Moon
Beautiful Images of the October 23, 2014, Partial Solar Eclipse
"The Sun looks like it has a bite taken out of it!" said one enthusiastic viewer of the partial solar…
Beastly Sunspot Amazes, Heightens Eclipse Excitement
That's one big, black blemish on the Sun today! Rarely have we been witness to such an enormous sunspot. Lifting…
Water On The Moon Was Blown in by Solar Wind
When they first set foot on the Moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts painted a picture of the landscape as a…
How to Safely Enjoy the October 23 Partial Solar Eclipse
2014 - a year rich in eclipses. The Moon dutifully slid into Earth's shadow in April and October gifting us with two…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 17, 2014: Comet Siding Spring & Dark Matter
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) (more…)
Were Lunar Volcanoes Active When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth?
The Moon's a very dusty museum where the exhibits haven't changed much over the last 4 billion years. Or so…
Earth and Mars Captured Together in One Photo from Lunar Orbit
Wow, this doesn't happen very often: Earth and Mars together in one photo. To make the image even more unique,…
What Does Earth Look Like From the Moon?
If you could stand on the Moon and look back at the Earth, what would you see? How would it…
How to Take Great Photos of the Lunar Eclipse
Ready for Wednesday's morning lunar eclipse? Some people - and I envy them at times - treat an eclipse more casually.…
A Splash of Color Across the Supermoon
A software engineer from Florida recently captured an image of the day-old supermoon in September that clearly conveys color variations across its surface.…