Mars and the moon will meet up in the early morning sky on Friday (May 15). If you're up at least an hour before sunrise, you can spot the pair huddled together just above the southeast horizon.
The last-quarter moon will be in conjunction with the Red Planet, meaning they will share the same celestial longitude, tonight (May 14) at 10:02 p.m. EDT (0202 GMT on May 15). At that time, the moon will be 2.75 degrees to the south of Mars. (For reference, 10 degrees is about as wide as your fist held at arm's length.)
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Mars and the moon will appear 'tangled' on May 14 as Earth's satellite enters its last quarter
In a world full of disheartening events, one wondrous cosmic display is set to take place Thursday morning that is sure to lift our spirits.
Just before sunrise on May 14, the moon will be entering its last quarter phase and appear 'tangled' with Mars.
Although the pair will appeared next to each together, Mars is 425 times further from Earth than its natural satellite that is at a distance of 247,000 miles.
The closest pass between Mars and the last quarter moon will happen around 10pm EST Wednesday, when both are still below the horizon – but will only be visible in the pre-dawn sky.
New image captures 'impossible' view of the moon's surface | Space
According to photographer Andrew McCarthy, who posted the stunning image to his Instagram in April, there's a simple explanation for the unprecedented level of detail in his work — this lunar view is actually "impossible."
"This moon might look a little funny to you, and that's because it is an impossible scene," McCarthy wrote on Instagram. "From two weeks of images of the waxing moon, I took the section of the picture that has the most contrast … aligned and blended them to show the rich texture across the entire surface."
Future Mars and moon rovers may paddle their way out of sand traps | Space
In 2015, for example, engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston built a prototype rover for the agency's Resource Prospector lunar-exploration project. This 660-lb. (300 kilograms) robot, called Resource Prospector 15 (RP15), could lift and sweep its four wheels, allowing it to crawl when rolling alone would not suffice.
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The Resource Prospector project was cancelled in 2018 . But a team of researchers from JSC and the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) recently took a new look at the RP15 and its novel locomotory strategies.
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See the moon near Jupiter and Saturn in the predawn sky Tuesday | Space
Early-bird skywatchers have a chance to can see the moon swing by two bright planets in the predawn sky on Tuesday (May 12).
The waning, gibbous moon will meet up with the planets Jupiter and Saturn , and you can catch the celestial trio above the southern horizon just before they fade into the daylight.
Over the course of the next few days, the moon will scoot eastward in the morning sky. On Tuesday, it will be in the constellation of Sagittarius (the archer), along with Jupiter. By Wednesday, it will be in the constellation Capricornus (the sea goat), where Saturn is currently located, and by Friday morning the moon will be snuggling up to Mars in the constellation Aquarius (the water bearer).
The full moon reminds me | Tri City Times
Moonlight cast mullion shadows upon my bedroom floor. The Man in the Moon had sneaked up on me again.
Thirty-one years sleeping in the same place, I've learned lunar cycles from my southward view. Yet, somehow I'd lost track of the moon's waxing and waning.
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For the previous day under the shade of our solitary crabapple tree, Mary Ellen and I knelt in my perennial island.
"If these pests return next spring, I promise to incinerate them with one of those flame weeders. We have better things to do with our time," I said.
This "All Terminator" Image of the Moon isn't Actually Possible to See.
“This moon might look a little funny to you, and that’s because it is an impossible scene,” wrote photographer Andrew McCarthy on Instagram.
He was talking about his other-wordly, almost Shakesperean image of the Moon. And that’s because this is an ‘all-terminator’ image.
The terminator is the line between light and dark—or day and night—on the Moon. (Or on any other body.) At that edge, everything is lit up and sharp detail comes into view. The light from the Sun creates elongated shadows at the terminator, and features like craters pop into view. If you have an opportunity to look at the Moon through a telescope, you’ll see for yourself.
The moon isn't 'dead': Ridges on lunar surface show signs of recent tectonic activity | Space
The moon isn't "dead" after all. Newly discovered ridges on the moon's surface are leading scientists to think that the moon might have an active tectonic system.
Using data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), researchers have discovered a number of ridges with exposed bedrock, free of lunar regolith , or powdery lunar "soil," spread across the moon's nearside surface. These ridges, speckled with boulders, could be evidence that, not too long ago, tectonic activity broke apart the moon's surface.
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See Mars meet the last-quarter moon in the predawn sky Friday https://t.co/9sidC56oDK https://t.co/TUPuGlLtvj SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Thu May 14 23:24:03 +0000 2020
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