Astronomy Fact or Fiction?

Why does the sky look blue?

Everyone knows about time, right? Scientists have to add extra minutes to the day to make the sun appear in the same position at high noon from earth’s perspective. But, did you know why the sky is blue?  No it’s not reflection of our oceans or water in the air. It has to do with the spectrum of light. Here are the details:

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atmos/blusky.html

Solar System drift?

Most folks know that our galaxy is moving rapidly through space. Few of us consider the independent motion of our solar system which travels at its own rate and in its own slightly different direction relative to the other stars in the galaxy. (OK so it's a long link)

http://books.google.com/books?id=kxpQ1ARAS3QC&pg=PT184&lpg=PT184&dq=solar+system+drift+toward+deneb&source=bl&ots=b9_PJf731u&sig=zVtuiBPeW0zq8GziDEgabO6J49c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jikTUNfsJJGZqQHP34HABg&ved=0CIIBEOgBMAA#v=onepage&q=solar%20system%20drift%20toward%20deneb&f=false

Did you know light travels slower through water than in the vacuum of space by 25%? To read about this and more, check out Bob Berman’s Strange Universe in the current September 2012 Issue of Astronomy Magazine. He sheds light on interesting facts you thought you knew, but didn't.