Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Sun vs. Super Moon
Explanation: The Super Moon wins, by just a little, when its apparent size is compared to the Sun in this ingenious composite picture. To make it, the Full Moon on May 6 was photographed with the same...
View ArticleTake 5 Minutes to See What the Moon Will Do During 2013
This new video shows exactly how the Moon will look to us on Earth during the entire year of 2013. While the Moon always keeps the same face to us, its not exactly the same face. Because of the tilt...
View ArticleBright Explosion on the Moon
May 17, 2013: For the past 8 years, NASA astronomers have been monitoring the Moon for signs of explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. "Lunar meteor showers" have turned out to be...
View ArticleSleeping Or Dead? Fate Of China's Yutu Moon Rover Uncertain
Yutu entered a controlled hibernation mode despite mechanical problems on Jan. 24 to weather the 14-day lunar night cycle, but should have woken up days ago. China's mission control has yet to offer an...
View ArticleSolar and Lunar Eclipses in 2014-2015
As you may know, this year is a Sabbatical Year in the Jewish Calendar. Starting next September 29, 2008, a new Sabbatical cycle will commence. It will run for seven years and conclude with another...
View Article‘Blood Moon’ Lunar Eclipse Visible April 14-15, Beginning Rare...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) Just in time for tax day, which may feel like trying to squeeze blood from a rock, the moon will appear blood-red in a total lunar eclipse on the night of April 14th and...
View ArticleFull lunar eclipse in September
Zodiac constellations this month include Sagittarius (the archer), Capricorn (the goat) and Aquarius (the water-carrier), and sinking into the west is Scorpio (the scorpion) with Saturn, our only...
View ArticleTotal Lunar Eclipse! September 27, 2015 (Southern California)
... Public Star Party begins 2:00 p.m. EVENT BEGINS 6:30 p.m. Livestream broadcast begins 6:30 p.m. Moon rises at Griffith Observatory 6:45 p.m. (Moon in partial eclipse) Totality begins 7:11 p.m....
View ArticleCosmic Cycles, not Carbon Dioxide, Control Climate
Those who think the political war on carbon will cool the globe or keep climate stable need to study climate history. Temperatures on Earth dance to a cyclic rhythm every hour, every day, every month,...
View ArticleToday is Moon day!
48 years ago today life on Earth made a visit, for the first time, to another world. On July 20 , 1969 , Neil Armstrong made a small step for a man upon the lunar surface. The last such momentous event...
View ArticleDiscovery of 50km cave raises hopes for human colonization of moon
Japan says lunar chasm measuring 50km long and 100 metres wide could be used as a base for astronauts and their equipment.Scientists have fantasised for centuries about humans colonising the moon. That...
View ArticleFirst Blue Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in 150 Years Coming This Month
The eclipse will take place during the middle of the night, and the Pacific Ocean will be turned toward the moon at the time. Central and eastern Asia, Indonesia, New Zealand and most of Australia will...
View ArticleChandrayaan-II landing site identified; rover to spend 14 days on lunar...
After its launch from Sriharikota, it will take one or two months time for the orbiter to reach moon's orbit, the ISRO chief said. While Chandrayaan-I was launched aboard the PSLV rocket, the carrier...
View ArticleOp-ed | Moon Direct: How to build a moonbase in four years
Op-ed | Moon Direct: How to build a moonbase in four yearsby Robert Zubrin March 30, 2018SpaceXs Falcon Heavy rocket, which made its debut Feb. 6, is the foundation of author Robert Zubrins Moon...
View ArticleOp-Ed | Supporting America’s plan to lead on the moon
For nearly half a century, America has led some of the most complex missions with robotic landers throughout our solar system, including bold landings on Mars and asteroids. But most Americans are...
View Article40-year mystery about rising temps on moon solved — and it was probably...
An explorer's adage says to "take only photos, leave only footprints." But it seems the footprints of NASA's Apollo astronauts had unintended consequences for the surface of the moon after they landed...
View ArticleFlashes on the moon
Science does not know exactly how these phenomena occur on the moon. But it has attempted to explain them: the impact of a meteor, for example, should cause a brief glow. Such flashes could also occur...
View ArticleBritain's first moon rover is a four-legged robot that will explore...
British start-up Spacebit. It has sensors that can take measurements and collect exploration data for researchers to analyze. The robot also comes equipped with cameras one of which can take robot...
View ArticlePink Supermoon to Light Up Sky
If you need a reason to get out of the house and see a show in our own backyard, tonights the night. A pink supermoon will rise tonight, according to the Old Farmers Almanac. The moon will also be...
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