A rising full Moon on March 31, 2018 in Alberta, Canada (Photo by: VW Pics/Universal Images Group ... [+] via Getty Images)
Next week's full "Cold Moon" will be the 13th and final full Moon of 2020, but it will also be visible on two different days, be the first full Moon of a new astronomical season and the highest in Earth's night sky.
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It's the full Moon of December—also called the "Long Nights Moon" in North America and, since it occurs just after Christmas Day, the "Moon After Yule" in Europe.
Many things are taking place:
The moon has way (way) more craters than we thought | Space
Yet these "fossils" can vary dramatically in size and shape, and they can overlap and erode over time. This makes identifying and dating them extremely difficult and time-consuming. The process is also subjective, leading to inconsistencies among existing databases.
Yang and her team approached these issues with machine learning. They trained a deep neural network (where a computer uses layers of mathematical calculations that feed into each other) with data from thousands of previously identified craters and taught the algorithm to find new ones. The network was then applied to data collected by the Chang'e-1 and Chang'e-2 lunar orbiters, revealing 109,956 additional craters on the moon's surface.
Tardigrades may have taken over the Moon
In April 2019 , the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft crash-landed on the Moon . Along for the ride were thousands of tiny creatures, which scientists now think may have spilled out and littered the lunar surface .
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But the spacecraft carrying the tardigrades didn't land on the Moon according to plan, instead crashing on the lunar surface and losing contact with ground control.
Overview | About the Moon – Moon: NASA Science
Earth’s Moon is a cornerstone of planetary science. Without plate tectonics or weather to erase evidence of its past, our closest neighbor in space preserves a record of the geologic history that has shaped our solar system – including our own planet.
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Does The Full Moon Keep You Up At Night? Here's What To Do
Ever had trouble sleeping on the night of a full moon ? You wouldn't be alone—and coming up on the 29th, we've got the last full moon of 2020.
From racing thoughts to buzzing energy, here's how your sleep can be affected by this special moon, plus what to do about it.
While the research is minimal, there have been a handful of studies suggesting humans' sleep patterns are impacted by the moon.
In one 2013 study, researchers found that around the full moon, participants showed a 30% decrease on average of EEG-delta activity (which is associated with deep sleep). It also took participants longer to fall asleep, and they reported reduced sleep quality .
Researchers identify over 109,000 impact craters on moon : The Tribune India
An international team of researchers has identified over 1,09,000 previously unrecognised impact craters on the moon using machine learning methods.
The study, led by researchers from Jilin University, was published in the journal Nature Communications.
Impact craters are the most prominent lunar surface feature and occupy most of the moon's surface.
With traditional automatic identification methods, it is generally difficult to find irregular and seriously degraded impact craters that may have formed in the early periods.
Dealing with dust: A back-to-the-moon dilemma - SpaceNews
If the political, technical and budgetary stars align for NASA and its partners in coming years, the moon could be the go-to place as the century unfolds. Astronauts would again explore Earth's celestial next-door neighbor, perhaps setting in motion future mining endeavors to extract ices likely lurking in sunlight-shy craters for processing into water, oxygen, and rocket propellant. Humans that "settle in" on the moon could well be a future prospect.
The next chapter in the U.S. human exploration of the moon, the Artemis Project, will dispatch crews there for extended periods of time, building upon Apollo's heritage. Between 1969 and the end of 1972, a dozen astronauts kicked up the powdery regolith, the topside dirt of the moon. But there's one flash back message from the Apollo moonwalkers worth heeding: the place is a Disneyland of dust.
Ajmer man's gift to wife on wedding anniversary- plot of land on the moon - it s viral -
Many people dream of owning a piece of the Moon and that dream became a reality for Ajmer’s Sapna Anija when her husband Dharmendra Anija gifted her three acres of land on the celestial body on their wedding anniversary.
Dharmendra told ANI he bought the land on the moon as he wanted to do something special for his wife on their eighth wedding anniversary.
“It was our wedding anniversary on December 24. I wanted to do something special for her. Everyone gifts earthly possessions like cars and jewellery, but I wanted to do something different. Therefore, I purchased land on the moon for her,” he said.
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