See Feb.’s full snow moon light up sky
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Why the moon suddenly looks huge on the horizon, according to science
On some evenings the rising Moon seems to swell into a glowing disk that dwarfs city skylines and mountain ridges, as if it has suddenly crept closer to Earth. The effect is so striking that it fuels social media myths about “giant” full Moons and dramatic changes in the sky.
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See February's full Snow Moon rise this weekend next to a glittering star cluster
February's full "Snow Moon" will be at its fullest on Sunday, Feb. 1, and will be best seen at moonrise. It will appear just beneath the Beehive Cluster, one of the closest star clusters to the solar system.
NASA is moving into a new phase of space exploration, with major progress across human spaceflight, science missions, and advanced technology. In just one year, the agency has launched multiple crewed and science missions,
A cluster of telescopes lined the concrete outside of Kika Silva Pla Planetarium, and families leaned in to take peeks at the moon’s craters through their lenses. Strangers chatted to each other about space, and above them a waxing gibbous glowed in ...
When a full moon peeks just above the horizon, it appears enormous. This is a curious phenomenon, as when it is at this position, the moon is the furthest away from us and so should appear about slightly smaller than when it is at its zenith.
NASA has announced three new lunar science instruments to be delivered to the Moon by 2028 through the CLPS program. The payloads will map surface temperatures, probe subsurface heat flow, and measure radiation,
NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is no mere test flight. The crew will partake in some seriously mind-blowing science during their 10-day trip around the Moon.
Have you ever tossed and turned under a full moon and wondered if its glow was keeping you awake? For generations, people have believed that the Moon has the power to stir up sleepless nights and strange behavior – even madness itself. The word “lunacy ...
While the US is attempting to come up with CLT, researchers from the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing and the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei have been working on a new software tool to quickly calculate lunar time and translate it to Earth time.