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The legendary Göbekli Tepe site could be the world’s earliest solar calendar
They analyzed V-shaped markings on the site, proposing that the V’s could be days for a 365-day calendar consisting of 12 lunar months with 11 extra days added to synchronize the solar and lunar ...
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24 Solar Terms: 8 things you may not know about Start of Winter
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Winter, (Chinese: 立冬), the 19th solar ...
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Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System
The New York Times has offered a public calendar since 2017 that readers can ... Noam Galai/Getty Images Oct. 14: Annular solar eclipse Some of the U.S. will be visited by what is sometimes ...
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24 Solar Terms: 8 things you need to know about Frost's Descent
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Frost's Descent, (Chinese: 霜降), the 18th solar ...
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Chinese Agricultural Calendar: ancient people combined lunar and solar years to know when to plant, harvest crops
This is different from the calendar most of us use today, called the Gregorian calendar, based on the solar year. A lunar year contains 12 lunar months, which are based on the time it takes the ...
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Stonehenge was a solar calendar, according to research
A new study suggests that Stonehenge once served as a solar calendar. Research showed the stones were added about 2500BC and remained in the same formation, indicating they worked as a single unit ...
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November's new moon makes a close pass to Venus
The new moon occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.