August is almost over, which means it must be time for the annual “2 moons in the sky” hoax is upon us once again. The rumor that’s circulating claims that, as Mars will be closest to the Earth tonight, the Red Planet will appear as large as the moon, resulting in what would appear to [...]
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Get ready for a stellar night, literally. Tonight’s full moon will be the biggest and brightest one of 2010. The moon is usually, on average, about 238,855 miles away from the Earth, but it’s important to note that its orbit around our planet is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. One side of that orbit [...]
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Is there a full moon tonight? Maybe there should be. It seems like there’s a whole lot of cheekiness going on today. Add tennis star Venus Williams to the list as it looks as though she went commando in her recent match against Lucie Safarova. Hopefully, Williams won’t end up being the “butt” of too [...]
NASA’s Lunar Prospector first unveiled that there were hydrogen signatures located in craters on the dark side of the moon back in 1999. Ever since, researchers have eager to verify the presence of water on the moon. Is LCROSS part of a greater conspiracy regarding alien life forms? Find out more here. The Lunar CRater [...]
This is big. NASA has confirmed that 3 lunar probes equipped with mineral composition mapping instruments have confirmed that there is, in fact, water on the moon. The presence of good old H2O on the Moon’s surface was confirmed in one of three papers published in the journal Science. According to one of them, a [...]
Get your cameras and telescopes ready. Tonight in the United States, there will be a lunar eclipse: August 5, 2009. UPDATE: For the latest, stay tuned to our Lunar Eclipse page here The eclipse will occur at 13 degrees of Aquarius at 8:55pm EDT. Here on the east coast, this lunar eclipse will take place [...]
This is one of the greatest quotes in all of humankind’s history. It was forty years ago today that mankind made that ultimate voyage and journeyed in a sealed capsule to the Moon, our nearest celestial body some 200,000 miles from Earth. Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins comprised the crew of Apollo 11. [...]
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