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The moon will sweep close to the Pleiades open star cluster in the early morning hours of Aug. 16-17, with the ice giant Uranus lurking unseen nearby. Look to the eastern horizon an hour after midnight on Aug. 16 to see the half-lit lunar disk — which hits its third quarter phase at 1:12 a.m. EDT (0512 GMT) — roughly …

A potential gas giant recently discovered orbiting in the habitable zone of one of the closest stars to Earth could have a moon capable of sustaining life — just like the alien world “Pandora” from the “Avatar” movies, researchers have speculated. However, there is currently no evidence to suggest that such a moon exists or that it could support life. …

NASA Unveils Possible Building Blocks of Life on Saturn’s Moon Titan  SciTechDaily Source link

Recently, China conducted a critical test of its new lunar lander, Lanyue (“Embracing the Moon”), running the vehicle through a landing on and takeoff from a simulated lunar surface. What is it? Lanyue is China’s first crewed lunar landing vehicle, purpose-built to ferry astronauts between lunar orbit and the moon‘s surface. Standing on four legs, Lanyue is designed to transport …

While there is the expression “Once in a blue moon,” once in a while, there is a Black Moon too. Later in August, a rare Black Moon will be seen — or rather, hidden — in the night sky. A Black Moon is the moniker for a third new moon out of four in an astronomical season, instead of the …

The Perseid meteor shower peaked on Aug 12–13, overcoming the glare of a waning gibbous moon to put on a spectacular show of shooting stars that delighted onlookers worldwide. The Perseids are active every July and August as Earth barrels through the trail of dusty debris shed by the wandering comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Our planet plowed through the densest part of …

There is a great total lunar eclipse coming up in a few weeks, and it will be enjoyed by the vast majority of people on the planet from Oceania to Brazil! The event will happen, depending on your time zone, during the evening between September 7 and 8, and from partiality to the total spectacle of the so-called “blood Moon” …

We’ve all been enjoying these bright full moons of summer, but a black moon is now on the rise. Not an official astronomical term, a black moon refers to the second new moon in a single calendar month, or the third of four in one astronomical season. It’s essentially the dark side of a blue moon. The Aug. 22 new …

“In space the sun is really harsh, it feels as if it’s piercing through your eyes,” says Koichi Wakata, an astronaut and the Chief Technology Officer for Axiom Space. “We need an exceptional visor system to protect [our] eyes and [offer] maximum visibility to enable [astronauts] to work in the challenging lunar environment.” The Texas-based …

The Moon completes about 12.37 orbits of Earth each year. Most years see 12 new moons, but occasionally there are 13. When a season, defined as the period between a solstice and an equinox, contains four new moons, the fourth is called a black moon. The term, first used in astrological circles centuries ago to describe a mythical hidden moon, …