Podcasts about Regulus

The star that marks the heart of the lion has received a giant gift from a companion star. That gift has completely changed both stars. Regulus is below the Moon as night falls this evening, and even closer to the Moon as they set, in the wee hours of the morning. The star we see as Regulus is called Regulus A. It’s much bigger, brighter, and heavier than the Sun. But it’s even more impressive now than when it was born. That’s because it has a close companion that was heavier than Regulus. More-massive stars die more quickly. As they die, they puff up. So as the companion expired, it began dumping gas onto Regulus A. That made Regulus A much bigger and heavier. Those weren’t the only effects, though. The surface of Regulus A got much hotter and brighter. That made the star look at least a billion years younger than it really is. As gas flowed in from the companion, it also made Regulus A spin much faster. Today, it rotates once every 16 hours. By comparison, it takes almost a month for the Sun to rotate. So Regulus A bulges out at the equator. Finally, the surface of Regulus A has a higher concentration of “metals” than the Sun does – elements other than hydrogen and helium. Many of the heavier elements were forged in the heart of the companion, then dumped onto the surface of Regulus A – one of many changes triggered by a now-dead stellar companion. We’ll have more about the metals in stars tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield

Tracklist: 1.Kirill Maxsimoff - Sunrise And Water (Intro Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 2.Ruslan Radriges x Alexander Spark x Aniølku¨ - Dreaming Of You (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 3.Franbeats - Gaia (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 4.Luke Icard - Eyes Wide Open (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 5.Luke Icard - Threads of the Earth (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 6.Physical Phase - Black Sea (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 7.Regulus, Hidden Tigress - Embrace (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 8.Arhard, iMaya - Listen (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 9.Trancenoid - System Is Rebooting (MSTR) [Exclusive Premier] 10.Kondrak - Sunblaster (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 11.Dreamy, Jake - Brand New Start (Dub) [Exclusive Premier] 12.POINoir - Story Quest (Original Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 13.Emotion Love - Loneliness (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 14.Dermot Kirby - Close Call (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 15.Dreamy, Jake - Brand New Start (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 16.Arhard & Anub1s - Heart Of Babylon (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 17.Paul Boyle - Mentor (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 18.Tycoos, Ayda, Lyd14 - Made of Love (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 19.Timo Pralle feat. NELLY TGM - Ocean of Memories (Extended_Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 20.Alternate High - Elements Of Nature (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 21.Paul Boyle - Top Drive (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 22.Dyrsein, Renata Cast - Dont Change My Soul (Dub) [Exclusive Premier] 23.Dalmoori, Liquid Dream - Lighthouse (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 24.Karl Osvan - Free Your Mind (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 25.Giuseppe Greco - Another Life (Extended Mix) [Exclusive Premier] 26.Van Snyder, Serena Bleu & Alexander Popov - Lose Control (Van Snyder & Alexander Popov VIP Mix) [Exclusive Premier]

01. Vasily Goodkov & Ann Polsh - Your Eyes Like The Ocean [Interplay Flow] 02. Vassmo & ARISEY - Infinity [Find Your Harmony] 03. Phillip Castle - Feel It [Interplay] 04. Ruslan Radriges x Alexander Spark x Aniølkü - Dreaming Of You [Interplay] 05. Max Denoise & Rinkarna & Claire Willis - Lifeline [Interplay Flow] 06. Terry Golden - Space (Alexander Popov Remix) [Interplay] 07. Georgio Safo - Saturn Attacks [Trance Reserve Music] 08. Regulus & Hidden Tigress - Embrace [2Rock Recordings] 09. Arhard & iMaya - Listen [Interplay Unity] 10. Van Snyder & Serena Bleu & Alexander Popov - Lose Control (Van Snyder Remix) [Interplay] 11. Simon Fischer & Helena Kristianson - Pillars Of Eternity [Suanda True] 12. Aimoon & Intra De Aeris - Dark Matter (DJ Tony Magic Remix) [Interplay Global] 13. Dalmoori & Liquid Dream - Lighthouse [2Rock Uplifting] 14. AFTERUS & MAQ & Trance Reserve - Dreamwalking [Interplay Global] 15. Aly & Fila, Ferry Tayle - Take Me Higher [FSOE] 16. Tycoos & AYDA & Lyd14 - Made of Love [Abora Recordings]

1. Alex Kislov - Nocture (Terry Golden Instrumental Remix) 2. Deestopia & Solar-B - Polynesia (Tim Besamusca Remix) 3. Max Denoise, Rinkarna, Claire Willis - Lifeline [Interplay Flow] 4. Physical Phase - Black Sea 5. Markus Schulz, Ferry Corsten & Omnia - Loops & Tings [A State Of Trance] 6. Northern Project - Above It All [A Tribute To Life] 7. Regulus, Hidden Tigress - Embrace [2Rock Recordings] 8. Arhard, iMaya - Listen [Interplay Unity] 9. Sander van Doorn - God Mode [A State Of Trance] 10. DJKrissB - Butterflies (Extended Mix) 11. Max Graham & Neev Kennedy - Sun In The Winter (C-Systems Extended Remix) [Armada Captivating] 12. Tomah - Fading Reality 13. RIKKI STARRETT - Victim [Transformer] 14. RIXSON - Vision (2025 rework) 15. Lyterra - Momento [Extrema Global Music] 16. Roman Messer & Inrayzex - Gravity [Suanda Music] 17. Brent Rix - Phases [State Control Records] 18. Time Geometry & Kezia DT - Be My Parachute [Emergent Skies] 19. Sanderlift & FARSHID FARR - Stay In The Sky 20. Simon Fischer & Helena Kristianson - Pillars Of Eternity [Suanda True] 21. Betibwe - Saonia [AROS Music] 22. Dreamy, Jake - Brand New Start (Extended Dub) [Narratology Recordings] 23. Dalmoori, Liquid Dream - Lighthouse [2Rock Uplifting] 24. WAO138431 Ralphie B Frank Waanders & Collide1 - The Dynasty (Extended Mix) 25. Man With No Name x Fish56Octagon x David Forbes - Floor Essence [Perfecto Records (Armada Music)] 26. ALEXUNDR - Whisper [Ablazing]

We received word about 2026 being a major activation point for the Giza pyramid complex having to do with the Sphinx and the star Regulus.FAITHBUCKS.COM

April 6, 2025:  The bright gibbous moon is in front of Cancer, midway from the Gemini Twins to Regulus. Jupiter is in the western sky.  Venus appears before sunrise.See the accompanying article - 2025, April 6: Cancer Moon

The star at the top of Leo’s head has lots of aliases. Its formal name is Algenubi – from a longer Arabic name that means “the southern star of the lion’s head.” But most astronomers call it by its “Bayer” name – Epsilon Leonis. That naming system was devised centuries ago, using letters of the Greek alphabet to indicate a star’s priority in its constellation – its brightness or position. But Algenubi has several dozen other designations. Most of them are from catalogs compiled over the ages. Some of the catalogs highlight different forms of energy, such as radio waves or X-rays. Others classify stars based on their temperature or composition. And some are observing lists for space telescopes. Algenubi is a class “G” star, indicating that its surface is about the same temperature as the Sun’s. But the Sun is a “dwarf” star, which means it’s in the prime of life. Algenubi, on the other hand, is a giant or sub-giant. It’s puffed up to more than 20 times the Sun’s diameter. That’s made it a few hundred times brighter than the Sun, so it’s easily visible from about 230 light-years away – one of Leo’s most remote bright stars. Leo stretches high across the east and southeast in early evening. Look for its brightest star, Regulus. Leo’s head and mane form a backward question mark to the upper left of Regulus. Algenubi is at the outer point of the question mark – a bright star with many names. Script by Damond Benningfield

The lion springs high across the sky on spring evenings. Leo is led by Regulus, one of the brighter stars in the night sky. It represents the lion’s heart or one of his front paws. And it really is an impressive star – bigger, brighter, and heavier than the Sun. The star at the lion’s tail is no slouch, either. Denebola also is bigger, brighter, and heavier than the Sun. It spins much faster than the Sun – so fast that it bulges outward at the equator. And it’s billions of years younger than the Sun. Because of its greater mass, though, it will live a much shorter life than the Sun will. Regulus and Denebola both played important roles in the skylore of ancient cultures. In Persia, for example, Regulus was one of the “guardians of heaven” – four bright stars along the Sun’s path across the sky. Each guardian was thought to reign over its own quadrant of the sky. Denebola served as a calendar marker. Ulugh Beg, a 15th-century astronomer and mathematician, called the star Al Sarfah – “the changer.” The name indicated that the weather changed as the star moved across the sky. It first appeared in the dawn sky around the middle of September, as the summer heat abated – a change in seasons pulled along by the tail of the lion. Denebola stands a third of the way up the eastern sky as night falls, well to the lower left of the lion’s bright heart. We’ll talk about a star in the lion’s head tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield

Hundreds of valleys meander across the Moon. Many of them look like river valleys on Earth. And some of them might have been formed in the same way – by flowing liquid. There’s no water on the Moon, though, so the channels were carved by lava. The channels are known as rilles – from a German word that means “grooves.” They come in three basic forms. One form probably took shape as pieces of crust pulled apart, leaving a wide, straight gap between them. The second category follows a gently curving path. These rilles probably formed when a river of lava cooled and condensed, sinking into the ground. The final group looks most like Earthly riverbeds. “Sinuous” rilles twist and turn across the surface – sometimes dramatically. They probably formed from flowing lava. The lava either carved a channel on the surface or tunneled below the surface, and the empty tube later collapsed. Sinuous rilles often begin at a crater, which probably is the “vent” where lava poured onto the surface. Apollo 15 landed near one of these rilles. Known as Hadley Rille, it’s about 75 miles long, a mile wide, and a thousand feet deep. Astronauts looked into its depths and gathered samples from its rim – the edge of a “river valley” on the Moon. The almost-full Moon is in the east at nightfall. Regulus, the brightest star of Leo, is close below it. They move closer during the night, and are almost touching as they set, before dawn. Script by Damond Benningfield

As part of the SU's ‘Let's Talk Leadership' podcast series, we ask the SU Officer election candidates your questions. This is your chance to learn more about their values, goals, and how they plan to address the issues that matter most to you. In this first episode we are joined by Regulus and Fran, your candidates for Community Officer.

You don’t have to actually see something to know it’s there. You might feel it, hear it, or smell it. In other words, you use all your senses to suss it out. Astronomers do that all the time. They may not see a star through their telescopes, for example, but they know it’s there because they use all their senses – special instruments that “see” what the eye cannot. An example is Regulus, the brightest star of Leo. What we see as Regulus looks like a single point of light even through the largest telescopes. But instruments attached to those telescopes reveal a second star. The instruments spread the light from the system into its individual wavelengths or colors – a spectrum. Each chemical element imprints a unique pattern in the spectrum. But Regulus shows two sets of those lines. And over time, the patterns move back and forth. That means Regulus has a companion just a few million miles away. The two objects orbit each other once every 40 days. The companion is a white dwarf – the corpse of a once normal star. It’s much smaller and fainter than the system’s main star, and the two stars are quite close together. That makes it impossible to see the white dwarf through the glare. But we know it’s there – thanks to the extended senses of astronomy. Regulus is quite close to the full Moon as night falls this evening. The Moon moves away from Regulus during the night, but they’re still close at dawn. Script by Damond Benningfield

The Snow Moon lights up the night sky this week, accompanied by one of the brightest stars in the sky, Regulus. To find out how you can see them for yourself, as well as all the latest stargazing highlights, tune in to the latest episode of Star Diary, the podcast from the makers of Sky at Night Magazine. Transcript How to enter the astronomy photographer of the year competition   Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and submit your astrophotography images over on our website: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com contactus@skyatnightmagazine.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, and welcome to Entangled! The podcast where we explore the science of consciousness, the true nature of reality, and what it means to be a spiritual being having a human experience.I'm your host, Jordan Youkilis, and this episode - how did the Egyptians know consciousness - continues episode 80, my interview with Chance Gardner. We start with a overview of Schwaller de Lubicz groundbreaking work on symbolist Egypt called The Temple of Man, and how it inspired the life's work of John Anthony West. Next, we dive into consciousness and the correspondence cipher – focusing on the research conducted by Chance and a team of researchers to explore the knowledge of consciousness embedded in the art and architecture of ancient Egypt.We then discuss cycles of consciousness, the golden scission, and snakes. From there, we consider alchemy as the holy of holies in the temple of consciousness. We end this episode discussing the exalted star Regulus and the age of Aquarius.If you're listening to this episode audio only, I recommend you pull up the text & image version on entangledpodcast.substack.com as a companion, as the images are critical to understanding this episode. Alternatively, the video version of this podcast is available on Substack as well as X (@entangledpod). Music from the show is available on the Spotify playlist “Entangled – The Vibes”. If you like the show, please drop a 5-star review and subscribe on Substack, Spotify, Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts.Please enjoy the episode!Music: Intro: Ben Fox - "The Vibe". End Credits: Alon Peretz – “Cairo Fever”.Published: 2/3/25.Check out the resources referenced:* Magical Egypt: https://www.magicalegypt.com/* The Temple of Man by R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Temple-of-Man/R-A-Schwaller-de-Lubicz/9780892815708* Serpent in the Sky by John Anthony West: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/910226.Serpent_in_the_Sky* The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/183683.The_Secret_Teachings_of_All_Ages This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit entangledpodcast.substack.com

