Category: Pop culture

• Happy Groundhog Day!

  Nothing too exciting to say today, except to commemorate that highly important solar festival, Groundhog Day. In the solar year, there are four significant dates: Northern winter solstice (December 21 or 22), when the noon Sun is directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. This means the Sun is at its…

  Matthew R. Francis

  February 2, 2012

  Astronomy, Physics, and Related Fields, Pop culture