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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 16h

One of these #superheroes was one of my favorite #shield carrying characters, and the other was a least favorite. Wonder (heh..) which one was which... 🤔 To find out, check out this week's episode […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Cover of Wonder Woman #10 (November 1987) by Perez, Wein, and Patterson: Wonder Woman leaps forward with a spear, shield, and flowing blue cape, surrounded by reaching shadowy figures, with Greek gods looming in golden light above and the text “The Challenge of the Gods Begins!”

Comic art by Ron Frenz of a blonde female superhero (American Dream) in a Captain America-style star-spangled costume, holding a round shield, posed in front of a large American flag.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Importantly, ,Scutellosaurus should *not* be confused with Scutosaurus, who is, imho, not so cute... 📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutosaurus#/media/File:Scutosaurus_restoration.jpg #dinosaurs #dino #dinos #paleontology

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Jordan's pick for best "Pop Culture" appearance of scutum was Scutellosaurus--and this is her first best guess as to what #dinosaur #Yoshi was 😂 Listen here to find out if your favorites/least favorites of Scutum & other shield related Pop Culture show up […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Size comparison diagram of an armored dinosaur (Scutellosaurus) with rows of spiky, bony studs covering its back and tail, shown walking beside a blue silhouette of a human for scale.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Jordan & I parsing through 1600s history *not* directly related to #astronomy on this week's episode to learn more about the #constellation Scutum: To hear "the best we can" & proposals for alternative fictional origin stories for the constellation, check […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

You know whose shield #Scutum should not under any circumstances be ret-constellationed to belong to? PERSEUS. F that guy. MEDUSA FOREVER! For more on the stories and (potential) myths of Scutum, check out […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Bronze sculpture “Medusa With the Head of Perseus” by Luciano Garbati, photographed by Jeenah Moon: a statue of Medusa standing nude with snakes for hair, holding a sword in one hand and Perseus’s severed head in the other, displayed on a circular pedestal in an outdoor plaza surrounded by trees.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Another compelling #shield that *could* have been the constellation #Scutum .. but isn't! To learn more about the story of Scutum, and more #mythological alternatives: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/scu… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Ancient bronze winged gorgoneion shield, showing a Gorgon face with snakes in its hair, surrounded by three curved, feathered wings arranged in a pinwheel pattern, mounted on a round white background.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Or how about this for a ret-constellation of Scutum? BO-KATAN using a tiny shield to PROTECT GROGU! #Grogu #StarWars #Scutum #Constellations #StarLore #Legends #Lore #Mandalorian #retcon

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

A proposal for an alternative #scutum -- the #shield of Achilles?! For other suggestions, check out this week's #podcast on the #myths and #history of the #constellation Scutum: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/scu… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Circular engraving of the Shield of Achilles, as interpreted by Angelo Monticelli, from Le Costume Ancien ou Moderne, ca. 1820: concentric rings of figures surrounding a central chariot and zodiac band, depicting scenes of gods, mortals, animals, and daily life in gold, blue, and pink tones.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

He we have the owner of the shield of #Scutum #constellation fame--King John III Sobieski!! To get the full story, check out this week's #podcast: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/scu… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Equestrian portrait of Sobieski by Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter: a painting of an armored king on a rearing white horse, holding a baton, with a winged allegorical figure blowing a trumpet above him and a distant battle scene in the background.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Who do we have to thank for the discovery of NGC 6712 (image below), where my Gold Star BLACK WIDOW PULSAR (aka PSR J1853−0842A) resides? Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentilde la Galaisière (yep, that's one name!) To learn more about this […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Hubble Space Telescope mosaic image of globular cluster NGC 6712, showing a dense, stepped-shape field packed with golden and white stars against black space.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

MORE SCUTUM! This time we have supernova remnant Kes 73 🤩 For more on the #astronomy of Scutum, check out this week's podcast here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/scu… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Deep space image of supernova remnant Kes 73, a roughly spherical, textured cloud glowing pink and blue, surrounded by orange nebulosity and other smaller stars.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Jordan & I weren't exactly sure what shields of the 1600s looked like, but this #contellation seems close enough--good job, Hevelius! Learn more about the #astronomy and other #CosmicBackground of the constellation #Scutum here […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Star chart of the Scutum constellation and surrounding sky, bordered by Aquila, Ophiuchus, Serpens Cauda, and Sagittarius, with stars plotted by magnitude and markers showing the locations of star clusters M11 and M26, credited to the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education, adapted from the IAU and Sky & Telescope.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