Astronomy is just like any other human endeavor. It can stir up controversy, hurt feelings – and feuds. One of its most famous feuds involved some of the giants of science – Isaac Newton, who formulated laws of gravity and motion, and Edmond Halley, the namesake of Comet Halley. Newton and Halley were colleagues of John Flamsteed, Britain’s first astronomer royal and the founder of the Royal Observatory. Flamsteed had compiled a catalog of more than 2,000 stars. It included precise positions of the stars along with other details. He showed the catalog to Halley and Newton. They were impressed, and they wanted to use its findings in their own research. So they encouraged Flamsteed to publish the catalog. But Flamsteed refused. Halley and Newton then went behind his back. With the support of the Royal Society, they published 400 copes of it, in 1712. Flamsteed was furious. He bought up all the copies he could find – and burned them. And he waged a feud against Halley and Newton for the rest of his life. The catalog wasn’t officially published until six years after his death. The first version included new designations for the stars – a number followed by the name of the constellation. One of those designations is 32 Leonis. The star is better known as Regulus – the brightest star of Leo. And it’s especially easy to spot tonight. It’s above the Moon as they climb into good view, around 9 or 9:30. Script by Damond Benningfield

Podfic Text-to-Speech (TTS) reading of sunset in the west by emlovessid Summary He's halfway across the tavern when the man's eyes meet his and Sirius finds himself frozen in place. It reminds him of the fairytales that he and Regulus used to read as children, when the prince and princess would meet and fall in love immediately. This man is the furthest thing from a prince – shirt half unbuttoned, hair unruly, scar across his face – but Sirius finds himself believing in love at first sight anyway. Creators emlovessid | Tumblr | AO3  BurningAurora | Tumblr | AO3 | Linktree flowerhawk_highinthesky | Tumblr | AO3

Space agencies have been sending missions to the Moon for more than six decades. More than a hundred of them have succeeded. And each success has told us a little bit more about our satellite world. One of the more recent lessons came from a Chinese mission. Chang’e 5 landed in the Ocean of Storms – a giant volcanic plain that forms one of the dark patches on the lunar surface. It scooped up about four pounds of rock and dirt, and brought them to Earth four years ago this week. Earlier this year, scientists reported a big discovery from those samples: Three tiny glass beads were produced by a volcanic eruption about 120 million years ago – far later than any previously known eruption. In fact, the finding suggests that the Moon could still pop off today. Until recently, the best evidence said the last major volcanic activity on the Moon came about two billion years ago. A lunar satellite has photographed some regions that look like they were formed by more recent activity. But that’s hard to confirm without sampling those regions. The Moon lost most of its interior heat long ago. But regions with large amounts of radioactive elements might generate their own heat. That could power volcanoes even now – a new insight from our continued exploration of the Moon. The Moon rises in late evening, with Regulus, the brightest star of Leo, close by. They stay close together as they climb high across the sky later on. Script by Damond Benningfield

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Chapter 33 - The Prince's TaleAs Ginny and Hermione moved closer to the rest of the family, Harry had a clear view of the bodies lying next to Fred: Remus and Tonks, pale and still and peaceful-looking, apparently asleep beneath the dark, enchanted ceiling.Q1 - What do you think about Tonks and Lupin?Q2 - In the beginning of the memory what do you think of Snape, Lily, and Tuneys connection?Q3 - Petunia wrote a letter to Dumbledore asking to be let into the school…do you understand her character more from this?Q4 - According to Snape's memory, what do you think of James and Sirius?Harry watched again as Snape left the Great Hall after sitting his O.W.L. in Defense Against the Dark Arts, watched as he wandered away from the castle and strayed inadvertently close to the place beneath the beech tree where James, Sirius, Lupin, and Pettigrew sat together. But Harry kept his distance this time, because he knew what happened after James had hoisted Severus into the air and taunted him; he knew what had been done and said, and it gave him no pleasure to hear it again. . . . He watched as Lily joined the group and went to Snape's defense. Distantly he heard Snape shout at her in his humiliation and his fury, the unforgivable word: “Mudblood.” Q5 - Why is this Snape's worst memory?“Her boy survives,” said Dumbledore. With a tiny jerk of the head, Snape seemed to flick off an irksome fly. “Her son lives. He has her eyes, precisely her eyes. You remember the shape and color of Lily Evans's eyes, I am sure?” “DON'T!” bellowed Snape. “Gone . . . dead . . .” “Is this remorse, Severus?” “I wish . . . I wish I were dead. . . .” “And what use would that be to anyone?” said Dumbledore coldly. “If you loved Lily Evans, if you truly loved her, then your way forward is clear.” Snape seemed to peer through a haze of pain, and Dumbledore's words appeared to take a long time to reach him. “What — what do you mean?” “You know how and why she died. Make sure it was not in vain. Help me protect Lily's son.” “He does not need protection. The Dark Lord has gone —” “The Dark Lord will return, and Harry Potter will be in terrible danger when he does.” There was a long pause, and slowly Snape regained control of himself, mastered his own breathing. At last he said, “Very well. Very well. But never — never tell, Dumbledore! This must be between us! Swear it! I cannot bear . . . especially Potter's son . . . I want your word!” “My word, Severus, that I shall never reveal the best of you?” Dumbledore sighed, looking down into Snape's ferocious, anguished face. “If you insist . . .” Q6 - Do you understand why Snape hated and yet protected Harry?“No,” said Snape, his black eyes on Fleur's and Roger's retreating figures. “I am not such a coward.” “No,” agreed Dumbledore. “You are a braver man by far than Igor Karkaroff. You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon. . . .” Q7 - Do they sort too soon?Snape raised his eyebrows and his tone was sardonic as he asked, “Are you intending to let him kill you?” “Certainly not. You must kill me.” There was a long silence, broken only by an odd clicking noise. Fawkes the phoenix was gnawing a bit of cuttlebone. “Would you like me to do it now?” asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. “Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?” “Oh, not quite yet,” said Dumbledore, smiling. “I daresay the moment will present itself in due course. Given what has happened tonight,” he indicated his withered hand, “we can be sure that it will happen within a year.” “If you don't mind dying,” said Snape roughly, “why not let Draco do it?” “That boy's soul is not yet so damaged,” said Dumbledore. “I would not have it ripped apart on my account.” “And my soul, Dumbledore? Mine?” “You alone know whether it will harm your soul to help an old man avoid pain and humiliation,” said Dumbledore.Q8 - Do you understand why Snape killed Dumbledore now?“Harry must not know, not until the last moment, not until it is necessary, otherwise how could he have the strength to do what must be done?” “Tell him what?” Dumbledore took a deep breath and closed his eyes. “Tell him that on the night Lord Voldemort tried to kill him, when Lily cast her own life between them as a shield, the Killing Curse rebounded upon Lord Voldemort, and a fragment of Voldemort's soul was blasted apart from the whole, and latched itself onto the only living soul left in that collapsing building. Part of Lord Voldemort lives inside Harry, and it is that which gives him the power of speech with snakes, and a connection with Lord Voldemort's mind that he has never understood. And while that fragment of soul, unmissed by Voldemort, remains attached to and protected by Harry, Lord Voldemort cannot die.” Q9 - Harry is a Horcrux…“So the boy . . . the boy must die?” asked Snape quite calmly. “And Voldemort himself must do it, Severus. That is essential.” Another long silence. Then Snape said, “I thought . . . all these years . . . that we were protecting him for her. For Lily.” “We have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength,” said Dumbledore, his eyes still tight shut. “Meanwhile, the connection between them grows ever stronger, a parasitic growth: Sometimes I have thought he suspects it himself. If I know him, he will have arranged matters so that when he does set out to meet his death, it will truly mean the end of Voldemort.” Dumbledore opened his eyes. Snape looked horrified. “You have kept him alive so that he can die at the right moment?” “Don't be shocked, Severus. How many men and women have you watched die?” “Lately, only those whom I could not save,” said Snape. He stood up. “You have used me.” “Meaning?” “I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potter's son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter —” “But this is touching, Severus,” said Dumbledore seriously. “Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?” “For him?” shouted Snape. “Expecto Patronum!” From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe: She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears. “After all this time?” “Always,” said Snape. Q10 - Does Snape love Harry?Q11 - What does always mean?Q12 - Do you get why Snape kept the letter?Chapter 34 - The Forest AgainHarry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive. His job was to walk calmly into Death's welcoming arms. Along the way, he was to dispose of Voldemort's remaining links to life, so that when at last he flung himself across Voldemort's path, and did not raise a wand to defend himself, the end would be clean, and the job that ought to have been done in Godric's Hollow would be finished: Neither would live, neither could survive. Q1 - Was this really the whole purpose of Harry's life?Dumbledore's betrayal was almost nothing. Of course there had been a bigger plan; Harry had simply been too foolish to see it, he realized that now. Q2 - Was Dumbledore really just raising him like a pig for slaughter?Harry pulled the Invisibility Cloak over himself and descended through the floors, at last walking down the marble staircase into the entrance hall. Perhaps some tiny part of him hoped to be sensed, to be seen, to be stopped, but the Cloak was, as ever, impenetrable, perfect, and he reached the front doors easily. Q3 - If you were in this situation, would you have said goodbye?Harry glanced down and felt another dull blow to his stomach: Colin Creevey, though underage, must have sneaked back just as Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle had done. He was tiny in death. He felt he would have given all the time remaining to him for just one last look at them; but then, would he ever have the strength to stop looking? It was better like this. The long game was ended, the Snitch had been caught, it was time to leave the air. . . . The Snitch. His nerveless fingers fumbled for a moment with the pouch at his neck and he pulled it out. I open at the close. Breathing fast and hard, he stared down at it. Now that he wanted time to move as slowly as possible, it seemed to have sped up, and understanding was coming so fast it seemed to have bypassed thought. This was the close. This was the moment. He pressed the golden metal to his lips and whispered, “I am about to die.” The metal shell broke open. He lowered his shaking hand, raised Draco's wand beneath the Cloak, and murmured, “Lumos.” The black stone with its jagged crack running down the center sat in the two halves of the Snitch. The Resurrection Stone had cracked down the vertical line representing the Elder Wand. The triangle and circle representing the Cloak and the stone were still discernible. Q4 - Was this a surprise to you?And again Harry understood without having to think. It did not matter about bringing them back, for he was about to join them. He was not really fetching them: They were fetching him. Lily's smile was widest of all. She pushed her long hair back as she drew close to him, and her green eyes, so like his, searched his face hungrily, as though she would never be able to look at him enough. “You've been so brave.” He could not speak. His eyes feasted on her, and he thought that he would like to stand and look at her forever, and that would be enough. Q5 - What did you think of Harry bringing everyone back?“I thought he would come,” said Voldemort in his high, clear voice, his eyes on the leaping flames. “I expected him to come.” Nobody spoke. They seemed as scared as Harry, whose heart was now throwing itself against his ribs as though determined to escape the body he was about to cast aside. His hands were sweating as he pulled off the Invisibility Cloak and stuffed it beneath his robes, with his wand. He did not want to be tempted to fight. “I was, it seems . . . mistaken,” said Voldemort. “You weren't.” Harry said it as loudly as he could, with all the force he could muster: He did not want to sound afraid. The Resurrection Stone slipped from between his numb fingers, and out of the corner of his eyes he saw his parents, Sirius, and Lupin vanish as he stepped forward into the firelight. At that moment he felt that nobody mattered but Voldemort. It was just the two of them. Q6 - What do you think of Harry here?Voldemort had raised his wand. His head was still tilted to one side, like a curious child, wondering what would happen if he proceeded. Harry looked back into the red eyes, and wanted it to happen now, quickly, while he could still stand, before he lost control, before he betrayed fear — He saw the mouth move and a flash of green light, and everything was gone. Q7 - Is Harry dead?Chapter 35 - Kings CrossHe recoiled. He had spotted the thing that was making the noises. It had the form of a small, naked child, curled on the ground, its skin raw and rough, flayed-looking, and it lay shuddering under a seat where it had been left, unwanted, stuffed out of sight, struggling for breath. He was afraid of it. Small and fragile and wounded though it was, he did not want to approach it. Nevertheless he drew slowly nearer, ready to jump back at any moment. Soon he stood near enough to touch it, yet he could not bring himself to do it. He felt like a coward. He ought to comfort it, but it repulsed him. “You cannot help.” He spun around. Albus Dumbledore was walking toward him, sprightly and upright, wearing sweeping robes of midnight blue. “Harry.” He spread his arms wide, and his hands were both whole and white and undamaged. “You wonderful boy. You brave, brave man. Let us walk.”Q1 - Were you shocked it was Dumbledore?“But . . .” Harry raised his hand instinctively toward the lightning scar. It did not seem to be there. “But I should have died — I didn't defend myself! I meant to let him kill me!” “And that,” said Dumbledore, “will, I think, have made all the difference.”Q2 - Why is this going to make all the difference?“But . . .” Harry raised his hand instinctively toward the lightning scar. It did not seem to be there. “But I should have died — I didn't defend myself! I meant to let him kill me!” “And that,” said Dumbledore, “will, I think, have made all the difference.” “He took my blood,” said Harry. “Precisely!” said Dumbledore. “He took your blood and rebuilt his living body with it! Your blood in his veins, Harry, Lily's protection inside both of you! He tethered you to life while he lives!” Q3 - Do you get why Harry is not dead really?“I believe that your wand imbibed some of the power and qualities of Voldemort's wand that night, which is to say that it contained a little of Voldemort himself. So your wand recognized him when he pursued you, recognized a man who was both kin and mortal enemy, and it regurgitated some of his own magic against him, magic much more powerful than anything Lucius's wand had ever performed. Your wand now contained the power of your enormous courage and of Voldemort's own deadly skill: What chance did that poor stick of Lucius Malfoy's stand?” Q4 - Did Harry's wand temporarily become a Horcrux?“Can you forgive me?” he said. “Can you forgive me for not trusting you? For not telling you? Harry, I only feared that you would fail as I had failed. I only dreaded that you would make my mistakes. I crave your pardon, Harry. I have known, for some time now, that you are the better man.” Q5 - Is Harry a better man than Dumbledore?“The argument became a fight. Grindelwald lost control. That which I had always sensed in him, though I pretended not to, now sprang into terrible being. And Ariana . . . after all my mother's care and caution . . . lay dead upon the floor.” Q6 - What are your thoughts on the whole Dumbledore and Grindelwald situation?“Would I?” asked Dumbledore heavily. “I am not so sure. I had proven, as a very young man, that power was my weakness and my temptation. It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.Q7 - Had Dumbledore had power thrust upon him, would he have been a good leader?“Maybe a man in a million could unite the Hallows, Harry. I was fit only to possess the meanest of them, the least extraordinary. I was fit to own the Elder Wand, and not to boast of it, and not to kill with it. I was permitted to tame and to use it, because I took it, not for gain, but to save others from it. “But the Cloak, I took out of vain curiosity, and so it could never have worked for me as it works for you, its true owner. The stone I would have used in an attempt to drag back those who are at peace, rather than to enable my self-sacrifice, as you did. You are the worthy possessor of the Hallows.” “If you planned your death with Snape, you meant him to end up with the Elder Wand, didn't you?” “I admit that was my intention,” said Dumbledore, “but it did not work as I intended, did it?” “No,” said Harry. “That bit didn't work out.”Q8 - What are they talking about that it didn't work out?“I've got to go back, haven't I?” “That is up to you.” “I've got a choice?” “Oh yes.” Dumbledore smiled at him. “We are in King's Cross, you say? I think that if you decided not to go back, you would be able to . . . let's say . . . board a train.” “And where would it take me?” “On,” said Dumbledore simply.“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love. By returning, you may ensure that fewer souls are maimed, fewer families are torn apart. If that seems to you a worthy goal, then we say good-bye for the present.”Q9 - Harry is going back?“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?” Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”Q10 - Is this real or is it happening inside Harry's head?Chapter 36 - The Flaw in the PlanHands, softer than he had been expecting, touched Harry's face, pulled back an eyelid, crept beneath his shirt, down to his chest, and felt his heart. He could hear the woman's fast breathing, her long hair tickled his face. He knew that she could feel the steady pounding of life against his ribs. “Is Draco alive? Is he in the castle?” Q1 - Were you surprised at Narcissa lying?And now a chill settled over them where they stood, and Harry heard the rasping breath of the dementors that patrolled the outer trees. They would not affect him now. The fact of his own survival burned inside him, a talisman against them, as though his father's stag kept guardian in his heart. Q2 - Why is Harry not affected by crucio and the dementors and stuff?“Harry Potter is dead! Do you understand now, deluded ones? He was nothing, ever, but a boy who relied on others to sacrifice themselves for him!” “He beat you!” yelled Ron, and the charm broke, and the defenders of Hogwarts were shouting and screaming again until a second, more powerful bang extinguished their voices once more. Q3 - What do you think of Ron's progression as a character?In one swift, fluid motion, Neville broke free of the Body-Bind Curse upon him; the flaming hat fell off him and he drew from its depths something silver, with a glittering, rubied handle — The slash of the silver blade could not be heard over the roar of the oncoming crowd or the sounds of the clashing giants or of the stampeding centaurs, and yet it seemed to draw every eye. With a single stroke Neville sliced off the great snake's head, which spun high into the air, gleaming in the light flooding from the entrance hall, and Voldemort's mouth was open in a scream of fury that nobody could hear, and the snake's body thudded to the ground at his feet —Q4 - Do you get why we all love Neville so much now?The house-elves of Hogwarts swarmed into the entrance hall, screaming and waving carving knives and cleavers, and at their head, the locket of Regulus Black bouncing on his chest, was Kreacher, his bullfrog's voice audible even above this din: “Fight! Fight! Fight for my Master, defender of house-elves! Fight the Dark Lord, in the name of brave Regulus! Fight!” Hundreds of people now lined the walls, watching the two fights, Voldemort and his three opponents, Bellatrix and Molly, and Harry stood, invisible, torn between both, wanting to attack and yet to protect, unable to be sure that he would not hit the innocent. “What will happen to your children when I've killed you?” taunted Bellatrix, as mad as her master, capering as Molly's curses danced around her. “When Mummy's gone the same way as Freddie?” “You — will — never — touch — our — children — again!” screamed Mrs. Weasley. Bellatrix laughed, the same exhilarated laugh her cousin Sirius had given as he toppled backward through the veil, and suddenly Harry knew what was going to happen before it did. Molly's curse soared beneath Bellatrix's outstretched arm and hit her squarely in the chest, directly over her heart. Bellatrix's gloating smile froze, her eyes seemed to bulge: For the tiniest space of time she knew what had happened, and then she toppled, and the watching crowd roared, and Voldemort screamed.Q5 - What was the most emotional moment in the whole series for you?“You won't be killing anyone else tonight,” said Harry as they circled, and stared into each other's eyes, green into red. “You won't be able to kill any of them ever again. Don't you get it? I was ready to die to stop you from hurting these people —” “But you did not!” “— I meant to, and that's what did it. I've done what my mother did. They're protected from you. Haven't you noticed how none of the spells you put on them are binding? You can't torture them. You can't touch them. You don't learn from your mistakes, Riddle, do you?”Q6 - What do you think of this?“Yeah, it did,” said Harry. “You're right. But before you try to kill me, I'd advise you to think about what you've done. . . . Think, and try for some remorse, Riddle. . . .” “What is this?” Of all the things that Harry had said to him, beyond any revelation or taunt, nothing had shocked Voldemort like this. Harry saw his pupils contract to thin slits, saw the skin around his eyes whiten. “It's your one last chance,” said Harry, “it's all you've got left. . . . I've seen what you'll be otherwise. . . . Be a man . . . try . . . Try for some remorse. . . .” Q7 - Thoughts on Harry telling Tom to try for some remorse?“The true master of the Elder Wand was Draco Malfoy.” Blank shock showed in Voldemort's face for a moment, but then it was gone. “But what does it matter?” he said softly. “Even if you are right, Potter, it makes no difference to you and me. You no longer have the phoenix wand: We duel on skill alone . . . and after I have killed you, I can attend to Draco Malfoy. . . .” “But you're too late,” said Harry. “You've missed your chance. I got there first. I overpowered Draco weeks ago. I took this wand from him.” Harry twitched the hawthorn wand, and he felt the eyes of everyone in the Hall upon it. “So it all comes down to this, doesn't it?” whispered Harry. “Does the wand in your hand know its last master was Disarmed? Because if it does . . . I am the true master of the Elder Wand.” Q8 - What do you think about the Elder Wand issues?Q9 - How did you like the death of Voldemort?After a while, exhausted and drained, Harry found himself sitting on a bench beside Luna. “I'd want some peace and quiet, if it were me,” she said. “I'd love some,” he replied. “I'll distract them all,” she said. “Use your Cloak.” “And then there's this.” Harry held up the Elder Wand, and Ron and Hermione looked at it with a reverence that, even in his befuddled and sleep-deprived state, Harry did not like to see. “I don't want it,” said Harry. “What?” said Ron loudly. “Are you mental?” “I know it's powerful,” said Harry wearily. “But I was happier with mine. So . . .” He rummaged in the pouch hung around his neck, and pulled out the two halves of holly still just connected by the finest thread of phoenix feather. Hermione had said that they could not be repaired, that the damage was too severe. All he knew was that if this did not work, nothing would. He laid the broken wand upon the headmaster's desk, touched it with the very tip of the Elder Wand, and said, “Reparo.” Q10 - What are your thoughts on the Hallows now?EpilogueQ1 - What do you think about the epilogue?Q2 - What do you think of Harry and Ginny and their kids names?“Teddy's back there,” he said breathlessly, pointing back over his shoulder into the billowing clouds of steam. “Just seen him! And guess what he's doing? Snogging Victoire!”“Don't forget to give Neville our love!” Ginny told James as she hugged him. “Mum! I can't give a professor love!” “But you know Neville —” James rolled his eyes. “Outside, yeah, but at school he's Professor Longbottom, isn't he? I can't walk into Herbology and give him love. . . .” Q3 - What do you think about Prof Longbottom?

For the Moon, it’s another night, another bright companion. After passing close to the brightest star of Gemini and the planet Mars over the past couple of nights, tonight it takes aim at Regulus, the heart of the lion. The star climbs into good view directly below the Moon after midnight. The Moon will move toward the star during the night, so they’ll be much closer at dawn. The Moon passes near these bright lights because, just like the Moon, they all stay close to the ecliptic. That’s an invisible line that marks the Sun’s annual path across the sky. The stars all maintain a fixed position relative to the ecliptic – at least on human timescales. Over the millennia, the ecliptic itself actually shifts a little – the result of a slow wobble in Earth’s axis. The orbits of the Moon and planets are tilted a bit. That causes those bodies to move back and forth across the ecliptic. The planets cross the ecliptic every few months or years. But the Moon crosses every couple of weeks. It spends two weeks to the north of the ecliptic, then two weeks to the south of it. Tonight, it’s a few degrees to the north. Early Monday, though, it will cross to the southern side. And that will set up an especially close encounter with the next bright light along the ecliptic: Spica the brightest star of Virgo. In fact, the Moon will pass directly in front of the star early Wednesday. We’ll tell you all about that next week. Script by Damond Benningfield

The Moon goes face to face with the lion early tomorrow. At first light, Regulus, Leo’s brightest star, stands close to the lower right of the Moon. And a star in the lion’s mane is a little farther to the left of the Moon. It’s part of the curving pattern of stars known as the Sickle. Algieba is about 125 light-years away. It’s the fourth-brightest star in the constellation. And like Regulus, there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye. It consists of two stars, plus one known planet. The stars are separated by hundreds of times the distance from Earth to the Sun, so it takes centuries for them to orbit each other. Both stars are giants – they’re much bigger and brighter than the Sun. That tells us that both stars are late in life. They’ve burned through the hydrogen fuel in their cores. Now, they may be burning the helium “ash” created by that process. That’s caused their outer layers to puff up. The heavier star has one confirmed planet. It was discovered 15 years ago. A study last year said it’s at least 11 times the mass of Jupiter, the giant of our own solar system. That means it’s likely a big ball of gas, probably with a small core of rock and metal. The planet is a bit farther from the star than Earth is from the Sun. At that range, the top of its atmosphere should be hot and turbulent. But so far, there haven’t been any follow-up studies to tell us more about this giant planet in the lion’s mane. Script by Damond Benningfield

