PULL · 8 MAY 2005

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your sky.

CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe

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COSMIC MESSAGE

The Earth, the Sun, the Milky Way, and our Local Group of galaxies are all moving together. This movement is relative to the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, the afterglow of the Big Bang. The side of the sky we're moving towards appears slightly hotter, and the side we're moving away from appears cooler. This dipole pattern, captured in this all-sky map, tells us about our cosmic velocity.

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CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
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CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 8 MAY 2005 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 8 MAY 2005.

THE ALMANAC FOR 8 MAY 2005
DAY
Sunday
MOON
New moon, 0% lit
POSITION
Day 128 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Eta Aquariid shower, peaked 2 days ago