Tonight, we’re looking at a particularly strange constellation. It's about…hair.

The constellation I’m talking about is Coma Berenices.

A small, faint star pattern just above Virgo. It reaches its highest point at midnight at the beginning of Springtime.

Tonight’s story comes to us from ancient Greece, and it’s a unique one…because it’s about someone who was a real person. It was written about 2270 years ago, during the time when this person was alive.

There’s some interesting things to uncover there, but the big thing I want to dive into is this idea that the story might be a lot older than when we first see it written down.

Because in different parts of the world, there’s some similarities between each tale that, the more you look into, the harder it becomes to ignore.

But first, let’s make sure we understand the story about this hair. So let’s dive into the story…about the hair of Berenices.

Tonight, we’re looking at the Summer Triangle, and we'll be hearing a story that comes to us from ancient China.

The earliest known reference to this tale is from 2,600 years ago. And the fascinating part about this story is that, as the ages progressed, we can see the story evolve over time to a full narrative.

Parts were being changed and updated as time went on. But tonight’s version is going to be based on a version written about 1500 years ago.

And afterwards, we’ll talk about how this story shifted from the original version, to one that turned into the Qixi festival that’s still celebrated today.

We’ll also go into how this story might have ancient roots that connect it with a culture across the pacific ocean, which could mean this story is more than 20,000 years old.

But first, let’s return to the woman, tirelessly weaving in heaven.

Tonight, we're looking at the constellation Aruiga, the Charioteer.

And we'll be telling a tale from Greek mythology, about the famous fall of Phaethon.

While many know this story as a lesson of the consequences of ego and hubris, the famous ancient philosopher Plato say this tale is actually transmitting ancient knowledge about the precession of the equinoxes.

So let's dive into the story, and see why some people think Plato could be right.