Chapter 9 - A Place to Hide“When you say you've got the Cloak, and clothes . . .” said Harry, frowning at Hermione, who was carrying nothing except her small beaded handbag, in which she was now rummaging. “Yes, they're here,” said Hermione, and to Harry and Ron's utter astonishment, she pulled out a pair of jeans, a sweatshirt, some maroon socks, and finally the silvery Invisibility Cloak. Q1 - Is Hermione the greatest or what?Harry threw the Invisibility Cloak around his shoulders and pulled it up over his head, vanishing from sight. He was only just beginning to appreciate what had happened. “The others — everyone at the wedding —”Q2 - You think everyone is safe?After a minute or two, Ron said, “You know, we're not far from the Leaky Cauldron here, it's only in Charing Cross —” “Ron, we can't!” said Hermione at once. “Not to stay there, but to find out what's going on!” “We know what's going on! Voldemort's taken over the Ministry, what else do we need to know?” “Okay, okay, it was just an idea!” They relapsed into a prickly silence. The gum-chewing waitress shuffled over and Hermione ordered two cappuccinos: As Harry was invisible, it would have looked odd to order him one. A pair of burly workmen entered the café and squeezed into the next booth. Hermione dropped her voice to a whisper. Q3 - How did the Death Eaters find them?“What are we going to do with them?” Ron whispered to Harry through the dark; then, even more quietly, “Kill them? They'd kill us. They had a good go just now.” Hermione shuddered and took a step backward. Harry shook his head. “We just need to wipe their memories,” said Harry. “It's better like that, it'll throw them off the scent. If we killed them it'd be obvious we were here.”Q4 - What should they do with these people?“It's no wonder I can't get it out, Hermione, you packed my old jeans, they're tight.” “Oh, I'm so sorry,” hissed Hermione, and as she dragged the waitress out of sight of the windows, Harry heard her mutter a suggestion as to where Ron could stick his wand instead. Q5 - Would you go back to the Burrow for your good pair of jeans?Gingerly Harry took another step forward. Something shifted in the shadows at the end of the hall, and before any of them could say another word, a figure had risen up out of the carpet, tall, dustcolored, and terrible: Hermione screamed and so did Mrs. Black, her curtains flying open; the gray figure was gliding toward them, faster and faster, its waist-length hair and beard streaming behind it, its face sunken, fleshless, with empty eye sockets: Horribly familiar, dreadfully altered, it raised a wasted arm, pointing at Harry. “No!” Harry shouted, and though he had raised his wand no spell occurred to him. “No! It wasn't us! We didn't kill you —” On the word kill, the figure exploded in a great cloud of dust: Coughing, his eyes watering, Harry looked around to see Hermione crouched on the floor by the door with her arms over her head, and Ron, who was shaking from head to foot, patting her clumsily on the shoulder and saying, “It's all r-right. . . . It's g-gone. . . .” Q6 - Are these good defenses?“But then you've got to close your mind!” said Hermione shrilly. “Harry, Dumbledore didn't want you to use that connection, he wanted you to shut it down, that's why you were supposed to use Occlumency! Otherwise Voldemort can plant false images in your mind, remember —” Q7 - Would Voldemort do this again and would Harry be tricked by it again?He turned his back on Ron and Hermione, pretending to examine the old tapestry of the Black family tree on the wall. Then Hermione shrieked: Harry drew his wand again and spun around to see a silver Patronus soar through the drawing room window and land upon the floor in front of them, where it solidified into the weasel that spoke with the voice of Ron's father. “Family safe, do not reply, we are being watched.” Q8 - Can you fake Patronuses?“More, Rowle, or shall we end it and feed you to Nagini? Lord Voldemort is not sure that he will forgive this time. . . . You called me back for this, to tell me that Harry Potter has escaped again? Draco, give Rowle another taste of our displeasure. . . . Do it, or feel my wrath yourself!”Q9 - Do you feel bad for Draco?Chapter 10 - Kreacher's TaleHarry wondered whether they had fallen asleep holding hands. The idea made him feel strangely lonely. The wardrobe doors stood open and the bedclothes had been ripped back. Harry remembered the overturned troll leg downstairs. Somebody had searched the house since the Order had left. Snape? Or perhaps Mundungus, who had pilfered plenty from this house both before and after Sirius died?Q1 - Has someone been looking through Grimmauld Place?Thank you, thank you, for Harry's birthday present! It was his favorite by far. One year old and already zooming along on a toy broomstick, he looked so pleased with himself, I'm enclosing a picture so you can see. You know it only rises about two feet off the ground, but he nearly killed the cat and he smashed a horrible vase Petunia sent me for Christmas (no complaints there). Q2 - Was there something behind Petunia's gift?Bathilda drops in most days, she's a fascinating old thing with the most amazing stories about Dumbledore, I'm not sure he'd be pleased if he knew! I don't know how much to believe, actually, because it seems incredible that Dumbledore…Q3 - What was this going to say? And why was Dumbledore using the cloak?He read the letter again, but could not take in any more meaning than he had done the first time, and was reduced to staring at the handwriting itself. She had made her “g”s the same way he did: He searched through the letter for every one of them, and each felt like a friendly little wave glimpsed from behind a veil. The letter was an incredible treasure, proof that Lily Potter had lived, really lived, that her warm hand had once moved across this parchment, tracing ink into these letters, these words, words about him, Harry, her son.They had had a cat . . . perhaps it had perished, like his parents, at Godric's Hollow Q4 - Is this cat Crookshanks?His parents had known Bathilda Bagshot; had Dumbledore introduced them? Dumbledore's still got his Invisibility Cloak . . . There was something funny there. . . .“Harry, do you really think you'll get the truth from a malicious old woman like Muriel, or from Rita Skeeter? How can you believe them? You knew Dumbledore!” “I thought I did,” he muttered. “But you know how much truth there was in everything Rita wrote about you! Doge is right, how can you let these people tarnish your memories of Dumbledore?” He looked away, trying not to betray the resentment he felt. There it was again: Choose what to believe. He wanted the truth. Why was everybody so determined that he should not get it? Q5 - What is the truth here?This, then, was how Voldemort had tested the defenses surrounding the Horcrux: by borrowing a disposable creature, a house-elf . . . “There was a b-basin full of potion on the island. The D-Dark Lord made Kreacher drink it. . . .” The elf quaked from head to foot. “Kreacher drank, and as he drank, he saw terrible things. . . . Kreacher's insides burned. . . . Kreacher cried for Master Regulus to save him, he cried for his Mistress Black, but the Dark Lord only laughed. . . . He made Kreacher drink all the potion. . . . He dropped a locket into the empty basin. . . . He filled it with more potion. Q6 - How much pity do you have for Kreacher?Kreacher knew how to open the concealed entrance to the underground cavern, knew how to raise the tiny boat; this time it was his beloved Regulus who sailed with him to the island with its basin of poison. . . . “And he made you drink the potion?” said Harry, disgusted. But Kreacher shook his head and wept. Hermione's hands leapt to her mouth: She seemed to have understood something. “M-Master Regulus took from his pocket a locket like the one the Dark Lord had,” said Kreacher, tears pouring down either side of his snoutlike nose. “And he told Kreacher to take it and, when the basin was empty, to switch the lockets. . . .”Q7 - What do you think of Kreacher's Tale?“Kreacher, I want you, please, to go and find Mundungus Fletcher. We need to find out where the locket — where Master Regulus's locket is. It's really important. We want to finish the work Master Regulus started, we want to — er — ensure that he didn't die in vain.” Kreacher dropped his fists and looked up at Harry. “Find Mundungus Fletcher?” he croaked. “And bring him here, to Grimmauld Place,” said Harry. “Do you think you could do that for us?” As Kreacher nodded and got to his feet, Harry had a sudden inspiration. He pulled out Hagrid's purse and took out the fake Horcrux, the substitute locket in which Regulus had placed the note to Voldemort. Q8 - How will they open the locket?Chapter 11 - The Bribe“Will you stop it!” she cried on the third evening of Kreacher's absence, as all light was sucked from the drawing room yet again. “Sorry, sorry!” said Ron, clicking the Deluminator and restoring the lights. “I don't know I'm doing it!” “Well, can't you find something useful to occupy yourself?” “What, like reading kids' stories?” “Dumbledore left me this book, Ron —” “— and he left me the Deluminator, maybe I'm supposed to use it!” Q1 - Any further theories on why Dumbledore left them these objects?“I had to Apparate very precisely onto the top step outside the front door to be sure that they would not see me. They can't know you're in here or I'm sure they'd have more people out there; they're staking out everywhere that's got any connection with you, Harry. Let's go downstairs, there's a lot to tell you, and I want to know what happened after you left the Burrow.”Q2 - How does the Fidelius Charm actually work?“So, you came straight here after the wedding?” “No,” said Harry, “only after we ran into a couple of Death Eaters in a café on Tottenham Court Road.” Lupin slopped most of his butterbeer down his front. “What?” They explained what had happened; when they had finished, Lupin looked aghast. “But how did they find you so quickly? It's impossible to track anyone who Apparates, unless you grab hold of them as they disappear!”Q3 - How did the Death Eaters find him?“There were about a dozen of them, but they didn't know you were there, Harry. Arthur heard a rumor that they tried to torture your whereabouts out of Scrimgeour before they killed him; if it's true, he didn't give you away.” Q4 - Does this make you think highly of Scrimgeour?Q5 - What do you think of the Muggle Born Registration Committee?“I know,” said Lupin. “Nevertheless, unless you can prove that you have at least one close Wizarding relative, you are now deemed to have obtained your magical power illegally and must suffer the punishment.” Ron glanced at Hermione, then said, “What if purebloods and half-bloods swear a Muggle-born's part of their family? I'll tell everyone Hermione's my cousin —” Q6 - How cute is Ron here? “I'll understand if you can't confirm this, Harry, but the Order is under the impression that Dumbledore left you a mission.” “He did,” Harry replied, “and Ron and Hermione are in on it and they're coming with me.” “Can you confide in me what the mission is?” Harry looked into the prematurely lined face, framed in thick but graying hair, and wished that he could return a different answer. “I can't, Remus, I'm sorry. If Dumbledore didn't tell you I don't think I can.” Q7 - Danny during the liveread you said “Don't do it.” Why?“Remus,” said Hermione tentatively, “is everything all right . . . you know . . . between you and —” “Everything is fine, thank you,” said Lupin pointedly. Hermione turned pink. There was another pause, an awkward and embarrassed one, and then Lupin said, with an air of forcing himself to admit something unpleasant, “Tonks is going to have a baby.” “Oh, how wonderful!” squealed Hermione. “Excellent!” said Ron enthusiastically. “Congratulations,” said Harry. Q8 - How'd ya guess that Jenn?“You don't understand,” said Lupin at last. “Explain, then,” said Harry. Lupin swallowed. “I — I made a grave mistake in marrying Tonks. I did it against my better judgment and I have regretted it very much ever since.” “I see,” said Harry, “so you're just going to dump her and the kid and run off with us?” Lupin sprang to his feet: His chair toppled over backward, and he glared at them so fiercely that Harry saw, for the first time ever, the shadow of the wolf upon his human face. “Don't you understand what I've done to my wife and my unborn child? I should never have married her, I've made her an outcast!”Q9 - Should Lupin have married Tonks?“Remus!” whispered Hermione, tears in her eyes. “Don't say that — how could any child be ashamed of you?” “Oh, I don't know, Hermione,” said Harry. “I'd be pretty ashamed of him.” Harry did not know where his rage was coming from, but it had propelled him to his feet too. Lupin looked as though Harry had hit himQ10 - How did Harry handle this whole situation?Q11 - What do you think was the truth about Ariana Dumledore?There was the sound of pattering feet, a blaze of shining copper, an echoing clang, and a shriek of agony: Kreacher had taken a run at Mundungus and hit him over the head with a saucepan. “Call 'im off, call 'im off, 'e should be locked up!” screamed Mundungus, cowering as Kreacher raised the heavy-bottomed pan again. “Kreacher, no!” shouted Harry. Kreacher's thin arms trembled with the weight of the pan, still held aloft. “Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?” Ron laughed. “We need him conscious, Kreacher, but if he needs persuading you can do the honors,” said Harry. “Thank you very much, Master,” said Kreacher with a bow, and he retreated a short distance, his great pale eyes still fixed upon Mundungus with loathing.Q12 - Isn't is crazy how you can go from hating a character so quick to loving him?Chapter 12 - Magic is MightA large picture of a familiar, hook-nosed, black-haired man stared up at them all, beneath a headline that read: SEVERUS SNAPE CONFIRMED AS HOGWARTS HEADMASTER Q1 - What do you think of this?“Phineas Nigellus,” Hermione explained as she threw the bag onto the kitchen table with the usual sonorous, clanking crash. “Sorry?” said Ron, but Harry understood. The painted image of Phineas Nigellus Black was able to flit between his portrait in Grimmauld Place and the one that hung in the headmaster's office at Hogwarts: the circular tower-top room where Snape was no doubt sitting right now, in triumphant possession of Dumbledore's collection of delicate, silver magical instruments, the stone Pensieve, the Sorting Hat and, unless it had been moved elsewhere, the sword of Gryffindor.Q2 - Do you think Snape had ever spied on them using that before?Q3 - They are going to storm the ministry? Should they be doing this? The door opened: A laughing woman stood there. Her face fell as she looked into Harry's face: humor gone, terror replacing it. . . . “Gregorovitch?” said a high, cold voice. She shook her head: She was trying to close the door. A white hand held it steady, prevented her shutting him out. . . . “I want Gregorovitch.” “I hate it, I hate the fact that he can get inside me, that I have to watch him when he's most dangerous. But I'm going to use it.” “Dumbledore —” “Forget Dumbledore. This is my choice, nobody else's. I want to know why he's after Gregorovitch.” Q4 - Is Harry foolish to try this?Q5 - How is their plan to get into the ministry?Harry looked more closely and realized that what he had thought were decoratively carved thrones were actually mounds of carved humans: hundreds and hundreds of naked bodies, men, women, and children, all with rather stupid, ugly faces, twisted and pressed together to support the weight of the handsomely robed wizards. The golden grilles slid apart again and Hermione gasped. Four people stood before them, two of them deep in conversation: a longhaired wizard wearing magnificent robes of black and gold, and a squat, toadlike witch wearing a velvet bow in her short hair and clutching a clipboard to her chest.

