News tagged with blue moon
Rare New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010
(AP) -- Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. ...
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Dec 29, 2009 |
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STAR TRAK for December: Geminid meteors flash in December skies
(PhysOrg.com) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower, which will reach its maximum on the night of Dec. 13-14, usually offers the best show of the year, outperforming even the Perseid shower of August. This year ...
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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Hubble observes a dwarf galaxy with a bright nebula
(Phys.org) -- The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made detailed observations of the dwarf galaxy NGC 2366. While it lacks the elegant spiral arms of many larger galaxies, NGC 2366 is home to a bright, ...
May 10, 2012 |
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Painted ancient Maya numbers reflect calendar reaching well beyond 2012 (w/ Video)
A vast city built by the ancient Maya and discovered nearly a century ago is finally starting to yield its secrets.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 10, 2012 |
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Earth has less water than you think
If you were to take all of the water on Earth — all of the fresh water, sea water, ground water, water vapor and water inside our bodies — take all of it and somehow collect it into a single, giant ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 08, 2012 |
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter brings 'earthrise' to everyone
Imagine yourself in orbit, your spacecraft flying backward with its small window facing down toward the surface of the moon. You peer out, scouring the ash-colored contours of the cratered landscape for traces of ancient ...
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Apr 19, 2012 |
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STAR TRAK for April
Saturn will gleam at its biggest and brightest for the year during April, remaining near its peak of visibility for most of the night throughout the month.
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Apr 04, 2012 |
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Venus invades the Pleiades
This week the second planet from the sun will pass directly in front of the Pleiades star cluster. It's a rare sunset conjunction that's easy to find with the unaided eye, but best seen through binoculars ...
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Apr 03, 2012 |
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When dark energy turned on (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some six billion light years distant, almost halfway from now back to the big bang, the universe was undergoing an elemental change. Held back until then by the mutual gravitational attraction ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Flying formation - around the moon at 3,600 MPH
(PhysOrg.com) -- The act of two or more aircraft flying together in a disciplined, synchronized manner is one of the cornerstones of military aviation, as well as just about any organized air show. But as ...
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Mar 28, 2012 |
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Acidic Europa may eat away at chances for life
The ocean underneath the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa could be too acid to support life, due to compounds that may regularly migrate downward from its surface, researchers find.
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Mar 01, 2012 |
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O, Pioneers! (Part 1): The motes in God's eye
March 2012 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of one of the most extraordinary spacecraft ever constructed - Pioneer 10 - the first true deep space probe. The story of the Voyager spacecraft is well ...
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Feb 27, 2012 |
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