More #astrophotography from our constellation of the month: Scutum! This is Messier 26 -- another open cluster. To learn more about the #astronomy and other cosmic background of Scutum, check out this week's episode […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Open star cluster Messier 26, captured by Chuck Ayoub, showing a dense concentration of blue and orange stars at the center against a dark sky thick with faint background stars.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Here's a #Hubble Space Telescope image of Messier 11 aka the WILD DUCK CLUSTER! This open cluster was one of my runner's up for Gold Star in the #constellation #Scutum in this week's episode, check it out here […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Hubble Space Telescope image of Messier 11, the Wild Duck Cluster, showing a dense field of stars in varying colors from blue to orange scattered across a black background.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Here we have M1-63 -- a bipolar planetary nebula located in the #constellation Scutum! To learn more about the shield constellation, check out this week's episode: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/scu… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Hubble Space Telescope image of planetary nebula M1-63, showing a glowing orange-pink central bulb with faint bluish-green wisps extending above and below, set against a starfield.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

I am sad to be leaving our month on the Wolf constellation (#LupusConstellation), so here is a cute wolf picture! Learn more about wolves in our final episode related to the constellation Lupus here […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Side-by-side comparison of a blue-eyed gray wolf pup sitting in grass on the left, and an adult white wolf with yellow eyes on the right.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

lending further credence to my VERY controversial take (😂 ) of "I like wolves" on this week's #wolf #CreatureCorner episode, here is the user profile picture I have had on my computer for 15+ years... have never seen a reason for it to change... So listen […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

I wasn't wrong when I said the habitat of wolves have changed over time... Here's a detailed look at various subspecies of canis lupus (c.l. aka scientific name/ genus and species of our friend the wolf)! For more #wolf #FunFacts check out this week's […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Two North America maps comparing historical and present distribution of gray wolf subspecies, based on Goldman's (1944) and Hall's (1981) range map (most still recognized by MSW3 2005); each region is color-coded and paired with a wolf illustration and subspecies name, with the historical map showing many more subspecies and a much larger combined range than the present map.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Do I like #wolves? Uh... YEAH, I DO. Here is 1 of the 2 things from my childhood bedroom I have brought with me everywhere I have lived (we call it "wolfie," because we are creative...). In the last place we lived it was the centerpiece of our dining […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Framed artwork of a wolf's large head looming over a nighttime arctic landscape, with a full moon and starry sky behind it. Below, a smaller wolf stands on an ice floe howling upward, surrounded by scattered ice chunks in dark water, with pink-tinged mountains on the horizon. On a sage green wall.

Close-up selfie of a person with wavy brown hair, taken from a low angle behind a pop filter on a microphone, which covers the lower half of their face. Sage-green walls and ceiling, a wooden door, and a framed wolf poster are visible in the background.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

speaking of the #rollercoaster #Rougarou that got an *important* shout out/story time on our #Myths and retconstellations episode on the #constellation #Lupus (listen here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lup…)... have […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

"This page discusses a species that didn't exist, but was presented as real for a time." 😂 Given they has to essentially ret-con the whole idea of Lupine Sapiens/lupine mutation out of existence, probably a pretty uncontroversial pick for Least Favorite Pop […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Screenshot of a wiki page header titled "Lupine," with a notice banner stating the page discusses a species that didn't exist but was presented as real for a time.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

We do love a pun AND moon iconography (even if we know very little about #TrueBlood)... For more discussion of our favorite #PopCulture appearances of #Lupus #Lupine and #Lupin -- check out this week's episode here ( […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

My #favorite pick for #PopCulture appearance of #Lupus on this week's episode (listen here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lup…) was: "Canis LUPUS familiaris" -- THE DOMESTICATED DOG! Gimme all your adorable #dog pictures!! […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Photo of a black-and-white husky with blue eyes, resting its head and paws on a cream sofa arm.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Need more #wolf lore? WHO DOESN'T?! Shout out to another one of our favorites on this week's #lore and #myths related to #wolves (listen here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lup…) -- ROUGAROU! 📷 : Daniel Eskridge/Alamy […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Digital illustration of a rougarou by Daniel Eskridge / Alamy Stock Photo: a hunched, wolf-headed humanoid beast crouches in shallow swamp water beneath hanging vines and misty trees, snarling with claws bared.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Another very compelling #wolf that we discussed on this week's #podcast (listen here: ) starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lup…) is FENRIR! Look at this absolutely rad #drawing of Fenrir from IanMossCreative (📷 : via […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Raijū, however, is #wolf related lore I can get excited about! A lil thunder beast! Learn more in our most recent episode here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lup… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Raiju illustration: an ink drawing on aged parchment of a wolf-like beast with wild, flowing fur and a long, multi-stranded tail, crouched low with sharp claws extended as if leaping forward.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

