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"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love."

Happy 91st Birthday to Carl Sagan – a true pioneer of science who ignited our cosmic curiosity. ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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#PPOD: Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is brightening fast! Discovered in January by the Mount Lemmon Survey, it swings closest to Earth on October 21 and reaches perihelion on November 8—about 79 million kilometers from the Sun. Credit: Josh Dury Photomedia 🧪 🔭
October 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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In honor of National Dog Day, may we suggest one of these authentic and delightful medieval dog names for your next pet?

Tell us which is your favorite in the comments 👇
August 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hendrix the Bus coffee on Main St in downtown Columbia, SC
August 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish!

You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧‪
July 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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They've been popping up. Now Godspeed is prepping a permanent home in Five Points.
This popular Columbia coffee pop-up is planning a permanent home in Five Points
The locally owned shop will take a space that was formerly home to a national coffee chain in one of Columbia’s key districts.
www.thestate.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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“We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves.”

- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Had a look yesterday at the official debut of a new business in one of BullStreet's oldest buildings.
www.thestate.com/news/local/a...
One of BullStreet’s oldest buildings is reborn. See the new Columbia business
The recently opened enterprise is in a revitalized, historic Columbia building that dates to 1883.
www.thestate.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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“Busted Plug,” #columbia ’s iconic fire hydrant statue, hasn’t been seen since it was transported in 2023, after a new owner asked the city to remove it.

Today, the sculpture by local artist Blue Sky can still be seen outdoors in an open lot. #southcarolina

Read here: bit.ly/4c74puN
March 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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FRIDAY - MARCH 14, 2025

Total Lunar Eclipse 1:09 - 4:47 am ET

The full Moon enters & exits Earth’s conical shadow in space. A long, slow, boring, common, celestial event. Convert Eastern Time to your Zone, and if it’s dark & clear at your Earthly location, then you can see the full eclipse too
March 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.
A rare 'parade' of all 7 planets will move across the night sky this week
This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.
www.npr.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
ballet dance audition photo I created for Sakura Oka a few years ago
February 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
South Arts' Southern Prize and State Fellowships shine a spotlight on the incredible talent of the South. This year’s Literary Arts cycle will award $80,000 to support 9 poets. The Visual Arts cycle will offer $80,000 to 9 outstanding visual artists in any medium.
www.southarts.org/grants-oppor...
February 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM