Hermes and the tortoise shell
Chapter 1

The cosmic harp

Chapter 2

The bridge of magpies

Chapter 3

Creatures of the southern sky

Chapter 4

The modern starseed myth

YOUR GOAL

Master of Legends of the Lyra constellation

Ch 1 · The cosmic harp
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007skaty Hermes and the invention of the ancient Greek lyre

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007skaty The Cosmic Harp

Pulsars pluck the strings, / Electrons start to stream, / See the MeerKAT harp gleam!

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What looks solitary from a distance is often a partnership up close.

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007skaty Earth will point to a different North Star in the future.

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Hermes and the tortoise shell

007skaty Young Hermes found a tortoise, cleaned its shell, and stretched animal gut strings across it to create his

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The future North Star

007skaty A glass Earth globe with precise chrome lines pointing toward the star Vega

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Twin Star Twirl
BETA

007skaty Twirl the twin stars into orbit to discover how binary systems in Lyra behave.

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Fun Fact

Vega first photographed: In 1850, Vega became the first star other than our Sun to be captured in a photograph.

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Glossary
dna (noun)
A substance carrying genetic information in the cells of plants and animals. The feline Anuhazi wove these genetic strands to sculpt the earliest human templates.

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Gossip

Which Lyra star myth is most interesting?

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Quiz

What is the term for the slow 26,000-year wobble of Earth's axis that changes our North Star?

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007skaty Vega shines as a brilliant blue-white star.

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Quiz

Which Greek god did Hermes trade his newly invented lyre to in exchange for cattle?

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007skaty Orpheus journeys into the Greek underworld.

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Quiz

Because of the wobble in Earth's axis, which star will become our North Star around 14,000 CE?

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Quiz

Which legendary Greek musician used his lyre to charm the underworld to rescue Eurydice?

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Quiz

What is the celestial star system Epsilon Lyrae famous for being?

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Quiz

According to Greek myth, what animal's shell did the god Hermes use to make the first lyre?

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Quiz

Approximately how many light-years away from Earth is the bright star Vega located?

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In which year was the star Vega first photographed at Harvard, marking a milestone in astronomy?

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