Everyone knows that "the moon on the breast of new-fallen snow gives the luster of mid-day to objects below." That is, except during a lunar eclipse.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Dec 17, 2010 4.6 / 5 (14) 8 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Placing a tracking device on breeding owls with a wing span large enough to cover eight humans lined up side-by-side, is not a walk in the park. But, funded by a grant from the Spanish Ministry ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 21, 2010 4 / 5 (2) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 25-year old astronomical mystery has been solved: Most of the diffuse X-ray emissions in the Milky Way do not originate from one single source but from so-called white dwarfs and from stars ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

May 05, 2009 4.6 / 5 (8) 2

(Phys.org) —A team of astronomers has used the new ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope to pinpoint the locations of over 100 of the most fertile star-forming galaxies in the early ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Apr 17, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 5 |

(Phys.org) —Zooplankton, small fish and squid spend hardly any time at the surface when there's a full moon. To protect themselves from their natural enemies, they hide deeper down in the water on bright ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 27, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

(AP)—Reports of a flash of light that streaked across the sky over the U.S. East Coast appeared to be a "single meteor event," the U.S. space agency said. Residents from New York City to Washington and ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 23, 2013 4.8 / 5 (13) 3

A rare bright comet shows up in the northern hemisphere this week, cruising past Earth with promise of spectacular naked-eye viewings of the giant ball of ice and dust streaking the twilight sky with a blazing ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 06, 2013 5 / 5 (8) 0

(Phys.org)—Globular clusters are vast, spherical clouds of old stars bound together by gravity. They are found circling the cores of galaxies, as satellites orbit the Earth. These star clumps contain very ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jan 10, 2013 4.7 / 5 (6) 6 |

(AP)—Meteorologists and disaster experts say water is what worries them most with the upcoming monster storm, spawning from Hurricane Sandy.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 28, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 8

(Phys.org)—NGC 3344 is a glorious spiral galaxy around half the size of the Milky Way, which lies 25 million light-years distant. We are fortunate enough to see NGC 3344 face-on, allowing us to study its ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Oct 22, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 4 |

(Phys.org)—A lunar event that occurs once in a blue moon will happen this Friday night, August 31.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Aug 28, 2012 3.5 / 5 (8) 4 |

(Phys.org) -- The universe was born about 13.7 billion years ago in the big bang. The Sun and its system of planets formed about five billion years ago. What happened, then, during that long, intervening stretch ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

May 21, 2012 3.5 / 5 (2) 9 |

(AP) -- The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

May 04, 2012 4.5 / 5 (11) 6

T'was the Night after Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Dec 26, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 4 |

The 2011 Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of Dec. 13-14, and despite the glare of a nearly-full Moon, it might be a good show.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Dec 13, 2011 4.9 / 5 (8) 4 |