The shadow of the moon began to sweep across the globe from Hong Kong to the Texas Panhandle as a rare annular solar eclipse began Monday morning in Asia.
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Solar eclipse sweeps across globe
An annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not fully block out the light from the Sun, begins across east Asia, and is due to reach the western US later.
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Sun starts ‘ring of fire’ eclipse
Before they die, the citizens of Washington, D.C., would like to achieve things both monumental and minuscule. They want to eat delicious food, travel the globe and — naturally — effect political change. They want to see the Earth from the Moon. They want to meet God. Read full article > >
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In D.C., private ‘bucket list’ dreams become public art
Before they die, the citizens of Washington, D.C., would like to achieve things both monumental and minuscule. They want to eat delicious food, travel the globe and — naturally — effect political change. They want to see the Earth from the Moon. They want to meet God. Read full article > >
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In D.C., private ‘bucket list’ dreams become public art
Better ways to spot landing sites on the Moon are part of a Nasa competition to harness “citizen scientists”.
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Nasa challenges citizen scientists
More than 500 high school and college students competing in human-powered vehicles were inspired by the lunar rovers that astronauts used on the moon.
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VIDEO: Nasa hosts moonbuggy race
Turns out they’re in no rush to build a colony on the moon.
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Former Space Execs Endorse Romney
As Gingrich pitches an idea to occupy the moon.
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Mitt Pulls Ahead of Newt in Florida
Hundreds of moon rocks and other stuff from space have been lost, destroyed, stolen or remain unaccounted for, according to inspectors.
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NASA Tackles Problem of Missing Moon Rocks
She hangs there nightly, a yellow or white or spookily orange disk, the bringer of tides, the caster of romantic shadows. She waxes and wanes and sometimes she turns ruddy as the shadow of the Earth crosses her face. For all her beauty, though, our moon hides a lumpy, unflattering secret: She’s lopsided. Her backside is much thicker than her front. And no one knows why. Read full article > >
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NASA’s lunar probes will test theory of why one side of the moon is lopsided
Scientists hope to arrive at a better understanding of its structure and origins by mapping the gravitational field of the Moon.
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Two NASA Spacecraft Set to Orbit the Moon
Nasa’s Grail satellites prepare to go into orbit around the Moon to map its gravity in unprecedented detail, revealing its internal structure.
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Gravity twins set to orbit Moon
Oscar-winning visual effects artist Scott Farrar discusses his latest film Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon, and the secrets of his art form.
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VIDEO: The man transforming cinema
The US space agency (Nasa) has released the sharpest ever elevation map of the Moon.
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Sharpest ever Moon elevation map
The US space agency (Nasa) has released the sharpest ever elevation map of the Moon.
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Sharpest ever Moon elevation map
NASA’s lunar probes will test theory of why one side of the moon is lopsided
Sunday, January 1st, 2012
