Flight Over Ceres

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Take a flight over dwarf planet Ceres in this video made with images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft and uploaded by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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The mythology of the Sun / La mitología del Sol

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Picture by/Imagen de Christina Balit Sol was the solar deity in Ancient Roman religion. It has long been thought that Rome actually had three different, consecutive sun gods: Sol Indiges, Sol Invictus and Apollo. Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The ideal of the athletic youth is represented by Apollo. He was variously recognized not only as the god of light and the sun, but also the god of truth, prophecy, healing, plague, knowledge, medicine, music or poetry. In Roman mythology ha had a twin sister Diana (Luna) the goddess of the moon. Helios was another personification of the Sun in Greek mythology, brother of the goddess Selene. However, both gods (Helios and Apollo) co-existed as they were viewed as two distinct gods belonging to two generations; Helios was a Titan, whilst Apollo was an Olympian. Apollo, as god of music, fell in love with the lyre and he is usually r...
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The mythology of Saturn/ Mitología de Saturno

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Picture by/Imagen de Christina Balit Saturn was a god in ancient Roman religion. Saturn is a complex figure because of his multiple associations and long history. He was the first god of the Capitol, known since the most ancient times and was seen as a god of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, agriculture, periodical renewal and liberation. In later developments he came to be also a god of time. The Romans identified Saturn with the Greek Cronus, whose myths were adapted for Latin literature and Roman art. Saturn had two consorts who represented different aspects of the god. Ops, the equivalent of Greek Rhea that means "wealth, abundance, resources." and Lua that means "destruction, dissolution, loosening". Saturday is derived from Saturn as well as the adjective saturnine (gloomy) related to his role in mythology and astrology. ___________________ Saturno era un dios de la antigua religión romana. Es una figura compleja, debido a sus múltiples aso...
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Eris, Makemake and Haumea / Eris, Makemake y Haumea

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