Instead the Native Americans dubbed June's full moon the "Strawberry Moon" as its appearance symbolised the beginning of fruit picking season in North America. During a total lunar eclipse , the moon will first move in to the penumbra and then pass right in to the umbra. If you do not reside in or near Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, South/East South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean ... [Full Article...]
The image - showing giant nebula NGC 2014 and its neighbour NGC 2020 - has been nicknamed the "Cosmic Reef" because it looks like an undersea world. Nebulae NGC 2020-the stunning bluish feature at bottom left-was forged by a massive star approximately 200,000 times brighter than our Sun. Those celebrating a birthday today (April 23), for instance, would be met with a shot of the the center o... [Full Article...]
New studies of Mars' two small moons with erratic orbits have suggested that the planet probably had a giant ring in the past. Mars has two moons , Deimos and Phobos . However, the irregular orbit and the fact that the satellite is farther away from Mars than Phobos may have more serious implications. "But once we had a great new idea and looked at it with new eyes, Deimos' orbital tilt re... [Full Article...]
This new record was expected: Carbon dioxide levels have been accelerating in the atmosphere since 1958, when record-keeping began at the Mauna Loa Observatory. "We are not getting rid of the pile [with temporary shutdowns]". To significantly slow the relentless upward atmospheric Carbon dioxide trajectory, unprecedented emissions reductions of 20 to 30 percent would have to be sustained for s... [Full Article...]
Note: indianexpress.com will also be running a live blog for the same keeping you up to date with the stages of the Strawberry Lunar Eclipse . "An old European name for this full Moon is the Mead Moon or the Honey Moon". The moon will be at its brightest at around 21:12 SAST on Friday. If you feel like you need a distraction from everything happening on Earth right now, you'll have a good... [Full Article...]
Cross your fingers for clear skies and ideal conditions, so you can get a good look at the partial lunar eclipse and a blushing full " strawberry moon " over Friday night and the wee hours of Saturday morning. So as the Sun sets in the west on the 5th, you can turn around and wait to see the Moon rise in the east. "The penumbral eclipse on Saturday will be very, very minor, I think peopl... [Full Article...]
This one was carrying 60 more satellites for its Starlink constellation, which will bring the total now in operation on orbit to 480. A New Jersey native played an integral role in the recent launch of the NASA/SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. [Full Article...]
Snapchat has not blocked Trump's account but would no longer promote it. In an earlier memo, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said: "Our Discover content platform is a curated platform, where we decide what we promote". "They view you as a deplorable and they do not want you to exist on their platform". Mr Trump accuses the platforms of "censorship" and limiting "free speech", but his critics say t... [Full Article...]
Instead the Native Americans dubbed June's full moon the "Strawberry Moon" as its appearance symbolised the beginning of fruit picking season in North America. During a total lunar eclipse , the moon will first move in to the penumbra and then pass right in to the umbra. If you do not reside in or near Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, South/East South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean ... [Full Article...]
The image - showing giant nebula NGC 2014 and its neighbour NGC 2020 - has been nicknamed the "Cosmic Reef" because it looks like an undersea world. Nebulae NGC 2020-the stunning bluish feature at bottom left-was forged by a massive star approximately 200,000 times brighter than our Sun. Those celebrating a birthday today (April 23), for instance, would be met with a shot of the the center o... [Full Article...]
New studies of Mars' two small moons with erratic orbits have suggested that the planet probably had a giant ring in the past. Mars has two moons , Deimos and Phobos . However, the irregular orbit and the fact that the satellite is farther away from Mars than Phobos may have more serious implications. "But once we had a great new idea and looked at it with new eyes, Deimos' orbital tilt re... [Full Article...]
This new record was expected: Carbon dioxide levels have been accelerating in the atmosphere since 1958, when record-keeping began at the Mauna Loa Observatory. "We are not getting rid of the pile [with temporary shutdowns]". To significantly slow the relentless upward atmospheric Carbon dioxide trajectory, unprecedented emissions reductions of 20 to 30 percent would have to be sustained for s... [Full Article...]
Note: indianexpress.com will also be running a live blog for the same keeping you up to date with the stages of the Strawberry Lunar Eclipse . "An old European name for this full Moon is the Mead Moon or the Honey Moon". The moon will be at its brightest at around 21:12 SAST on Friday. If you feel like you need a distraction from everything happening on Earth right now, you'll have a good... [Full Article...]
Cross your fingers for clear skies and ideal conditions, so you can get a good look at the partial lunar eclipse and a blushing full " strawberry moon " over Friday night and the wee hours of Saturday morning. So as the Sun sets in the west on the 5th, you can turn around and wait to see the Moon rise in the east. "The penumbral eclipse on Saturday will be very, very minor, I think peopl... [Full Article...]
This one was carrying 60 more satellites for its Starlink constellation, which will bring the total now in operation on orbit to 480. A New Jersey native played an integral role in the recent launch of the NASA/SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. [Full Article...]
Snapchat has not blocked Trump's account but would no longer promote it. In an earlier memo, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said: "Our Discover content platform is a curated platform, where we decide what we promote". "They view you as a deplorable and they do not want you to exist on their platform". Mr Trump accuses the platforms of "censorship" and limiting "free speech", but his critics say t... [Full Article...]