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John Black, CEO & Director of Regulus Resources (TSXV:REG) (OTCQX:RGLSF), joins us for an introduction to their AntaKori Copper-Gold Project in northern Peru, with the potential for consolidation of surrounding projects in this very prolific mineralized belt. The AntaKori project currently hosts a resource with indicated mineral resources of 250 million tonnes with a grade of 0.48 % Cu, 0.29 g/t Au and 7.5 g/t Ag and inferred mineral resources of 267 million tonnes with a grade of 0.41 % Cu, 0.26 g/t Au, and 7.8 g/t Ag. The AntaKori project is immediately adjacent to the Tantahuatay Mine and mineral concessions owned by Compañía Minera Coimolache S.A. (which is a JV between Buenaventura, Southern Copper and ESPRO).   On July 27th, Regulus Resources announced that it had entered into a collaboration agreement with Coimolache to evaluate the viability of an integrated Coimolache Sulphides/AntaKori copper-gold project. The evaluation will consist of a mineral resource estimate ("MRE") with the option, upon mutual agreement of the Parties following the completion of a MRE, to complete a preliminary economic assessment ("PEA"). Costs of the evaluation program will be split with Regulus paying 50% and Coimolache paying 50%. The results of the MRE and PEA can only be publicly released upon mutual agreement of the Parties. Additionally, the MRE and PEA results can be shared with third parties upon mutual agreement of the Parties.   We also discussed that there are transactions in place with Gold Fields, where Regulus Resources can earn-in on up to 60% on parcels of land that fill in the gaps on their overall project land package.   Then in addition to that, Rio Tinto has a 16% stake in Regulus to test out the application of their Nuton technology, focused on commercializing its proprietary suite of copper leach technologies, with potential to unlock copper from hard-to-leach ore and low-grade material, with industry-leading recoveries.     This makes the competing major company interest in this area for the copper and gold compelling for a future consolidation of this district, and the Company is continuing to develop strong community relationships and ongoing engagement to clear the pathway for future development.   If you have any questions for John regarding Regulus Resources, then please email me at Shad@kereport.com.   Click here to follow the latest news from Regulus Resources

Royalty creeps across the southern sky on autumn nights: Fomalhaut, the brightest star of Piscis Austrinus, the southern fish. To the people of ancient Persia, it was one of four “royal” stars, along with Aldebaran, Regulus, and Antares. Each star ruled the sky during a different season. For Fomalhaut, it was the autumn sky. Fomalhaut probably was a pretty easy choice. It’s the only bright star in a large region of the sky. And at this time of year, it’s in view pretty much all night. Fomalhaut also was considered the protector of the winter solstice. About 5,000 years ago, the star aligned in the same direction as the Sun at noon on the solstice. The Fomalhaut system appears to consist of at least three stars. The brightest is Fomalhaut A – the one that’s visible to the unaided eye. The star is about twice as big and heavy as the Sun, and quite a bit brighter. It’s about 25 light-years away. A giant disk of dust encircles the star. For a few years, it looked like there might be a planet inside the disk. Astronomers even gave it a name: Dagon. But it turned out to be just a big clump of dust – the likely debris from a collision between two big asteroids. Fomalhaut stands quite low in the southeast as the sky gets good and dark, and due south around midnight. Don’t confuse it with brighter Saturn, well to its upper left. Fomalhaut is in view all night – a royal star for autumn nights. Script by Damond Benningfield

The Moon is a thin crescent in the dawn sky tomorrow. The Sun lights up only about one-tenth of the lunar hemisphere that faces our way. That’s the part of the Moon where it’s daylight. It’s nighttime across the rest of the disk. But that doesn’t mean you can’t see that part of the Moon. It forms a ghostly presence, illuminated by earthshine – sunlight reflecting off of Earth. And the earthshine is pretty bright now, because Earth would appear 90 percent “full.” Because our planet is much bigger and more reflective than the Moon, it shines many times brighter than a full Moon appears from Earth. Tomorrow, the earthshine will be so intense that you can easily make out lunar features through a pair of binoculars. And because the same side of the Moon always faces Earth, our planet sticks around in the same spot in the lunar sky, day and night. So future Earthwatchers will see it go through an entire cycle of phases every 29 and a half days, just as the Moon does. But from any given spot on the Moon, Earth won’t move – it’ll be “locked” at the same point in the sky. Look for the crescent Moon in the east beginning an hour or two before dawn. It has a bright companion: Regulus, the star that marks the heart of the lion. It stands close to the right or upper right of the Moon. The Moon will be an even thinner crescent on Monday, but still easy to make out – thanks to the light of the silvery Earth. Script by Damond Benningfield

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com The September 2024 Observer's Calendar on Episode 446  of the Actual Astronomy podcast. I'm Chris and joining me is Shane. We are amateur astronomers who love looking up at the night sky and this podcast is for everyone who enjoys going out under the stars.   * Sept 1 - Zodiacal light becomes visible this month    (Mercury is also paired with the Moon in morning, but might be tough) * Sept 3 - New Moon * Sept 5 - Mercury at Greatest Elongation 18-degrees from Sun in Morning Sky * Sept  8 - Saturn at Opposition    * Mars 0.9 degrees from OC M35 after midnight * Sept  9 - Mercury 0.5 degrees North of Regulus in morning sky * Sept 10 - Antares Occultation by the Moon for places like Australia and Indonesia * Sept 11 - First Quarter Moon * Sept 17 - Saturn Occulted by the Moon - Visible barely here just about 5:30am so you want to ideally be west of the Saskatchewan/Alberta Border…straight through NA. * Sept 18 - Partial Lunar Eclipse - Best visible from Brazil and region but most of Eastern NA and Western Europe and Africa    * It is a small partial..just a little chunk goes through the Umbra    * BUT YOU SHOULD GO LOOK    * BECAUSE    * At 1:15 am Saskatchewan Time…so that's 3:15 am EDT the Moon Occults Neptune for most of us in NA except southeastern reaches of USA. * Sept 21 - Neptune at Opposition * Sept 22 - Equinox       (Moon 0.2-degrees from Pleiades) * Sept 25 - last quarter Moon   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Celestial Harmony Meditation: Embracing the Energies of Regulus and Sun in Virgo and Bringing in Grounding Light + 528 Hz - Transformation and Miracles This Quantum Energy Healing Meditation is designed to harness the unique energies of celestial events occurring on August 21 and August 22. Every year, between August 21 and 23, as the Sun transitions from Leo to Virgo, it aligns with the star Regulus. Regulus, one of the four Royal Stars, was revered by ancient astrologers as the sacred guardian of the northern cosmic gate. This gate is thought to resonate with energies that activate our highest chakras. Meditation Highlights: August 21: Sun + Regulus Focus: Aligning with the potent energy of Regulus, the heart of the lion. Benefits: Brings success, honors, and good fortune. Energizes the heart and crown chakras, fostering compassion, forgiveness, and a deeper connection to higher realms. August 22: Sun in Virgo Focus: Grounding and stabilizing energies as the Sun transitions into Virgo. Benefits: Ideal time to adopt healthy habits and routines. Emphasizes self-sovereignty and inner wisdom, treating the body as a sacred temple. Key Points: • Cosmic Alignment: The Sun's alignment with Regulus enhances our connection to the cosmos, intuition, and Higher Self. • Intention Setting: Utilize this period to set intentions for divine energy to flow into your crown and heart, fostering a sense of belonging and tranquility. • Regulus's Influence: Associated with royalty, success, and wealth, Regulus supports ambitions and can amplify efforts to achieve success and abundance. Virgo Season: • Sun in Virgo: On August 22, the Sun moves into Virgo, bringing stabilizing energy and a focus on developing healthy habits. • Inner Wisdom: Virgo, symbolized by the Virgin Goddess, embodies self-sufficiency and inner wisdom, encouraging us to trust that the answers lie within. Actionable Tips: • Harness Regulus's Energy • Develop Healthy Routines: Virgo Season is ideal for establishing positive routines and treating your body as a sacred temple. Tune in to learn how to make the most of this powerful cosmic alignment and embrace the energies of Regulus and Virgo for the Highest Good! Much love, care, and gratitude, H

Mini Energy Update for Week of August 17-24 This period might feel turbulent, marked by confusion and irritation. You could find yourself overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of tasks you believe need completion or changes you think are necessary to elevate your life. Take comfort in knowing that progress is made in baby steps. As details come into focus, they will become more manageable. The energy, particularly near the full moon, may take on a quirky and eccentric edge, encouraging you to stay grounded and clear about your priorities. It's essential not to take things personally during this time, as everyone is navigating their unique journey, which might not always align with yours. Work with both mind and heart in tandem, anchoring in your own truth as the guiding force. If you encounter tension or crises, view these moments as opportunities rather than negative challenges. By shifting your perspective, you harness that energy for growth and positive change. August 19 On Monday, August 19th, we will witness the Full Moon in Aquarius. The Aquarius Full Moon on August 19th is all about shaking things up. You might feel a bit unsettled, as if life is in flux, bringing surprises that leave you unsure of your next step. This energy can be a little confusing, but it's also a catalyst for awakening. When the unexpected happens, it expands your mind, opens your heart, and presents new possibilities. Keep this in mind as you navigate through the Full Moon's energy. Remember, even in discomfort, your mind and world are expanding to welcome fresh possibilities. Embrace the uncertainty! August 21: Sun + Regulus On this auspicious day, the Sun aligns with Regulus, one of the four Royal Stars. This alignment allows us to fully immerse ourselves in the potent energy radiating from Regulus, often referred to as the heart of the lion. Such powerful energy is believed to bring about success, honors, and good fortune. It acts as a beacon to energize both our heart and crown chakras, helping us foster compassion, forgiveness, and a deeper connection to higher realms August 22: Sun in Virgo As the Sun transitions into the practical sign of Virgo, you'll feel a surge of grounding and stabilizing energies! This is an ideal time to instill healthy habits. Consider what new routines you'd like to adopt. Virgo, represented by the Virgin Goddess, epitomizes self-sovereignty. She shines brightly, needing no external validation, believing that the answers she seeks lie within herself. By treating her body as a sacred temple, Virgo accesses the wisdom necessary for life's challenges. Focus on nurturing a healthy inner environment and deepen your connections. Remember, the answers you seek are already within you, ready to surface. Much love, care, and gratitude, H

Regulus Resources CEO John Black discusses the collaboration with Coimolache Mining Corporation for the AntaKori project in Peru. The Antakori project is a large copper-gold deposit that is part of a larger deposit shared between Regulus and Coimolache. The collaboration aims to reveal the full size of the project and attract interest from major mining companies. The project has significant mineralization and high grades, making it an attractive opportunity. The collaboration will involve calculating an unconstrained resource and presenting it to interested parties.

