Although it isn't Santa Claus, something red will shine in the night sky under the moon just days before Christmas.
On Dec. 22, skygazers looking toward the constellation Libra before sunrise will find the planet Mars sitting in the sky just below the crescent moon. These two jewels of the night sky will be only about 3 degrees apart, in what is known as a conjunction.
Their closest apparent approach will occur when both celestial objects are below the horizon, at 8:49 p.m. EST (0149 GMT on Dec. 23). But they'll still appear near each other when they rise at about 4:15 a.m. East Coast local time, according to In-The-Sky.org .
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Moon's Surface Could Electrocute Astronauts, Scientists Warn
The Moon's lack of an atmosphere and magnetic field means particles from the Sun go straight to the lunar surface.
That gives the Moon's surface an electric charge — and it mean future astronauts run the risk of being zapped when they visit the Moon, according to University of Southern California plasma physicist Joseph Wang's research, as Gizmodo reports .
Wang's team found that the electrically charged lunar surface "raises concerns on possible charging/arcing risks for astronauts on lunar surface," according to the abstract of his team's paper, which it presented at this year's meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News | Crescent Moon and Mars
A thin crescent moon appears early Monday morning an hour before sunrise, low in the southeastern sky. The moon is right under the distant planet Mars. Mars lacks all the brilliance it had a year ago but it is still the brightest star in the moon's immediate vicinity.
For most of us, we haven't seen Mars since last summer when it graced the southwestern sky just after sunset. Since summer Mars has passed around behind the sun and shifted to the morning sky. Both the Moon and Mars are in the zodiacal constellation Scorpius, a constellation we associate with summer.
China's lunar rover Jade Rabbit-2 breaks record of working time on Moon - Xinhua |
BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's Jade Rabbit-2, or Yutu-2, has become the longest-working lunar rover on the moon, as it started to work for the 13th lunar day on the far side of the moon.
Previously the record was held by Lunokhod 1, the Soviet robotic rover that became the world's first to be sent to the moon in 1970, where it worked for about 10 months.
China's Chang'e-4 probe including a lander and Jade Rabbit-2, launched on Dec. 8, 2018, made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon on Jan. 3, 2019.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Karma-Facing Moon by Holiday Mathis – Boston Herald
It’s really no fun to own up to mistakes, but it’s worse to ignore them. In handling the old karma, you make new and different karma. Ignoring old karma makes new karma, too, and it’s very similar to the old but more entrenched, like an illness in an advanced stage. You don’t want that. The Virgo moon calls up our courage and capability.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll be deciding whom to align with. Fresh faces are mighty fine, but the luckiest teammates will be people who have been injured but continued on anyway. Resilience is the quality of champions.
Wild Swan Theater Announces CODING TO THE MOON: Margaret Hamilton And The Apollo Missions and A
Award-winning, Ann Arbor-based Wild Swan Theater will present two new events: A Pre-Launch Party, Countdown to Coding to the Moon on February 5, 2020 and The World Premiere of Coding to the Moon: Margaret Hamilton and the Apollo Missions from March 4-7,2020.
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The Pre-Launch Party on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 from 5:30-7:30 at the Circ Bar in Ann Arbor offers a "first look" of Coding to the Moon: Margaret Hamilton and the Apollo Missions. Guests will enjoy selected scenes and music by playwright and director Hilary Cohen, composer Erik Santos , and the Wild Swan Theater Company. Tickets are $20 and include the preview, one drink ticket, and light appetizers.
Jonah Goldberg: Two moon parties, no sun party | Grand Forks Herald
Editorial cartoon: Over the moon - Opinion - Austin American-Statesman - Austin, TX
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Crescent Moon and Mars to Pair Up in the Sky Early Sunday https://t.co/MHFk4SRZc6 https://t.co/eIjs4kTARL SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Sat Dec 21 14:40:35 +0000 2019
Early risers can catch a glimpse of Mars visiting the slim crescent Moon on Dec. 22nd and 23rd. Look toward the sou… https://t.co/2Mv6r9Fqew NASASolarSystem (from Milky Way galaxy) Sat Dec 21 17:18:22 +0000 2019
PASS IT ON: Planet Mars will appear below a thin crescent Moon this coming Sunday morning in the southeast sky an h… https://t.co/oznhVSB7PN mark_tarello (from Mankato, Minnesota.) Sat Dec 21 01:59:32 +0000 2019
PASS IT ON: Planets Mars, Mercury, and the crescent Moon will appear in the southeast sky Saturday morning 30 minut… https://t.co/zpZkakUJ2F mark_tarello (from Mankato, Minnesota.) Sat Dec 21 06:19:41 +0000 2019
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