Sister
esiegel | December 23, 2013"A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite." -Elizabeth Fishel
With 110 deep-sky wonders to choose from in the Messier catalogue, our long-running series on Messier Monday promises to keep us busy for some time to come! As we've finally passed the winter solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere, many new spectacular sights await skygazers in the early part of the night. As it's also the 1-year anniversary of when we adopted a little sister for our dog from the local humane society, I thought it would only be fitting to highlight the little sister to last week's Messier object.
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cwilcox | April 1, 2009I have a brother. He's a great guy - way smarter than me. So when I saw this article headline I had to write about it:
"Having a sister makes you happier and more optimistic, say psychologists"
Yeah, I know: I'm awesome. But why this time?
Apparently growing up with at least one girl in the family gives people a better outlook on life because they're more able to cope with problems. Daughters encourage communication and keep a family tighter. The researchers said brothers, however, seem to have the opposite effect.
The study, done by scientists at De Montfort University in Leicester,…