Total Lunar Eclipse Aug. 28 Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
On Aug. 28, skywatchers across much of North America can watch as the Moon crosses into the Earth's shadow and will undergo its second total eclipse in 2007.
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Total Eclipse of the Moon - February 20, 2008 Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. The entire event is visible from South America and most of North America (on Feb. 20) as well as Western Europe, Africa, and western Asia (on Feb. 21). During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can take on a dramatically colorful appearance from bright orange to blood red to dark brown and (rarely) very dark gray.
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Viewer's Guide: Total Lunar Eclipse Feb. 20 Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
On Wednesday night, Feb. 20, for the third time in the past year, the moon will become completely immersed in the Earth's shadow, resulting in a total lunar eclipse. Update on this.
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The total eclipse of August 21, 2017 Posted: 2 years ago by maxriter
Animation of the eclipse. This is the next total eclipse that will be visible from the USA. The animation shows the shadow of the Moon moving across the Earth during the eclipse.
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Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 01 Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
On Friday, 2008 August 01, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half the Earth. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in Canada and extends across northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia, and China.
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Partial lunar eclipse on 16th August Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
People across the world will have the chance to see a partial eclipse of the Moon on the 16th August.
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March 3 Total Lunar Eclipse Posted: 3 years ago by 2manyusernames
Almost 2-1/2 years have passed since the Moon plunged completely into the Earth’s shadow. But if you live in Europe, Africa, or the eastern half of North America, but sure to put a big circle on your calendar for tomorrow.
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Total Solar Eclipse to Grace India & China Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
The astronomical event of the summer, if not for this entire year, occurs this Wednesday, July 22: A total eclipse of the sun visible in parts of India and China.
In fact, this will be one of the very best solar eclipses of the 21st century thanks to the near-coinciding of three events.
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Lunar eclipse may shed light on climate change Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Last month's lunar eclipse not only treated skygazers to a ruddy view of the Moon – it revealed that Earth's atmosphere contains little light-blocking volcanic dust.
Some researchers say the low volcanic dust levels in the atmosphere over the last dozen years could be contributing to global warming, but others dispute the claim.
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Lunar eclipse - August 28 Posted: 2 years ago by bunmaster
See the Moon turn red. On August 28, the Moon will plunge through Earth's shadow, and the United States' West Coast will see the best show.
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Total lunar eclipse: look skywards Wednesday Posted: 2 years ago by topofall
Hope it's a clear night!
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Eclipse Seen by Moon Probe as Earth Blocks Sun Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
This is the first time that this phenomenon was shot from the moon.
Japan's Kaguya lunar orbiter has beamed home a spectacular movie of Earth eclipsing the sun as seen from the moon.
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Last night's Lunar Eclipse Posted: 3 years ago by BrownTrout
Did you see it?
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The Truth Behind This Month's Blue Moon Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
Thursday, May 31 brings us the second of two full Moons for North Americans this month. Some almanacs and calendars assert that when two full Moons occur within a calendar month, that the second full Moon is called the "Blue Moon."
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Solar Eclipse Mostly for Penguins Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
On Feb. 7 the sun will undergo an eclipse that few will see. It will be an annular eclipse, a "penny on nickel" effect in which the moon will be too small to completely cover the disk of the sun.
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Solar eclipse pits superstition against science Posted: 4 months ago by nateebiinature
Indian astrologers are predicting violence and turmoil across the world as a result of this week's total solar eclipse, which the superstitious and religious view as a sign of potential doom.
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Sound 'cause of shadow spectacle' Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Mysterious bands of shadow which sometimes pass across the ground during an eclipse might be produced by sound pulses, according to a new theory.
"Shadow bands" have been observed travelling across the ground before and after totality - when the Moon completely covers the Sun.
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Moon probe returns first images Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned its first images since reaching the Moon on 23 June.
The probe's two cameras returned images of a region in the lunar highlands south of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds).
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Earth's Magnetic Field Does Strange Things to the Moon Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
NASA-supported scientists have realized that something does happen every month when the Moon gets a lashing from Earth's magnetic tail. "Earth's magnetotail extends well beyond the orbit of the Moon and, once a month, the Moon orbits through it," says Tim Stubbs. "This can have consequences ranging from lunar 'dust storms' to electrostatic discharges."
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Scientists detect lowest frequency radar echo from the moon Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A team of scientists has detected the lowest frequency radar echo off the moon ever picked up by Earth-based receivers. In the lunar echo experiment, high power transmitter, located near Gakona, Alaska, launched high power radio waves toward the moon. The reflected signal, weakened because of the long distance to the moon and back, was detected by receiving antennas in New Mexico.
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Idea Hatched to Grow First Flower on the Moon Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
A lunar bouquet of flowers could greet astronauts who next set foot on the moon.
Odyssey Moon, a team competing for a $30 million purse in the Google Lunar X Prize contest, officially joined forces with another private space firm Friday to deliver the first greenhouse to the moon as part the "Lunar Oasis" project.
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