... not my iconography or wolf myth favorite, no... For more #myths and #lore about wolves, with some of our actual favorites and the #mythology behind this statute if you don't know it already, check out this week's #podcast […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A dark bronze sculpture known as La Lupa Capitolina (the Capitoline Wolf), showing a she-wolf standing alert with her head turned slightly forward and mouth open. Beneath her, two small infant figures — Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome — crouch and kneel suckling, their arms raised upward. The figures of Romulus and Remus were added in the 15th century AD by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. The sculpture sits on a stepped stone base against a plain grey background.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Here is the #GoldStar winner from this week's #podcast on the #astronomy of the constellation Lupus! It is a supernova remnant-- to learn more about it, check out this week's episode here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lup… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

An image of SN1006, a supernova remnant, appearing as a large roughly spherical shell filling most of the frame. The interior is filled with a complex, textured red surface and dark red filaments and turbulent structures. The outer edge is defined by a thin, wispy blue-white rim. A bright orange-red arc runs across the upper right portion of the shell. The remnant is set against a black background scattered with faint stars.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Here is Jordan's runner up for #GoldStar in the #constellation Lupus -- IC 4406! Learn more about this planetary nebula & other #astronomy about Lupus here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lup… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A Hubble Space Telescope image of IC 4406, a planetary nebula nicknamed the "Retina Nebula," appearing as a shell of gas oriented diagonally across the frame. The interior shows a blue-green network of intricate dark filaments against a glowing teal center, surrounded by a smooth gradient of orange and red gas forming the outer shell. Several faint foreground stars are scattered across the black background.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

More from #Lupus -- here we have NGC 5824 -- a delightful gobular cluster 🤩 To learn about the deep sky objects & other #astronomy about the #constellation Lupus, check out this week's episode […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Image of NGC 5824, a globular cluster,appearing in the right half of the frame as a dense, bright concentration of stars that fades from a intensely packed white-blue core outward into a looser scattering of individual stars. The surrounding black field is populated with additional foreground stars of varying colors including orange, blue-white, and yellow.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Here we have NGC 5882 -- a planetary nebula! Although this isn't the planetary nebula we discussed in this week's episode on the #astronomy of the #constellation Lupus: ( listen here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lup…), it's […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 5882, a planetary nebula showing a roughly spherical shell of glowing gas in pale blue and white, with irregular patches of pink and red ionized gas scattered across its surface and outer edges. A small bright yellow-white central star is visible at the core. The nebula has an inner elongated bright region surrounded by a softer outer halo, set against a black background with a few faint foreground stars.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

This week's #podcast episode is all about the #astronomy & other Cosmic Background of the #constellation #Lupus (listen here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lup…) For us here on the socials that means... IT'S ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Image Description from source linked in toot: A close-up of a spiral galaxy, seen face-on. Its center is a bright white point, surrounded by a large yellowish oval with thin lines of dust swirling in it. From the sides of the oval emerge two bright spiral arms which wind through the round disc of the galaxy, filled with shining pink spots where stars are forming and more dark reddish dust. Many stars can be seen in the foreground, over and around the galaxy

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

~50% of people have had dreams about snakes... are you one of them?! For more #FunFacts about snakes, check out this week's #podcast episode in honor of the #constellation #Serpens: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/ast… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

An infographic on a cream background from Mornings.co.uk, sourced from Ahrefs and DreamMoods, titled "The Top 10 Dreams in the US" in bold blue and red text. Introductory text states that the most Googled dream in the US with 81,000 monthly searches is the "teeth falling out" dream. A teal triangle bar chart displays the ten dreams in descending order of monthly search volume:

Teeth falling out — 81,000
Snake — 19,400
Ex — 17,000
Spiders — 16,000
Vacation — 14,000
Being Chased — 9,600
Wedding — 9,200
Flies — 8,600
Sex — 8,400
Bear — 8,300

