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09/04/2025

Welcome fall menu ❤️

09/02/2025

From Here 🏀

08/31/2025

Daughter time at the bar!

08/29/2025

🌌 Get ready for one of the most widely visible total lunar eclipses in history—nearly 7 billion people across the globe will be able to witness this stunning celestial event!

This spectacular eclipse will last 5 hours and 27 minutes, with 82 minutes of totality. During that time, the Moon will pass entirely through Earth’s shadow, glowing in deep shades of red and copper—a sight known as the Blood Moon.

✨ Who Will See It Best?
🟠 Africa & Europe: The Moon rises already in eclipse—catch totality just after sunset.
🔵 Asia & Australia: Best seen late at night or before dawn on September 8.
🌍 Pacific Islands: Excellent viewing across the Western and Central Pacific.
⚠️ North & South America: Not visible, as the Moon stays below the horizon.

🌑 What makes it even more special? The eclipse occurs just 2.6 days before the Moon’s perigee—its closest point to Earth—making it appear slightly larger and darker than usual. It’s a rare chance to witness a Super Blood Moon.

📸 Don’t miss this rare and breathtaking sky event. Set your alarms, grab your telescope—or just your eyes—and look up!

08/26/2025

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08/25/2025

Refreshing vitamin C

08/24/2025

🪐 A New Fossil World Just Joined the Solar System’s Edge!

Astronomers have discovered Ammonite — a distant, frozen world officially designated 2023 KQ₁₄ — orbiting far beyond Neptune. With a perihelion of 66 AU (twice Neptune’s distance) and a semi-major axis of 252 AU, Ammonite takes a staggering ~4,000 years to complete a single orbit around the Sun.

🔍 Tracked Across Decades
This icy relic was spotted thanks to nearly 19 years of archival data from observatories like Subaru, CFHT, DECam, and Kitt Peak. Its orbit has remained remarkably stable for over 4.5 billion years, earning it the nickname “fossil of the ancient Solar System.”

🌀 Orbit That Defies the Pattern
Most known “sednoids” — like Sedna, 2012 VP113, and Leleākūhonua — follow similar orbital paths, hinting at a shared gravitational past. But Ammonite is different. Its orbit points in almost the opposite direction, filling a puzzling gap in our map of the outer Solar System.

🤯 What Does It Mean?
Ammonite may hold clues to ancient solar system dynamics — perhaps a close pass from a long-lost stellar sibling or stronger constraints on the mysterious Planet Nine. Simulations suggest it once orbited in sync with the other sednoids before diverging over billions of years.

🧭 A Guidepost to the Unknown
Ammonite’s discovery suggests more hidden worlds could be lurking in the deep. Future surveys and improved models may help us uncover these secrets — and reveal the full story of how our Solar System came to be.

RESEARCH PAPER 📄
Ying-Tung Chen et al, "Discovery and dynamics of a Sedna-like object with a perihelion of 66 au," Nature Astronomy (2025).

08/24/2025

Are you ready for this one? 🤯….
As part of our Elkins Park Fall Fest , We will decorate our storefront along with other businesses in our area!

Cheshire Brewing Co.
Angie’s Vietnamese Cuisine
Goat House Creamery
Open Book Bookstore
La Piovra Restaurant
Violets In Bloom, Healing & Holistic Arts

We can’t wait to see those creations. !!!

Let’s celebrate our community’s art and talent, bringing color and creativity to the season. We can’t wait to share this festive spirit with you!

Put this beautiful event in your calendars!
The kiddos will love this!

08/23/2025

hero alert! ❤️

08/22/2025

Don't sleep tonight! The sky is going to treat you with two cosmic events 🌌 👇🏻 Here's everything you need to know.

🌑 What is a Black Moon?

Tonight marks the third new moon of the season, an event astronomers call a Black Moon. This occurs about once every 33 months. The reason is simple: most seasons—spring, summer, fall, winter—have three months and three new moons. But every so often, because the lunar cycle is about 29.5 days, the timing works out so that a season squeezes in a fourth new moon. In that case, the third of those four is called a Black Moon.

At its core, it’s just a regular new moon, hidden from sight as its sunlit side faces away from Earth. What makes this one special is its timing: it falls in late August, offering clear dark skies for two cosmic events.

☄️ The Perseid meteor shower

The famous Perseids, which peaked around mid-August, will still be active until August 24. By the night of August 22–23, the rates will have dropped significantly from their peak, but under the moonless sky, even faint meteors will be visible. It’s your last opportunity this year to witness these swift “shooting stars” streaking from the constellation Perseus before they fade away.

🌌 The Milky Way

The real highlight of this night is the Milky Way. With the sky at its darkest thanks to the Black Moon, the luminous band of our galaxy will appear at its most striking.
July and August are the prime months to see the Milky Way. From late June through August, Earth’s night-side faces directly toward the galactic core in the constellation Sagittarius.

This is the densest, brightest part of our galaxy, packed with star clusters, glowing nebulae, and dark dust lanes. Around midnight, the Milky Way arches high across the sky, making July and August the best time of year to truly experience its full grandeur.

Viewers in the Northern Hemisphere will have the best view of these events. Away from city lights, you’ll be able to trace its star clouds, dark dust lanes, and glowing nebulae stretching across the sky—an awe-inspiring reminder of our place in the cosmos.

So, happy skygazing! ✨

08/20/2025

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