Chapter 5 - An Excess of PhlegmQ1 - Tonks seems really sad and out of it at the beginning of this chapter…why?‘What do you like me to call you when we're alone together?' Even by the dim light of the lantern Harry could tell that Mrs Weasley had turned bright red; he himself felt suddenly warm around the ears and neck, and hastily gulped soup, clattering his spoon as loudly as he could against the bowl. ‘Mollywobbles,' whispered a mortified Mrs Weasley into the crack at the edge of the door. ‘Correct,' said Mr Weasley. ‘Now you can let me in.'Q2 - What do you think of Mollywobbles?Mrs Weasley made a noise that sounded like ‘tchah!' ‘Mum hates her,' said Ginny quietly. ‘I do not hate her!' said Mrs Weasley in a cross whisper. ‘I just think they've hurried into this engagement, that's all!' ‘They've known each other a year,' said Ron, who looked oddly groggy and was staring at the closed door. ‘Well, that's not very long! I know why it's happened, of course.Q3 - What do you think of Fleur coming back into the story?‘Nobody knows what it said, though,' said Hermione quickly. ‘It got smashed.' ‘Although the Prophet says –' began Ron, but Hermione said, ‘Shh!' ‘The Prophet's got it right,' said Harry, looking up at them both with a great effort: Hermione seemed frightened and Ron amazed. ‘That glass ball that smashed wasn't the only record of the prophecy. I heard the whole thing in Dumbledore's office, he was the one the prophecy was made to, so he could tell me. From what it said,' Harry took a deep breath, ‘it looks like I'm the one who's got to finish off Voldemort … at least, it said neither of us could live while the other survives.' The three of them gazed at each other in silence for a moment.Q4 - What do you think of Harry telling Ron and Hermione the prophecy?Harry did not really listen. A warmth was spreading through him that had nothing to do with the sunlight; a tight obstruction in his chest seemed to be dissolving. He knew that Ron and Hermione were more shocked than they were letting on, but the mere fact that they were still there on either side of him, speaking bracing words of comfort, not shrinking from him as though he were contaminated or dangerous, was worth more than he could ever tell them.Q5 - Why do you think Harry is feeling this?Q6 - What do you think of Harry's OWL results?Q7 - Do you remember what you got on your SATs?Harry looked back down at his results. They were as good as he could have hoped for. He felt just one tiny twinge of regret … this was the end of his ambition to become an Auror. He had not secured the required Potions grade. He had known all along that he wouldn't, but he still felt a sinking in his stomach as he looked again at that small black ‘E'.Q8 - So Harry can't become an Auror, what career path will he go down now?Chapter 6 - Draco's DetourHe spent most of his days playing two-a-side Quidditch in the Weasleys' orchard (he and Hermione against Ron and Ginny; Hermione was dreadful and Ginny good, so they were reasonably well-matched).Q1 - How much does Ron suck at Quidditch?‘And they've found Igor Karkaroff's body in a shack up north. The Dark Mark had been set over it – well, frankly, I'm surprised he stayed alive for even a year after deserting the Death Eaters; Sirius's brother Regulus only managed a few days as far as I can remember.'Q2 - What do you think about Igor Karkaroff being dead?Q3 - What do you think of Ollivander being gone?Q4 - How is Bill able to take money out of Harry's vault?‘I see that being Dumbledore's favorite has given you a false sense of security, Harry Potter. But Dumbledore won't always be there to protect you.' Harry looked mockingly all around the shop. ‘Wow … look at that … he's not here now! So why not have a go? They might be able to find you a double cell in Azkaban with your loser of a husband!'Q5 - Is Harry smart to instigate this?Why Are You Worrying About You-Know-Who? You SHOULD Be Worrying About U-NO-POO – the Constipation Sensation That's Gripping the Nation!‘“Patented Daydream Charms …”' Hermione had managed to squeeze through to a large display near the counter and was reading the information on the back of a box bearing a highly coloured picture of a handsome youth and a swooning girl who were standing on the deck of a pirate ship. ‘“One simple incantation and you will enter a top-quality, highly realistic thirty-minute daydream, easy to fit into the average school lesson and virtually undetectable (side-effects include vacant expression and minor drooling). Not for sale to under-sixteens.” You know,' said Hermione, looking up at Harry, ‘that really is extraordinary magic!' ‘For that, Hermione,' said a voice behind them, ‘you can have one for free.'Q6 - How brilliant is the joke shop?Q7 - What is their best invention: Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder, Decoy Detonators, or Shield Hats?They had drawn level with the only shop in Knockturn Alley that Harry had ever visited: Borgin and Burkes, which sold a wide variety of sinister objects. There in the midst of the cases full of skulls and old bottles stood Draco Malfoy with his back to them, just visible beyond the very same large black cabinet in which Harry had once hidden to avoid Malfoy and his father. Judging by the movements of Malfoy's hands he was talking animatedly. The proprietor of the shop, Mr Borgin, an oily-haired, stooping man, stood facing Malfoy. He was wearing a curious expression of mingled resentment and fear…‘… you know how to fix it?' ‘Possibly,' said Borgin, in a tone that suggested he was unwilling to commit himself. ‘I'll need to see it, though. Why don't you bring it into the shop?' ‘I can't,' said Malfoy. ‘It's got to stay put. I just need you to tell me how to do it.'Q8 - What is Draco trying to mend?‘No?' said Malfoy and Harry knew, just by his tone, that Malfoy was sneering. ‘Perhaps this will make you more confident.' He moved towards Borgin and was blocked from view by the cabinet. Harry, Ron and Hermione shuffled sideways to try and keep him in sight, but all they could see was Borgin, looking very frightened.Q9 - What did Draco show him?Chapter 7 - The Slug Club‘Malfoy, revenge? What can he do about it?' ‘That's my point, I don't know!' said Harry, frustrated. ‘But he's up to something and I think we should take it seriously. His father's a Death Eater and –' Harry broke off, his eyes fixed on the window behind Hermione, his mouth open. A startling thought had just occurred to him. ‘Harry?' said Hermione in an anxious voice. ‘What's wrong?' ‘Your scar's not hurting again, is it?' asked Ron nervously. ‘He's a Death Eater,' said Harry slowly. ‘He's replaced his father as a Death Eater!'Q1 - You think Harry is right about Draco being a Death Eater?‘Au revoir, 'Arry,' said Fleur throatily, kissing him goodbye. Ron hurried forwards, looking hopeful, but Ginny stuck out her foot and Ron fell, sprawling in the dust at Fleur's feet. Furious, red-faced and dirt-spattered, he hurried into the car without saying goodbye.Q2 - Is Ginny becoming a mean girl?‘They're staring at you because you were at the Ministry, too,' said Harry, as he hoisted his trunk into the luggage rack. ‘Our little adventure there was all over the Daily Prophet, you must've seen it.' ‘Yes, I thought Gran would be angry about all the publicity,' said Neville, ‘but she was really pleased. Says I'm starting to live up to my dad at long last. She bought me a new wand, look!' He pulled it out and showed it to Harry. ‘Cherry and unicorn hair,' he said proudly. ‘We think it was one of the last Ollivander ever sold, he vanished next day – oi, come back here, Trevor!'Q3 - Is Neville going to be better or worse now that he has a new wand?Q4 - Why did Draco forgo his role as Prefect?Every now and then students would hurtle out of their compartments to get a better look at him. The exception was Cho Chang, who darted into her compartment when she saw Harry coming. As Harry passed the window he saw her deep in determined conversation with her friend Marietta, who was wearing a very thick layer of makeup that did not entirely obscure the odd formation of pimples still etched across her face. Smirking slightly, Harry pushed on.Q5 - Does Marietta deserve this?Q6 - What do you think about Slughorn's little club?Q7 - Is Draco dating Pansy Parkinson?Malfoy yawned ostentatiously. ‘I mean, I might not even be at Hogwarts next year, what's it matter to me if some fat old has-been likes me or not?' ‘What do you mean, you might not be at Hogwarts next year?' said Pansy indignantly, ceasing grooming Malfoy at once. ‘Well, you never know,' said Malfoy with the ghost of a smirk. ‘I might have – er – moved on to bigger and better things.'Q8 - What do you think he means by this?‘I thought so,' he said jubilantly. ‘I heard Goyle's trunk hit you. And I thought I saw something white flash through the air after Zabini came back …' His eyes lingered for a moment upon Harry's trainers. ‘That was you blocking the door when Zabini came back in, I suppose?' He considered Harry for a moment. ‘You didn't hear anything I care about, Potter. But while I've got you here …' And he stamped, hard, on Harry's face. Harry felt his nose break; blood spurted everywhere.Q9 - What do you think of Draco besting Harry?Chapter 8 - Snape VictoriousQ1 - How do you think Tonks found Harry?‘Hagrid was late for the start-of-term feast, just like Potter here, so I took it instead. And incidentally,' said Snape, standing back to allow Harry to pass him, ‘I was interested to see your new Patronus.' He shut the gates in her face with a loud clang and tapped the chains with his wand again, so that they slithered, clinking, back into place. ‘I think you were better off with the old one,' said Snape, the malice in his voice unmistakeable. ‘The new one looks weak.'Q2 - What do you think of Patronus' changing form? How would it change form?Q3 - Why do you think Snape is mean to her?‘Fifty points from Gryffindor for lateness, I think,' said Snape. ‘And, let me see, another twenty for your Muggle attire. You know, I don't believe any house has ever been in negative figures this early in the term – we haven't even started pudding. You might have set a record, Potter.'Q4 - The points are stupid.‘Professor Snape, meanwhile,' said Dumbledore, raising his voice so that it carried over all the muttering, ‘will be taking over the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.' ‘No!' said Harry, so loudly that many heads turned in his direction. He did not care; he was staring up at the staff table, incensed. How could Snape be given the Defence Against the Dark Arts job after all this time? Hadn't it been widely known for years that Dumbledore did not trust him to do it?Q5 - What do you think of Snape getting the Defense against the Dark Arts job? And knowing the curse on the position, do you think he'll be there after a year?

Welcome to August 2024! This month is a powerful time for transformation and elevation. After the deep introspection of Cancer season, Leo's fiery energy urges us to act boldly and embrace our true selves. Despite the typical celebratory vibes of Leo, many felt frustration and anxiety due to the Full Moon in Capricorn, cosmic influences, and Mercury retrograde. August kicks off with a vibrant Leo New Moon on the 4th, offering a chance to set new intentions and embrace creativity. The Lion's Gate Portal on August 8th and the Regulus Gateway on August 21st bring potent spiritual energy, activating our heart and crown chakras and inviting us to elevate our vibrations and connect deeply with our spirit. This month's energy includes Mercury retrograde in Virgo until August 18, pushing us to review and reassess our goals with patience. The retrograde's influence, combined with a dynamic T-Square involving Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus, may introduce tension but also motivates us to take action and face challenges head-on. Key dates to watch: August 4: Leo New Moon—ideal for setting intentions and personal reflection. August 8: Lion's Gate Beneficial Portal—spiritual rebirth and enhanced intuition. August 19: Full Moon in Aquarius—embrace change and new possibilities. August 21: Sun aligns with Regulus—good fortune and energy boost. As August progresses, embrace the practical energies of Virgo and the beauty-enhancing influence of Venus in Libra towards the end of the month. Use this time to nurture yourself, refine your goals, and celebrate the new beginnings unfolding. Tune in to explore how these cosmic shifts can guide you to a higher quality of life and deeper self-discovery. Much love, care, and gratitude. H

Astrophiz 197: Dt Ian Musgrave's August SkyGuide Moon Phases for August New Moon - 4 August - best for seeing the faint fuzzies and clusters Apogee Moon furthest from Earth - 9 August 1st Quarter Moon - 13 August Full Moon - 20 August Perigee Moon closest to Earth - 21 August Last Quarter Moon - 26 August Evening Sky Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan is binocular-visible in Leo. Mercury is a fine sighting early in the evenings in August near the Western horizon. Mercury, Regulus and Venus are visible till an hour after sunset On the 6th, Mercury, Regulus and Venus form a triangle with the thin crescent moon. Venus is climbing higher and becoming more prominent as the ‘Evening Star' Saturn is rising about 8:30 in the evening and is best telescopically a few hours later when it is higher. Saturns Rings are almost edge on at the moment. Morning Sky Mars has been heading towards Jupiter and the horizon, and in the first week of August lands in the constellation Taurus, forming a second red ‘eye' with Aldabaran in the bull's head. Between the 12th and 17th Mars and Jupiter are less than a finger width apart, and on the 15th, less than half a finger width apart. Looking East and North East in the morning, the Pliades Cluster, Hyades Cluster, Mars, Jupiter and Aldabaran are making interesting patters throughout the month. Capturing a recurrent Nova Explosion About an hour and a half after sunset when the sky is completely dark, you look North and a little bit West, you'll spot the bright star Arcturus, then if you look down and a little to the right, you'll see a circle of stars called Corona Borealis. The Astrophotography Challenge Take a photo of Corona Borealis every clear night during August-September to capture the pre-Nova view and then continue till after TCR-B has gone Nova. Ian's Tangent : How do we define a planet? We have a definition of a solar system planet: Forms a sphere under its own gravity. It must orbit our sun. It must have cleared its own orbit Now because we cannot yet determine if an exoplanet is a sphere, we now have a proposed definition of an exoplanet, It must orbit a sun, or suns. Its mass must be smaller than can have fusion occurring Its mass must be enough to clear its orbit. Yesterday the ESA released an image of a ‘Cold Jupiter' named Epsilon Indi Ab. The planet is several times the mass of Jupiter and orbits the K-type star Epsilon Indi A (Eps Ind A), which is around the age of our Sun, but slightly cooler. The team observed Epsilon Indi Ab using the coronagraph on Webb's MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument). Of the 5000+ exoplanets known to date, only a few tens of exoplanets have been directly imaged previously by space- and ground-based observatories. "This discovery is exciting because the planet is quite similar to Jupiter — it is a little warmer and is more massive, but is more similar to Jupiter than any other planet that has been imaged so far,” quoted lead author Elisabeth Matthews of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany.