Decorative line illustrations of dream-related icons (moon, tooth, ring, waves) appear in the upper right. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

... what do you call your snake character in a children's movie? Gary De'Snake of course!!!! Gary gets on my notable #snake list because I appreciate that they didn't over think it... for more notable snakes & real life snake facts, check out our […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

another #snake that lives rent free in our minds--KAA! for other notable snakes & some real life snake facts, check out this week's episode: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/ast… #snake #serpens #kaa #disney #JungleBook

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Titanoboa... gonna be a NO THANK YOU from me... (yes, it is eating a crocodile...) learn more about this snake & other creature corner snake facts in this week's episode: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/ast… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A Getty Images photograph via Wired showing visitors gathered around a massive life-size replica of Titanoboa, the prehistoric giant snake, displayed on a raised black platform at an indoor public event. The golden-scaled serpent model is coiled with its head raised, making the people standing around the railing loo small. The exhibit is surrounded by tropical plants and green lighting, with Smithsonian Channel branding visible

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

If you've ever thought: I really want to be into a giant mythical water serpent, but the #LochNessMonster is too old & #Champ is too mainstream... May I suggest Jordan's #PopCulture favorite for #serpens from this week's episode: THE GLOUCESTER SEA SERPENT! […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A black and white illustration of the Gloucester sea serpent of 1817 from the 1994 book Monsters of the Sea. The creature is depicted rising from choppy waves in a harbor, shown with a large scaly body, a raised serpentine neck and head, and a long tail curling above the water in the background. Several small sailing vessels and rowboats are visible in the mid-ground and a hilly shore in the background

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Shout out the Saurians from #StarTrek that hail from the Psi Serpentis star system (making Psi Serpentis in Star Trek an easy favorite for #PopCulture appearances of the #Serpens constellation!) For more of our favorites/least favorites of Serpens in "pop […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A close-up of Lt. Linus, a Saurian crew member from Star Trek: Discovery, shown from the shoulders up in a dark Starfleet uniform. The character has a reptilian head with textured scaly grey-brown skin, large dark eyes, and no visible nose, with one finger raised to his chin in a thoughtful gesture.

An animated screenshot of a Saurian Commander from Star Trek: Lower Decks, seated at a console in a dark Starfleet uniform with a red collar and Starfleet insignia badge. The character is rendered in the show's animated style with a smooth pale pinkish-grey reptilian head, large dark oval eyes, and a downturned mouth, lit by a red ambient light.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

We did our best to understand the cosmic egg in this week's episode on some #snakes from #GrecoRoman #mythology Did we fully understand it? ... errmmmm, well, find out for yourself in this week's podcast […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A black and white engraving by James Basire from Jacob Bryant's "A New System, or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology" (vol. II, plate IV), depicting a serpent coiled multiple times around a large egg, with its head extended upward and its tail curling free at the bottom. The image represents the ancient mythological motif of the Orphic or Cosmic Egg encircled by a serpent. The engraving is rendered in fine crosshatched lines on a white background.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

she-dragon. she-viper. the rotting one. eel of Tartarus. serpent womb. LONG LIVE ECHIDNA! To learn more about the mother of monsters, check out our episode this week on #mythology of the #constellation Serpens […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A dark digital artwork titled "Echidna" by Sarapsys, depicting a half-human, half-serpent figure in a dim, murky swamp environment. The figure has a woman's upper body with dark hair, glowing green eyes, jewelry, and chains, turning into a large coiled serpentine lower body with dark brown and gold patterned scales. The background is dominated by dark greens and blacks with an eerie glowing light behind the figure. Artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

What if instead of a generic snake -- #Serpens became -- Nüwa?? Nüwa is a woman-headed snake goddess in #Chinese #mythology who created humans from clay. She was one of Jordan's ret-cons(tellations) for the serpens constellation this week! Listen to the […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A black and white illustration from the Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng, section "Spirits and the Supernatural," depicting Nüwa shown as a figure with a human woman's head and long flowing hair atop a large coiled serpent body. She is set within a detailed landscape of rocky outcroppings, trees, and low vegetation rendered in traditional Chinese ink illustration style. Chinese characters are visible in the upper left.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

