On the night of May 25-27, observers in Oceania, Hawaii, eastern Asia and Antarctica will see a lunar eclipse that coincides with the moon's closest approach to Earth — making it a "supermoon" eclipse that will turn the moon reddish — also known as a " blood moon ." (The dates of this eclipse span two days because the area it will be visible spans the international date line).
Lunar eclipses occur when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth as the sun. Usually we see a full moon when this happens, but every so often the moon enters the Earth's shadow, resulting in an eclipse. This doesn't happen every full moon because the plane of the moon's orbit is tilted about 5 degrees from the plane of the Earth's orbit, and the moon "misses" the shadow of the Earth.
South Korea's Moon seeks urgency on N.Korea, vaccine deal at Biden summit | 1330 & 101.5 WHBL
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in is hoping to use his first summit with U.S. President Joe Biden this week to revive long-stalled talks with North Korea and urge the White House to embrace the issue with more urgency.
Moon is scheduled to arrive in Washington on Thursday for a four-day stay, which will include a series of summits with Biden and meetings with Vice U.S. President Kamala Harris and congressional leaders.
One senior Seoul official said the Biden administration's overtures to North Korea were a "good sign" that could lay the groundwork for a resumption of talks.
Scientists ponder how to get samples from Saturn's weird moon Titan | Space
Saturn's moon Titan is a mysterious world. The second largest moon in the solar system, Titan is larger than the planet Mercury and, next to Earth, is the only place in the solar system with flowing rivers of liquid and lakes on the surface. Except these rivers and lakes hold not water but hydrocarbons, such as methane. But Titan also has water — an entire ocean of it, under the moon's frozen surface. Titan also has an atmosphere rich in nitrogen, just like our planet.
Skywatch 16: Spotting the Moon and Regulus | wnep.com
"First quarter actually means half Moon," said John Sabia, Keystone College Assistant Observer. "The half that is illuminated is on the right side. That's the part we'll be looking at through the telescope on the right side."
"Regulus is the heart of the lion of course. It's a bright star. You might want to use binoculars on it. You could actually see some color. A little reddish orangeish color to Regulus," he said.
A Robot Like This Could Swim At Jupiter's Water-Spewing Moon
The Orpheus submersible robot is being developed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and JPL to ... [+] explore the deep ocean autonomously.
Swimming is unlike anything we've done on other planets before, but NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are doing a test of an autonomous robot this month. Lovingly called Orpheus, the desk-sized robot takes advantage of technology that flew aboard JPL's Perseverance rover that landed on Mars in February.
SpaceX launching first-ever moon mission fully funded by Dogecoin | wtsp.com
HAWTHORNE, Calif. — Dogecoin , the cryptocurrency that was started as a joke in 2013, has just paid for a mission to the Moon.
Geometric Energy Corporation announced the DOGE-1 mission , the first-ever commercial lunar mission paid entirely with Dogecoin, will launch in 2022 with the help of SpaceX.
If that connection sounds familiar, it's because SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and calls for Dogecoin "to the Moon" have been synonymous.
Mercury Rising As The 'Blood Moon' Beckons: What You Can See In The Night Sky This Week
A plane passes by the first quarter moon in the sky (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty ... [+] Images)
Typically a very challenging sight, little planet Mercury makes a play for "object of the week" again as it rises almost to its highest in the post-sunset sky as it does for all of 2021.
After you've searched for "the Swift Planet" take a look at the Moon, which passes some landmark stars and star clusters this week as its waxes past its First Quarter phase and towards a dramatic "Super Flower Blood Moon" total lunar eclipse next week.
European startup builds oxygen-making machine for 2025 moon mission | Space
A European startup is perfecting technology that will be sent to the moon to make oxygen from lunar soil as part of a 2025 European Space Agency (ESA) demonstration mission.
Belgium-based Space Applications Services is building three experimental reactors under a contract with ESA announced on Wednesday (May 12). The reactors will be used to fine-tune the oxygen-making process to be tested on the moon as part of the planned in situ resource utilization demonstration (ISRU) mission in 2025.
Baylor’s Moon Ursin and Trinity Oliver Enter The Transfer Portal | KWKT - FOX 44
WACO — A Baylor spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that Lady Bears Trinity Oliver and Moon Ursin have entered the transfer portal.
Both have spent four years at Baylor playing for Kim Mulkey. Last season, Ursin led the Lady Bears in minutes played and finished third in scoring, netting 12.6 points per game.
Oliver saw more action in 2020 appearing in all 31 games averaging 4.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in 16.6 minutes of action per contest.
How Scientists Used The Last 'Blood Moon' To Measure The Moon, Watch A Meteorite Strike And See
During a total lunar eclipse the Moon dives into the Earth's shadow. Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa (Photo ... [+] by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)
The coming full "Flower Moon"—despite also being the year's biggest "supermoon"—will dim considerably and turn a kind of copper color.
Visible to those on the Pacific Rim—including western U.S. states—it's a fleeting sight that hasn't happened since the "Super Wolf Blood Moon" of January 20, 2019.
Happening on Twitter
Super Flower Blood Moon Eclipse visible from S'pore on May 26, 2-in-1 supermoon & total lunar eclipse… https://t.co/L5uubDkNVt MothershipSG (from Singapore) Mon May 17 11:04:24 +0000 2021
How to watch next week's spectacular "super flower blood moon" lunar eclipse https://t.co/x5RAmu5Moj CBSNews (from New York, NY) Tue May 18 15:00:00 +0000 2021
On May 26, the "Full Flower Moon" will grace the night sky, marking the second of three supermoons this year. https://t.co/sU86FEYwlj KXAN_News (from Austin, Texas) Tue May 18 22:00:11 +0000 2021
How to watch next week's 'Full Flower' super blood moon, complete with lunar eclipse https://t.co/b6rXk7ItDa KGETnews (from Bakersfield, CA) Wed May 19 02:15:06 +0000 2021
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