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Hi! I’m Signore Galilei, and I write books, create educational videos online, and participated in the Inkhaven blogging residency.
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The two Christian saints who are secretly the Buddha
Let me tell you the story of saints Barlaam and Josaphat of India. A king named Abenner, who persecutes Christians, hears from his court astrologers that his son will attain great power and rule over India. But one astrologer predicts that the prince will instead become a great holy man – a Christian. Alarmed, Abenner…
How to find an eclipse around another planet
Last week, we talked about how moons in the outer solar system can see total eclipses as good as the ones we see on Earth. To recap, if you’re standing on one big round moon of a planet like Jupiter or Saturn, you can watch another big round moon just barely block out the Sun,…
The next total solar eclipse is 500 million miles away
This past week, there was a total solar eclipse, visible from a path stretching along far northern Russia, Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. Like many of this year’s eclipse chasers, I was clouded out – though I did have a lovely couple minutes of darkness on an Icelandic fjord. I’m already planning for the next time…