and why SHOULDN'T we ret-constellation #Ophiuchus into 2001 VMA Britney Spears??? 😄 🐍 ... for more *interesting* ideas like this, check out this week's episode on trying to retcon the #Serpens myth […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Britney Spears on a the 2001 VMA's stage wearing a green jeweled bikini top, embellished shorts, a flowing multicolored skirt, and strappy heeled boots, draped with a large yellow albino python across her shoulders and arms. Backup dancers and a glittering stage set are visible in the background.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

me, trying to parse through Ophion, Phanes, Ananke, Orphic Mystery cult theogonies, and Cronus vs Chronos... To see how we did (and didn't) make sense of it, check out this week's #podcast episode here […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Ever since Jordan & I covered the pilot episode of the #Disney #animated *series* #Hercules (yes, there was an entire series), we periodically watch it together... and woooeeee imagine our DELIGHT when we happened upon their depiction of Echidna & Typhon […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

With all the #Serpens talk, I've been remiss in posting this new gem from #JWST showing an area just 0.55 LY from Sagittarius A* (the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy) 🤩🤩 📷 : esawebb.org/images/weic2617a […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Image description from source in toot: A dense star field fills the entire image, with countless stars scattered across a backdrop of glowing clouds in shades of red, orange, pink, white, and blue. At the centre, a brilliant concentration of stars creates a bright, almost white core surrounded by intricate filaments and wisps of illuminated gas and dust that radiate outward. Dark, irregular patches of opaque dust interrupt the glowing clouds, particularly toward the left side of the image, where they appear as silhouetted shapes against the brighter background. The surrounding stellar population varies in brightness and colour, with cool blue stars and warmer orange and red stars distributed throughout the scene

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

My #GoldStar pick this month was basic, but can you blame me?! Here we have the Pillars of Creation imaged by #Hubble and #JWST Listen to this week's episode for more details: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/ser… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

From source in toot: Two images of the Pillars of Creation, a star-forming region in space. At left, Hubble’s visible-light view shows darker pillars that rise from the bottom to the top of the screen, ending in three points. The background is opaque, set off in yellow and green toward the bottom and blue and purple at the top. A handful of stars of various sizes appear.

Webb’s near-infrared image at right shows the same pillars, but they are semi-opaque and rusty red-colored. The peaks of the second and third pillars are set off in darker shades of brown and have red outlines. The background is cast in darker blues and blacks, and stars in yellow and white of all sizes speckle the entire scene. Webb’s image was cropped and rotated to match Hubble’s view, so much of the top right corner and a small portion of the left corner has been left black.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

More #astrophotography from the #constellation #serpens 🤩 Here we have Arp 220 an ULIRG (ultraluminous infrared galaxy) created by the collision of two galaxies For more on the #astronomy of Serpens, check out this week's episode here […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

From source in toot: This composite image features an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy, surrounded by a soft, rose-pink cloud of X-ray gas. Named Arp 220, this galaxy is the result of a collision between two galaxies, each about the size of our own Milky Way. Here, a single, bright, golden white dot sits at the center of the image. The rose-pink cloud surrounding the dot appears soft and airy, like cotton candy. Upon close inspection, feint orange veins can be discerned, marbling the X-ray gas cloud seen with Chandra. Surrounding the gas cloud are other distant galaxies and stars, set against the blackness of space. Most are orange or white, and range from tiny specks to small glowing ovals.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

This... is Hoag's object -- one of my honorable mentions in this week's podcast episode. STUNNIN. You can find out why it didn't win my gold star on this week's episode: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/ser… 📷 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A Hubble Space Telescope image of Hoag's Object, a ring galaxy consisting of a bright, compact yellow-white core surrounded by a nearly perfect circular ring of blue star-forming clusters, separated by a dark gap. The ring is comprised of bright blue-white star clusters and is almost completely symmetric. A small background galaxy is visible through the gap between the core and ring at roughly the 12 o'clock position. Numerous distant background galaxies are scattered across the black field.

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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

In honor of my favorite Leo's birthday -- here we have a stellar nursery located in the #constellation Serpens! Learn more about the wonders of Serpens in this week's episode: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/ser… And check out […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

$A Hubble Space Telescope image showing a dense star-forming nebula region with clouds of blue-grey and warm brown dust and gas. Multiple bright young stars with prominent diffraction spikes are scattered throughout the scene, several embedded within or illuminating the surrounding nebular material. The dark shadowy region sweeping across the clouds — caused by a protoplanetary disk blocking starlight — creates a distinctive bat-wing shadow effect that gives the image its name.$

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