April's full moon, called the " Super Pink Moon ," wowed skywatchers on Monday (April 26) as it shone brightly in the night sky.
The Super Pink Moon rose Monday night and reached full phase at 11:32 p.m. EDT (0332 GMT on Tuesday, April 27), lighting up the sky with its big, bright glow until dawn on Tuesday. Skywatchers around the world, from Italy to England and the United States, captured stunning views of the pink supermoon, which is the first of only two "supermoons" in 2021 — depending on who you ask.
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The next full Moon will be late Monday night, April 26, 2021, appearing opposite the Sun in Earth-based longitude at 8:32 p.m. PDT. This will be the next day from the Atlantic Daylight Savings timezone eastward across Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia to the International Date Line. Most commercial calendars are based on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and will show this full Moon occurring on Tuesday, April 27, 2021.
In the 1930s the Maine Farmer's Almanac began publishing American Indian Moon names for the months of the year. According to this almanac, as the full Moon in April, this is the Pink Moon, named after the herb moss pink, also known as creeping phlox, moss phlox, or mountain phlox. The plant is native to the eastern United States and is one of the earliest widespread flowers of spring.
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Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC) has captured the incredible Pink Supermoon above the Torch ... [+] Tower in Doha and in the Al Aamriya Desert. Partnering with local astro-photographer Vinay Swaroop Balla, the striking images show the moon rising above the country's iconic locations.
May's full Moon, traditionally called the "Pink Moon" in North America because this time of year sees the flowering of phlox.
That's not the case globally, but the name has stuck regardless. It was termed a "supermoon" because out satellite was almost as close to Earth as it gets on its slightly elliptical orbit.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit the White House on May 21 for talks with U.S. President Joe Biden, highlighting the “ironclad alliance” between South Korea and the United States, the White House said on Thursday.
“President Biden looks forward to working with President Moon to further strengthen our alliance and expand our close cooperation,” the White House said in a statement.
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The full moon looked stunning this week. The lunar phase coincided with the moon's closest approach to Earth, making the object look bigger and brighter than usual. It glowed orangey-pink low in the sky—a trick of the atmosphere—and then blanched brilliant white as it rose into the darkness.
In one corner is Jeff Bezos, the founder of the rocket company Blue Origin, and the richest person in the world. In the other is Elon Musk, the founder of the rocket company SpaceX, and the second-richest person in the world. Bezos and Musk have pitched their respective businesses to NASA in the space agency's search for new technology to land astronauts on the moon. It is a massive opportunity. Astronauts haven't set foot on the moon since the final Apollo mission , in 1972.
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The idea of extracting both structural metals and oxygen from Lunar regolith, on location, emerged in an MIT study published in 2015 titled Molten Regolith Electrolysis reactor modeling and optimization of in-situ resource utilization systems . The ESA has also been exploring this concept , as Tommaso Ghidini told 3dpbm last year, in collaboration with metal powder manufacturer Metalysis.
"ESA and NASA are heading back to the Moon with crewed missions, this time with a view towards staying," explained Tommaso Ghidini, Head of ESA's Structures, Mechanisms and Materials Division. "Accordingly we're shifting our engineering approach to systematic use of lunar resources in-situ.
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Private spaceflight companies Blue Origin and Dynetics are both filing protests to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), in response to NASA's decision to make their competitor SpaceX the sole winner of a contract to build the lunar lander for the agency's Artemis program.
Earlier this month, NASA named SpaceX the sole winner of a contest between the three companies to develop and build the lunar lander that will put the next NASA astronauts on the moon with Artemis. NASA's Artemis program aims to return astronauts to the moon's surface by 2024, an ambitious timeline that was set by former President Donald Trump's administration and which has not been revised since President Joe Biden's administration has taken office.
Taco Bell Is Offering Free Tacos to Celebrate Upcoming 'Taco Moon' | PEOPLE.com
On May 4, the fast food chain will be giving away free tacos to celebrate a lunar phase they are calling the"Taco Moon." In Taco Bell's first-ever global campaign, fans can receive a crunchy taco on the night the moon is said to resemble a taco.
"A new lunar phase is on the horizon," read the social media announcement. "On Tuesday, May 4th, we're celebrating the Taco Moon by giving you a Free Crunchy Taco. Get yours all day when you order online or through the app, or in-store from 8pm - 11:59pm."
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See the 'Super Pink Moon' of 2021 shine in these stunning photos https://t.co/ZRT1PLjiJX https://t.co/7jaKEvF10G SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Thu Apr 29 22:56:06 +0000 2021
A super 'pink' moon will shine across Australia tonight. Here's when it's best to see it https://t.co/tFqspTkU8X abcnews (from Australia) Mon Apr 26 20:07:16 +0000 2021
Super Pink Moon: See Photos of Last Night's Pink Supermoon Across the World https://t.co/cB4c187JQL people Tue Apr 27 17:20:09 +0000 2021
Super 'Pink' Moon: Tonight Australia will see its first #Supermoon of 2021. The spectacle, also known as a 'pink mo… https://t.co/Ia5jLSklqx 10NewsFirst (from Australia) Tue Apr 27 05:56:00 +0000 2021
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