Just because a spacecraft is sent to study the moon doesn't mean it can't do a little extra skywatching now and then.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been circling the moon since 2009. But a new image NASA shared on Monday (Nov. 22) from the spacecraft shows a very different destination: Saturn , complete with the planet's stunning rings.
Sechelt Skies: Sun, Earth and moon align for awesome tides - Coast Reporter
The new moon will occur very early on Dec. 4 and will pass below Venus, less than three degrees away, then by Saturn and Jupiter successively Dec. 7 through Dec. 9.
By about Christmas Day, Venus will appear lower in the southwest just after sunset as it heads west to pass between us and the sun (inferior conjunction) on Jan. 8. Mercury will join Venus over the next two weeks as Mercury moves east and out from behind the sun.
Penn-Trafford Escapes Moon, 24-21, to Win First Ever WPIAL Title - Pittsburgh Sports Now
PITTSBURGH — The last time Penn-Trafford and Moon met on a football field, Neil Armstrong was less than 10 years from first stepping on the moon.
The 24-21 win clinched the first ever WPIAL title for Penn-Trafford, ending an 0-3 stretch of falling in title games.
Scientists Model What Would Happen if a Mini Black Hole Punched Through the Moon
According to a theory proposed by Bernard Carr and Stephen Hawking in the 1970s, the conditions just after the Big Bang were so energetic, the matter so tightly packed, that density fluctuations in the primordial soup collapsed into black holes of all sizes.
On one end of the spectrum, the ancestors of supermassive black holes emerged—on the other end, tiny black holes, some no larger than atoms.
Walter Scott: Full moon on driveway puts watchdog on edge | West Central Tribune
A lunatic is defined as someone that is insane or with a severely disordered state of mind. In ancient times, the condition was thought to be caused by phases of the moon. Last week, we had a dog that seemed to be on that lunatic fringe.
Billie, the standard poodle, is normally a reliable watchdog. He barks to alert us when someone is coming down the driveway and will back a person he deems a threat up against the wall.
It Follows Earth Around the Sun, But Isn't Called the Moon - International
Space is vast and lonely. It’s totally understandable, then, that a little rock decides to go with her. Earth It is on to take in his annual circumnavigation of Fifth note of musical scale ,
This 165-feet-long rock was discovered in 2016 by the asteroid hunter telescope pan-stars 1 , from Hawaii. Hawaiian name for this singular entity, (469219) kamoaleva , means “celestial object oscillation”.
A new kind of mom and pop shop: The Moon Market opens on the North Shore
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The white building may be as bright as a full moon, but shoppers are there for what's happening inside.
"I really like it, and it's super cute in here. I love her vibe and aesthetic, how everything matches. It's very me, like, it just looks like a Pinterest board, and I love it," said Natalie Goetzman, a shopper in the store.
Researchers Have Uncovered A 'Treasure Map' For Future Moon Exploration
Researchers have uncovered potential pockets of ice on the surface of the Moon and created a map that lunar explorers could excavate. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been collecting temperature readings for 11 years, making what could be the greatest treasure map man has ever known.
The Sky This Week from November 26 to December 3 | Astronomy.com
Friday, November 26
Dwarf planet 1 Ceres is at opposition tonight at 11 P.M. EST. It’s visible all evening, located amid the stars of the Hyades, situated on the nose of Taurus the Bull. His bright red eye, Aldebaran, can guide you: Ceres sits 5° due west of this 1st-magnitude star.
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