Hickory, North Carolina, United States
...It was Betsy Ross, a seamstress from Philadelphia who in 1776 designed the first American flag.
And...The colors were chosen with purpose Red=hardiness & valor, white = purity and innocence & blue represents vigilance, perseverance & justice.
... Did you know that 5 American flags have been to the moon 5 times on 5 Apollo missions.
Go America!!
Welcome Guy, Hubble, Giovanni, Sunny and Cassiopeia!
Did you know...The average star is between 1 & 10 billion years old!
AND...Giant stars burn much faster and live shorter lives exploding into a bright SUPERNOVA when they burn out!
The most common type of star is a red dwarf. The Sun is a yellow dwarf.
Amazingly, most of the stars we see at night are bigger and brighter than the Sun!
Stars may all appear one color but they are not. A stars temperature determines its color. The Sun is in fact a greenish blue but we see it as white or yellow!
"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another."
-Plato