Good God...

History is a journey. As we continue our journey, we think of those who traveled before us, and we see and hear again the echoes of our own past.

Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United Sates of America

Darrell Sweet cover art for a 1978 edition of Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein.

Leap Day…Why Does It Exist?

Once every four years, an extra calendar day is added: a leap day. But why?

The reason for adding leap days to the calendar is to align the calendar year with the actual year – which is defined by the time it takes Earth to circle the sun. It is equal to 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds, or 365.24219 days.

If all calendar years contained exactly 365 days, they would drift from the actual year by about 1 day every 4 years. Eventually, July would occur during the northern hemisphere winter! Wouldn’t that be weird?

To correct (approximately), we add 1 day every 4 years…resulting in a leap year.

By making most years 365 days but every fourth year 366 days, the calendar year and the actual year remain more nearly in step.

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Congratulations to Project Mars First Place poster winner, Adrianna Allen from Lapeer, Michigan.

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“Star Wars: The Force Awakes” Characters As “Calvin And Hobbes” by Brian Kesinger

I WILL STOP NOW 

i swear to god if the day comes where i have to ring my service provider and ask for the fanfiction internet package i will literally die I’m tapping out i hate the world

NASA’s logo reimagined with Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night, by Eisen Bernardo.

in case you haven’t noticed, i’m weird. i’m a weirdo. i don’t “fit in”, and i don’t want to fit in

have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on? that’s weird