Moon
Earth-Passing Asteroid is “An Entirely New Beast”
On the last day of May 2013 asteroid 1998 QE2 passed relatively closely by our planet, coming within 6 million kilometers...…
Plastic Protection Against Cosmic Rays?
It could work, say researchers from the University of New Hampshire and the Southwest Research Institute. One of the inherent dangers…
Bottoms Up! It’s a Year of Lunar Libration From Down Under
Do you live in the southern hemisphere? Are you tired of all those views of the Moon that favor celestial…
LRO Makes a Map of the Moon’s Water
The Moon might seem like a poor place to hunt for water, but in fact there's a decent amount of…
Armstrong’s Ohio Accent May Have Masked His Missing “A”
"That's one small step for man... one giant leap for mankind." And with those famous words astronaut Neil A. Armstrong…
Super-Bright Explosion Seen on the Moon
If you were looking up at the Moon on March 17, 2013 at 03:50:55 UTC, you might have seen one…
Astrophoto: The Macro Moon
This very creative self-portrait by astrophotographer Miguel Claro shows what appears to be the photographer taking a 'macro' closeup of…
Venus Comes Out of Hiding! How to See Upcoming Conjunctions in the Evening Sky
Has Venus finally come out of hiding? For the past couple months it's kept close to the sun, hidden in…
Into Oblivion: What If the Earth Had No Moon?
AVAST gentle reader: mild SPOILER(S) and graphic depictions of shattered satellites ahead! We recently had a chance to catch Oblivion,…
Astrophotographers Capture “Mini” Lunar Eclipse
The lunar eclipse on April 25 was described by astrophotographer Gadi Eidelheit as "the greatest, slightest eclipse I ever saw!"…