Happy, Beautiful Spring. Observe and Enjoy!

A couple weeks ago we jumped ahead by one hour and now Spring has arrived! Ah, time for renewal. It makes sense that the ancients celebrated the new year in the Spring, doesn't it?

Do you know why we have the seasons? It's because our home is wobbling and has a maximum axial tilt of about 24 degrees. It's not the distance from the Sun that does it. Actually, we are closer to our main sequence star in the winter than in the summer! Fascinating stuff. Too bad too many people still believe all sort of fallacies and don't want to change their minds. Science is the best tool we have for understanding the world around us.