-5zVrWIw

[Johnnycomelately]

Music of the spheres.

Our path could be so true.

Forget the pain, get back in the car and get on down that road again.

Be the best of you.

History / Herstory, stay awake as things turn out.

Make it count, make it paramount, go deep and use your clout.


Puscifer - A Public Stoning @ Atlantic City, NJ - April 11, 2026

ecnelov

Apr 13, 2026

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JI-QtoUOLWw

[Johnnycomelately]

Money is whatever is traded for value. If some wolves retreat from a nice warm juicy dead Elk or something, in the face of an ornery hungry Spring bear, that’s a legit transaction. They are trading a meal for their safety, knowing that any injury might lead to their being left behind, or otherwise unable to resist whatever ends in what’s called throes.

Dollar sign is how we 4-D critters negotiate that, but all the critters know what’s up.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-0kcet4aPpQ

What does the $ actually stand for?

RobWords
950K subscribers

Apr 18, 2026

Why is the $ sign an S? What does 'dollar' even mean? In this video, I answer both of those questions, while also explaining what the British pound is a pound of, and what the Euro was originally called. Watch, and I promise you will get your money's worth.

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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:30 The origin of the dollar
5:20 What the $ stands for
13:42 The British pound and £
17:02 The Euro and €

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5Bf4ll1vuWw

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Soil Solutions

Scientists Develop Dirt-Powered Fuel Cell That Could Replace Batteries

This new tech turns soil microbes into a steady power source for smart sensors




The fuel cell's 3D printed cap peeks above the ground. The cap keeps debris out of the device while enabling air flow.

Researchers led by Northwestern University have developed a fuel cell that generates electricity using microbes naturally found in soil. The device, roughly the size of a paperback book, produces small amounts of power by capturing energy released as these microorganisms break down organic material in dirt.

This soil-powered system is designed to run underground sensors used in precision agriculture and environmental monitoring. It offers a potential alternative to traditional batteries, which contain toxic and flammable materials, rely on complex global supply chains, and contribute to growing electronic waste.

To demonstrate its capabilities, the team used the fuel cell to operate sensors that measure soil moisture and detect touch. This touch-sensing ability could help monitor wildlife movement, such as animals passing through a field. The system also includes a small antenna that sends data wirelessly by reflecting existing radio frequency signals, which keeps energy use extremely low.

The device proved reliable across a wide range of conditions. It functioned in both dry soil and flooded environments, and it produced more sustained power than similar systems, lasting about 120% longer.

"These microbes are ubiquitous; they already live in soil everywhere," said Northwestern's George Wells, a senior author on the study. "We can use very simple engineered systems to capture their electricity. We're not going to power entire cities with this energy. But we can capture amounts of energy to fuel practical, low-power applications."

Published 19th April 2026 by Northwestern University – Science Daily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0419054821.htm