The young moon returned to the evening sky this weekend, to sweep past the bright planets Venus and Mercury.
View larger at EarthSky Community Photos . | João Pedro Bessa caught the young moon, Mercury, Venus, and a star in the twilight sky above Praia de Barra, Aveiro, Portugal. João wrote: “Taken at the Praia da Barra’s beach, not far away of the seaport entrance, tonight there was a Venus (bottom), Mercury (middle) and the moon with Elnath/Beta Tauri (the one in the same line of Venus and altitude of the moon) also being invited.” Thank you, João!
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European contract signed for Moon mission hardware
The European Space Agency has asked the aerospace company Airbus to build another service module for the Americans' Orion crew capsule.
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That's because the hardware will be part of the mission that returns astronauts to the Moon's surface for the first time in 52 years.
It pushes the capsule through space, is responsible for its power supply and temperature control, and holds all the water and gases needed to sustain those riding onboard.
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Also, I am aware that it isn't "real," which means that they can make up whatever rules for physics they want. But that's not going to stop me from thinking about real physics.
One of the things you see quite often in the movie are these two moons in the sky. They look cool, but they are also kind of troubling (at least to me). In case you haven't seen the movie, here is my sketch of the two moons:
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It just so happens we have a real moon in our sky. You should go out and look at it sometimes. If you do, you will notice that its appearance changes over the course of a month. Sometimes it's a big luminous disc and sometimes it's just a sliver. But why is that?
Starwatch: the moon pays a spring visit to Virgo | Science | The Guardian
The moon visits one of the spring constellations this week by traveling through the faint constellation of Virgo, the virgin. On 1 and 2 June, our natural satellite will pass close to Virgo's only bright star, Spica. Memorise its position and then return in the days to come to pick out the constellation's other, fainter stars.
Spica is one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky, located at a distance of about 250 light years. A blue giant star, containing around 10 times the Sun's mass, it is more than 20,000 times more luminous than our star.
In case you are keeping track:
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It's New Moon this week. On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:38 Universal Co-ordinated Time (UTC) the Moon will enter its new phase as it slips roughly between the Earth and Sun on its monthly orbit.
An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is far from Earth on its monthly elliptical monthly orbit, so appears to be smaller in the sky than the Sun (a "micro moon", the opposite of a supermoon). Therefore, when the conditions are right for an eclipse, the Moon only covers the center of our Sun.
NASA Proposes New Rules for Moon-Focused Space Race - Scientific American
If all goes according to plan, humans will be visiting—and developing—the moon and its resources well before the decade is out, following multiple nations ramping up their lunar-exploration efforts. But will this new frontier be a stage for competition or collaboration?
The accords stem from NASA’s Artemis program, catapulted into being by President Donald Trump’s White House and a National Space Council edict to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024. Artemis involves activities in cislunar space—that is, between the Earth and the moon—and smack-dab on the lunar landscape.
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The general may not know his astronaut from his elbow, but he's assisted by the technological genius of John Malkovich as a sinuous civilian adviser. Rolling his eyes so hard they practically have an orbit of their own, he's deeply cynical about the military program as he wrangles both the rigors of science and the chain of command. Immaculately turned out in precise suit and tie at all times, Malkovich brings a gravity to proceedings that adds a sheen of class even when the comedy gets silly.
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