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Can the enigmatic lives of Andromeda Tonks and Regulus Black offer us lessons in courage and defiance against pureblood supremacy? Join us on this episode of Critical Magic Theory as Professor Julian Wamble navigates the sparse yet captivating details about these two lesser-known Harry Potter characters. We challenge the conventional views on Regulus's heroic actions and Andromeda's radical departure from her family's toxic ideologies, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of their motivations and the legacy they left behind. We delve into the complexities of Andromeda's role as a sister and daughter who left her family for love and Regulus's bravery, internal conflict, and the moral ambiguity of his actions. Was Regulus's last stand against Voldemort enough to absolve him of his past misdeeds? Was Andromeda's love for Ted Tonks enough to wipe away the stain of her family's legacy?Special Thanks to our new Patreon Deep Divers:LaTifahJody Salima

If astronomers at the star Regulus could pick up radio broadcasts from Earth, right about now they’d be hearing something like this: [1945 audio clips] They’d just now be hearing about the final days of World War II because Regulus is a bit more than 79 light-years away. That means it takes more than 79 years for light – including radio waves – to travel from Earth to Regulus, or from Regulus to Earth. So the light we see from Regulus tonight actually left the star in 1945. And if anything dramatic were to happen to the star tonight, we wouldn’t know about it until 2103. 79 light-years is a huge distance. Light travels at 670 million miles per hour. That means Regulus is almost 500 trillion miles away – a five followed by 14 zeroes. Such vast distances make many people skeptical that we could ever have a chat with another civilization. It might take generations from the time one side said “hello” until the other could respond. So some day we might hear a broadcast from another civilization. But we’ll probably never become best buds. Look for Regulus to the upper left of the Moon in the evening twilight – a close neighbor that’s not close enough for a neighborly chat. Script by Damond Benningfield

This time, we're looking at gambling addiction and the associated harms. We hear from Bianca, a recovering gambling addict, about the deceit which characterised her experiences with betting, and why this is shared by many like here. Then, with Barbara Sahakian from the University of Cambridge, we learn about the biological and environmental factors which may lead to problem gambling, and hear from the perspective of the industry with Dan Waugh of Regulus. Finally, what treatments are out there for gambling addiction? Emma Ryan from the UK's first Primary Care Gambling Service tells us. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Like a mixed litter of puppies, sibling stars don’t necessarily look alike. That can make it hard to figure out which stars are related to each other. One example is Regulus, the heart of the lion. It’s close to the left or lower left of the Moon as darkness falls. To the eye alone, Regulus looks like a single bright star. Instead, it’s a system of four stars — two pairs of stars that are separated by a third of a light-year. What we see as Regulus is the brightest of the four stars. Known as Regulus A, it’s much bigger, heavier, and brighter than the Sun. It’s paired with a star that’s so faint, and so close to Regulus A, that we can’t actually see it, even with the largest telescopes. It reveals its presence only to special instruments. It’s probably a stellar corpse — a white dwarf. The other pair is known as Regulus BC. Both of its stars are smaller, less massive, and fainter than the Sun. One of them, in fact, is less than one percent of the Sun’s brightness. Despite the differences in the four stars, there’s evidence that they’re all siblings. They’re all about the same distance away, for example — about 79 light-years. The pairs are close enough to each other for their gravity to hold them together. And the stars move through the galaxy in the same direction, and at the same speed — indications that they’re members of a stellar family. Script by Damond Benningfield

! JOIN SHERI HORN HASAN @KARMIC EVOLUTION DOT COM for the latest “Karmic Evolution's Astrologically Speaking!” podcast @KARMIC EVOLUTION DOT COM—dropping June 7 @ 11 a.m. PT & 2 p.m. ET—for a breakdown of Astro News that's led us to point…Just as night follows day, it's a given that one monthly lunar cycle follows another—astrology is, after all, the study of cycles. This podcast delves deeply into how this past month's planetary aspects—starting with the May 7 Taurus New Moon monthly lunar cycle--helped us renew our innate sense of morality, ethics, and yes, true justice!By now most of us are familiar with the May 30 waning third quarter lunar square & the big news about a trial conviction for former president Donald Trump as Mercury conjoined Uranus in Taurus. This podcast looks at the play-by-play of astrological aspects that led to a jury of his peers finding him guilty on all 34 felony counts, & how in the end that Taurus New Moon cycle's energies reinforced our inherent sense of justice—including in the power of the feminine divine.HINT: We'll look at how, since May 7's Taurus New Moon lunation--& its conjunctions to Uranus & Jupiter in Taurus & sextile to Saturn in Pisces—we were asked us to plant seeds of greater commitment to our truest sense of ethics, morality, & the ability to judge fairly. And how the May 23 Sagittarius Full Moon called us to release our attachment to unrelated or random details that do not add up to the whole story.And now how that renewed sense of faith can lead us to discover-- during this Gemini New Moon monthly lunar cycle—that it's time to plant seeds that allows us to LISTEN to details that make sense because they add up to a logical conclusion. We may use the Gemini archetype's mental agility & adaptability to continue to exchange our old set of no longer relevant values for ones more appropriate to current times. And to plan to our tactical advantage, as long as we remember to keep in mind that we must develop an overall strategy that gets us to the end goal.  The issue this month will move from last month's lunar cycle's sextile to Saturn in Pisces to this month's set of squares to Saturn, which include Venus, the Sun, & Mercury in Gemini all squaring Saturn June 8 9, & 12. Will our renewed optimism turn to pessimism as this month progresses? Will there be even more spin (read: denying what is factually true) as we move toward through this month's lunar cycle?The key here is to get the facts straight and to keep the faith, babe, especially between now and when the Capricorn Full Moon on June 21 asks us to release any infantile habits or behaviors that might make us want to cry if we don't get our way…In addition, we discuss the waxing Mars/Pluto cycle, which began February 18 as it Mars makes an exact waxing square to Pluto July 11. Btw, July 11 is the same day Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced, unless his usually tactic of delay, delay, delay is successful, we shall see. We take note of the fact as well that Mars will exact oppose Pluto on November 1—just two days before the November 3, 2024 presidential election, so stay tuned…Finally, we look again at how transiting Pluto's been quincunxing Trump's Leo Ascendant conjunct fixed star Regulus & how I've been saying for months now that this was going to change (read: adjust) the public's views of who he “really” is. That, along with transiting Uranus hitting his Midheaven at the jury verdict, do not bode well for his reputation going forward. However, as always we shall see, but this podcase discusses also the deeper meaning of being born with Regulus prominent in one's chart & how it portends a fall from grace when one misuses one's power through any acts of revenge.Don't miss this week's “Karmic Evolution's Astrologically Speaking!” podcast at KARMIC EVOLUTION DOT COM! See y'all later! Namaste…

The Moon and the heart of the lion stand close together this evening. The lion's heart is the star Regulus, to the lower right of the Moon at nightfall. We see Regulus and the Moon for different reasons. Regulus is a star — a brilliant ball of hot gas. It generates its own light — so much light that it's visible across almost 80 light-years. That means we see Regulus as it looked almost 80 years ago. So if anything big were to happen to the star tonight, Earth wouldn't know it until early in the 22nd century. The Moon doesn't produce any light of its own. Instead, it reflects sunlight. The Moon looks big and bright only because it's far closer to us than any other celestial object — an average of about a quarter of a million miles. That's a bit more than one light-second, so we see the Moon as it looked a bit more than one second earlier. Tonight, the Sun lights up a little more than half of the lunar hemisphere that faces our way. Many people think of that phase as a “half” Moon. And based on its appearance alone, that's perfectly correct. But a “half” Moon is also known as a quarter Moon. And at the current angle, it's the first quarter Moon. That may sound confusing, but there's a simple explanation: At first quarter, the Moon is one-fourth of the way through its month-long cycle of phases. It's half of the way through the cycle when it's full. And the cycle starts over at new Moon — when it's not visible at all. Script by Damond Benningfield

A binary star system about 30 million light-years away is an impostor. When astronomers first saw it, they thought it was a supernova — the titanic explosion of a massive star. They even called it one: Supernova 2000ch. But the system is still there. The system is in the spiral galaxy NGC 3432, in a clump of young, bright, heavy stars. By the end of last year, 2000ch had produced 23 outbursts. They've been about six and a half months apart. Based on that interval, the way the system brightens and fades, and other details, astronomers have developed a model of what's going on. The system's main star is dozens of times the mass of the Sun, and a million times brighter. It's also unstable — it puffs in and out. A smaller companion star follows a lopsided orbit. During its close approaches, it stirs up the brighter star, triggering an outburst. And if the main star is in its “puffier” phase, then the outburst is especially bright. The system may be building up to a much bigger outburst in the fairly near future. And after that, the massive star could explode as a supernova — no longer an “impostor,” but the real thing. NGC 3432 is in Leo Minor, the little lion. It's too faint to see without a telescope. But it's high above the Moon as darkness falls tonight. The bright star Regulus — the heart of the big lion — is to the left of the Moon. More about that meeting tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield

