﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:36:11 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Multiverse</title><link>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu:443/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/rss/2500</link><atom:link href="https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu:443/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/rss/2500" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Mendez]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The Diversity of STEM Characters in the Movies]]></title><link>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/the-diversity-of-stem-characters-in-the-movies</link><description><![CDATA[ 
	 
 
 
	 
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					 Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 from  Star Wars  (1977). 
				 
			 
		 
	 
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April 1st, 2018 is the Christian celebration of Easter in the Gregorian Calendar and it is also the start of a new year in the Maya Haab calendar. Next year they won’t occur ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/easter-and-the-maya-new-year</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c9a3baa5-6c5f-4ef6-a5d2-a35992dcdcac-361]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Mendez]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Chinese New Year]]></title><link>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/chinese-new-year</link><description><![CDATA[  By Dr. Bryan J. Mendez  
  @bryanjmendez      
  
  
 
  February 16, 2018 marks the first day of the Chinese New Year, and the start of the latest Year of the Dog.   
  
 
    
  Year of Ox ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/chinese-new-year</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c9a3baa5-6c5f-4ef6-a5d2-a35992dcdcac-362]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Mendez]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The Groundhog and the Candle]]></title><link>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/the-groundhog-and-the-candle</link><description><![CDATA[   By Dr. Bryan Mendez 
  
February 2nd is celebrated in the United States as both Groundhog’s Day and Candlemas, or  Dia de la Candelaria  in Spanish. Both celebrations have their roots in ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/the-groundhog-and-the-candle</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c9a3baa5-6c5f-4ef6-a5d2-a35992dcdcac-363]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Mendez]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Astronomia de los Muertos]]></title><link>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/astronomia-de-los-muertos</link><description><![CDATA[     
 October 31st - November 2nd is a festive time in the Americas, where we celebrate life by acknowledging the dead. The holidays of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) have long ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/astronomia-de-los-muertos</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c9a3baa5-6c5f-4ef6-a5d2-a35992dcdcac-364]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Mendez]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Solstice at Palenque, Chiapas]]></title><link>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/solstice-at-palenque-chiapas</link><description><![CDATA[  By Alonso Mendez, Cultural Astronomer  
  
 
 One of the most famous passages in Sophocles’s classic Oedipus Tyrannous is the test that the mythical hero faces with the great Sphinx of Thebes. This ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/solstice-at-palenque-chiapas</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c9a3baa5-6c5f-4ef6-a5d2-a35992dcdcac-365]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Mendez]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Doomsday from Stellar Explosions]]></title><link>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/doomsday-from-stellar-explosions</link><description><![CDATA[by Andrew Fraknoi and the Calendar in the Sky Team 
 
Perhaps the most violent of all the predictions for how the world could end in 2012 is the idea that one or more stars might explode on December ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/doomsday-from-stellar-explosions</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c9a3baa5-6c5f-4ef6-a5d2-a35992dcdcac-366]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karin Hauck]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Doomsday from Rogue Planets]]></title><link>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/doomsday-from-rogue-planets</link><description><![CDATA[by Andrew Fraknoi and the Calendar in the Sky Team 
 
One popular suggestion for how the world might end in 2012 is that there is a “rogue planet” out there -- not in a safe orbit circling the Sun, ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/doomsday-from-rogue-planets</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c9a3baa5-6c5f-4ef6-a5d2-a35992dcdcac-367]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Mendez]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Doomsday 2012: Here Comes the Sun]]></title><link>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/doomsday-2012-here-comes-the-sun</link><description><![CDATA[Solar storms are another common concern for those worried about Doomsday in December of 2012. But what are the real dangers from the Sun? 
 
The Sun is a star, a giant ball so hot that it is in a ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Articles/doomsday-2012-here-comes-the-sun</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c9a3baa5-6c5f-4ef6-a5d2-a35992dcdcac-368]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>