Chapter 36 - The Flaw in the PlanHands, softer than he had been expecting, touched Harry's face, pulled back an eyelid, crept beneath his shirt, down to his chest, and felt his heart. He could hear the woman's fast breathing, her long hair tickled his face. He knew that she could feel the steady pounding of life against his ribs. “Is Draco alive? Is he in the castle?” Q1 - Were you surprised at Narcissa lying?And now a chill settled over them where they stood, and Harry heard the rasping breath of the dementors that patrolled the outer trees. They would not affect him now. The fact of his own survival burned inside him, a talisman against them, as though his father's stag kept guardian in his heart. Q2 - Why is Harry not affected by crucio and the dementors and stuff?“Harry Potter is dead! Do you understand now, deluded ones? He was nothing, ever, but a boy who relied on others to sacrifice themselves for him!” “He beat you!” yelled Ron, and the charm broke, and the defenders of Hogwarts were shouting and screaming again until a second, more powerful bang extinguished their voices once more. Q3 - What do you think of Ron's progression as a character?In one swift, fluid motion, Neville broke free of the Body-Bind Curse upon him; the flaming hat fell off him and he drew from its depths something silver, with a glittering, rubied handle — The slash of the silver blade could not be heard over the roar of the oncoming crowd or the sounds of the clashing giants or of the stampeding centaurs, and yet it seemed to draw every eye. With a single stroke Neville sliced off the great snake's head, which spun high into the air, gleaming in the light flooding from the entrance hall, and Voldemort's mouth was open in a scream of fury that nobody could hear, and the snake's body thudded to the ground at his feet —Q4 - Do you get why we all love Neville so much now?The house-elves of Hogwarts swarmed into the entrance hall, screaming and waving carving knives and cleavers, and at their head, the locket of Regulus Black bouncing on his chest, was Kreacher, his bullfrog's voice audible even above this din: “Fight! Fight! Fight for my Master, defender of house-elves! Fight the Dark Lord, in the name of brave Regulus! Fight!” Hundreds of people now lined the walls, watching the two fights, Voldemort and his three opponents, Bellatrix and Molly, and Harry stood, invisible, torn between both, wanting to attack and yet to protect, unable to be sure that he would not hit the innocent. “What will happen to your children when I've killed you?” taunted Bellatrix, as mad as her master, capering as Molly's curses danced around her. “When Mummy's gone the same way as Freddie?” “You — will — never — touch — our — children — again!” screamed Mrs. Weasley. Bellatrix laughed, the same exhilarated laugh her cousin Sirius had given as he toppled backward through the veil, and suddenly Harry knew what was going to happen before it did. Molly's curse soared beneath Bellatrix's outstretched arm and hit her squarely in the chest, directly over her heart. Bellatrix's gloating smile froze, her eyes seemed to bulge: For the tiniest space of time she knew what had happened, and then she toppled, and the watching crowd roared, and Voldemort screamed.Q5 - What was the most emotional moment in the whole series for you?“You won't be killing anyone else tonight,” said Harry as they circled, and stared into each other's eyes, green into red. “You won't be able to kill any of them ever again. Don't you get it? I was ready to die to stop you from hurting these people —” “But you did not!” “— I meant to, and that's what did it. I've done what my mother did. They're protected from you. Haven't you noticed how none of the spells you put on them are binding? You can't torture them. You can't touch them. You don't learn from your mistakes, Riddle, do you?”Q6 - What do you think of this?“Yeah, it did,” said Harry. “You're right. But before you try to kill me, I'd advise you to think about what you've done. . . . Think, and try for some remorse, Riddle. . . .” “What is this?” Of all the things that Harry had said to him, beyond any revelation or taunt, nothing had shocked Voldemort like this. Harry saw his pupils contract to thin slits, saw the skin around his eyes whiten. “It's your one last chance,” said Harry, “it's all you've got left. . . . I've seen what you'll be otherwise. . . . Be a man . . . try . . . Try for some remorse. . . .” Q7 - Thoughts on Harry telling Tom to try for some remorse?“The true master of the Elder Wand was Draco Malfoy.” Blank shock showed in Voldemort's face for a moment, but then it was gone. “But what does it matter?” he said softly. “Even if you are right, Potter, it makes no difference to you and me. You no longer have the phoenix wand: We duel on skill alone . . . and after I have killed you, I can attend to Draco Malfoy. . . .” “But you're too late,” said Harry. “You've missed your chance. I got there first. I overpowered Draco weeks ago. I took this wand from him.” Harry twitched the hawthorn wand, and he felt the eyes of everyone in the Hall upon it. “So it all comes down to this, doesn't it?” whispered Harry. “Does the wand in your hand know its last master was Disarmed? Because if it does . . . I am the true master of the Elder Wand.” Q8 - What do you think about the Elder Wand issues?Q9 - How did you like the death of Voldemort?After a while, exhausted and drained, Harry found himself sitting on a bench beside Luna. “I'd want some peace and quiet, if it were me,” she said. “I'd love some,” he replied. “I'll distract them all,” she said. “Use your Cloak.” “And then there's this.” Harry held up the Elder Wand, and Ron and Hermione looked at it with a reverence that, even in his befuddled and sleep-deprived state, Harry did not like to see. “I don't want it,” said Harry. “What?” said Ron loudly. “Are you mental?” “I know it's powerful,” said Harry wearily. “But I was happier with mine. So . . .” He rummaged in the pouch hung around his neck, and pulled out the two halves of holly still just connected by the finest thread of phoenix feather. Hermione had said that they could not be repaired, that the damage was too severe. All he knew was that if this did not work, nothing would. He laid the broken wand upon the headmaster's desk, touched it with the very tip of the Elder Wand, and said, “Reparo.” Q10 - What are your thoughts on the Hallows now?EpilogueQ1 - What do you think about the epilogue?Q2 - What do you think of Harry and Ginny and their kids names?“Teddy's back there,” he said breathlessly, pointing back over his shoulder into the billowing clouds of steam. “Just seen him! And guess what he's doing? Snogging Victoire!”“Don't forget to give Neville our love!” Ginny told James as she hugged him. “Mum! I can't give a professor love!” “But you know Neville —” James rolled his eyes. “Outside, yeah, but at school he's Professor Longbottom, isn't he? I can't walk into Herbology and give him love. . . .” Q3 - What do you think about Prof Longbottom?

Most of the “star pictures” in the night sky look nothing like their namesakes. But one beautiful exception lunges across the southwestern sky on May evenings: Leo, the lion. It's high in the sky at nightfall. Leo consists of two patterns of stars that the brain puts together to make a lion. A backward question mark represents the head and mane. And a triangle of stars to the lower left forms the lion's hindquarters and tail. Leo is best known for its bright stars — especially Regulus, its brilliant heart. But the constellation also contains quite a few bright galaxies. Leading the list are three galaxies that form the Leo Triplet: M65, M66, and NGC 3628. NGC 3628 is the most interesting of the three. Like our own Milky Way, it's a spiral — a pinwheel that spans at least a hundred thousand light-years. We see it edge-on, so it looks like a streak of light with lines of dark dust running down the middle. Close encounters with the other galaxies have pumped up NGC 3628. They've triggered the birth of millions of new stars near the galaxy's core. And they've pulled out a tail of gas that spans a quarter of a million light-years — enough gas to make half a billion stars as massive as the Sun. In fact, the tail has given birth to millions of stars already. The Leo Triplet is just one of the wonders in one of the night sky's most easily recognizable constellations: the lion. Script by Damond Benningfield

Over the millennia, stars acquire a lot of names. Some make sense, some don't. And some of them might have gotten mixed up along the way. An example is the fourth-brightest star of Leo, the lion, which is about 58 light-years away. It represents the lion's hip. A few centuries ago, it was assigned the name “Delta Leonis” — an indication of its ranking within the constellation. But it also has some older names, including Zosma and Duhr. Zosma comes from ancient Greek. It means “the girdle.” But that may be a mixed-up version of the original word, which meant “hip” or “back” — the star's correct position in the lion's anatomy. Duhr comes from ancient Arabic. It's a shortened version of a phrase that means “the lion's back.” Regardless of the name, Zosma is a pretty impressive star. It's more than twice the size and mass of the Sun, and about 15 times brighter. And its surface is thousands of degrees hotter. Studies have shown that Zosma could be up to three-quarters of a billion years old. Stars of its mass burn through their nuclear fuel much faster than stars like the Sun. As a result, they live much shorter lives. Zosma should end its “prime-of-life” phase and head into old age in a few hundred million years. It'll shine hundreds of times brighter than it does now — giving the lion a brilliant hip. Zosma is high in the sky at nightfall. It's well to the right of Regulus, the lion's brightest star. Script by Damond Benningfield

If you look straight up as the sky gets dark this evening, you won't see much of anything. The region that's high overhead is populated by some especially faint stars and constellations. But there's a ring of brighter stars around it. The point directly overhead is called the zenith. And most of the time, unless you're lying on a blanket and just watching the stars, you're not likely to pay it much attention. It's just too uncomfortable to tilt your head back that much. Instead, most of us look at what's closer to eye level. Sometimes, it's worth looking up there. Tonight really isn't one of those times. The constellations near the zenith at nightfall include Leo Minor, the little lion; Lynx, a constellation so faint that you need the eyes of a cat to see it; and the part of Ursa Major that includes the feet and legs of the great bear, which are faint. And there's an almost-full Moon in the sky, which overpowers dimmer stars. But if you look a little below the zenith, the view is more impressive. High in the south, for example, there's Regulus, the bright heart of Leo, the big lion. And about the same height in the west, you'll find Pollux and Castor, the “twin” stars of Gemini. Finally, in the northeast, you'll find perhaps the most famous star pattern of all: the Big Dipper. Its stars outline the body and tail of Ursa Major. They're the easy-to-spot parts of the great bear, standing high in the sky — just not at the zenith. Script by Damond Benningfield

The heart of the lion stays close to the Moon the next couple of nights. The bright star that marks the lion's heart is Regulus. It's to the lower left of the Moon at nightfall this evening, and to the upper right of the Moon tomorrow evening. Regulus is impressive. It's a system of four stars, but only one shines bright enough to see. Known as Regulus A, it's almost four times the Sun's mass, and more than 300 times the Sun's brightness. But the Moon is even closer to another star of Leo that's more impressive. Eta Leonis is to the upper left of Regulus. It looks fainter than Regulus. Under the glare of the nearby Moon, in fact, it can be hard to see — especially from light-polluted cities. That's only because Eta Leonis is much farther than Regulus — about 1800 light-years, versus only 79 light-years for Regulus. In fact, Eta Leonis is a one-percenter — among the biggest and brightest stars in the galaxy. Studies show that it's about 10 times heavier than the Sun, about 50 times wider, and about 20 thousand times brighter. Eta Leonis is only about 25 million years old, compared to four and a half billion years for the Sun. But thanks to its great mass, the star is near the end of its life. Within a few million years, it's likely to explode as a supernova. For a while, it will greatly outshine every other star in the galaxy — a brilliant beacon for the lion. Script by Damond Benningfield

It's been more than half a century since the final Apollo mission left the Moon. But scientists are still learning from it. A few years ago, they started examining samples from Apollo 17 that hadn't been touched before — a project that's ongoing. They're also analyzing observations made by instruments left on the Moon. That work says that lots of little tremors rattle the landing site. Astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmidt set up a quartet of special microphones to “listen” for moonquakes. The gear worked for about five years. Using techniques from AI, a recent study found more than 3200 quakes in just eight months of data. Almost 400 of the tremors came from the direction of the base of the lunar module, Challenger. They were most common around sunrise and sunset, when the temperature changed in a hurry. Researchers say the tiny quakes probably were triggered by the lander as it heated and cooled, expanding and contracting in the process. They're still analyzing the other quakes. But many of them may have been triggered as minerals in the lunar dust expanded and contracted as well — tiny tremors that scientists are just learning about, decades after they took place. The Moon is sliding through the constellation Leo right now. Tonight, the lion's bright heart, the star Regulus, is close to the lower right of the Moon at nightfall, and closer below the Moon as they set, in the wee hours of the morning. Script by Damond Benningfield

Stars come in a whole spectrum of colors, from icy blue to deep red. But our eyes can see the color in only a few stars — most of them are simply specks of white. That's because most stars are too faint to show off their palette. The human eye can pick out the colors of only the brightest ones. Our eyes contain two types of light receptors: rods and cones. They're in the retina, at the back of the eye. There are about a hundred million rods. They're sensitive to low levels of light, so they allow us to see in the dark. But they don't see the world as clearly as cones. And they don't see colors. The eye contains only about six million cones. They provide a sharper view. And they are sensitive to colors — some see red, others blue, and still others green. But they don't activate when the light is faint. Ergo, they see the colors in bright stars, but not in faint ones. Of course, the number of stars for which we see colors depends on the viewer. Some people have a greater sensitivity to color than others. Most of us can see color in some of the brighter stars in view this evening. Betelgeuse, well up in the south-southwest at nightfall, is bright orange. So is Aldebaran, to its right. Rigel, below Betelgeuse, is blue-white, as is Regulus, in the east. Some bright stars don't show any color. The best example is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, which is in the south. It shines pure white — its true color. Script by Damond Benningfield

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Many bright stars highlight the sky this evening: Sirius, the brightest of them all; Regulus, the heart of the lion; several sparklers in Orion, and more. Astronomers know a lot about these stars. But most of what they know is a bit uncertain. So when they pin numbers to a star, they give themselves some wiggle room to compensate. Consider Sirius, which is in the south at nightfall. It's one of the Sun's closest neighbors, at a distance of about 8.6 light-years. But that could be off by up to a few percent of a light-year either way. That's a total variation of perhaps half a trillion miles. There's a similar uncertainty in the distance to Regulus, the brightest star of Leo, which is in the east at nightfall. It's measured at 79 light-years away — give or take that same half a trillion miles. And the uncertainty is much greater for stars like Betelgeuse — an orange supergiant at the shoulder of Orion. It puffs in and out, and its outer layers are so thin that it's hard to tell just where its surface is. That makes it harder to get a fix on its position, so it's harder to measure the distance. Betelgeuse is thought to be roughly 550 light-years away. But it could be perhaps a hundred light-years farther, or 50 light-years closer. Without an exact distance, it's hard to determine a star's size, its true brightness, and more. So the stars are pretty well known — but with sometimes big uncertainties. Script by Damond Benningfield