News tagged with lunar eclipses
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Solstice lunar eclipse set for December 21st
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 |
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The search for ET just got easier
Astronomers using the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) William Herschel Telescope (WHT) on La Palma have confirmed an effective way to search the atmospheres of planets for signs of life, vastly improving ...
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Red Moon: Lunar eclipse makes memorable solstice (Update 3)
Skygazers with a clear view in North America and Europe were greeted with a celestial treat early Tuesday, as a unique total lunar eclipse turned the Moon pink, coppery or even a blood red.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2010 |
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A total lunar eclipse and winter solstice coincide on Dec. 21
With frigid temperatures already blanketing much of the United States, the arrival of the winter solstice on December 21 may not be an occasion many people feel like celebrating. But a dazzling total lunar ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Sky-watchers get rare treat: total lunar eclipse
Moon watchers in the western U.S., Hawaii and elsewhere across the globe were treated Saturday to a rare celestial phenomenon: a total lunar eclipse.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2011 |
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Big Lunar Eclipse
(PhysOrg.com) -- This Saturday morning, June 26th, there's going to be a lunar eclipse—and for many residents of the USA, it's going to be a big one.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2010 |
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Professor says current meteor shower proves theory of calendar's origin
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stargazers are in for a unique treat tonight: the planet Earth will pass through the debris train of the Swift-Tuttle comet this evening which astronomers call the Perseid meteor shower. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Astronomer urges researchers everywhere to study Venus transit
(Phys.org) -- Jay Pasachoff, Director of Hopkins Observatory, Chair of the Astronomy Department at Williams College and Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy, has written a commentary piece published in the ...
May 17, 2012 |
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Total lunar eclipse next week, not visible in US
(AP) -- The year's first total eclipse of the moon will last an unusually long time, a rare celestial treat for a wide swath of the globe.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2011 |
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Moon Magic: Researchers Develop New Tool To Visualize Past, Future Lunar Eclipses (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lunar eclipses are well-documented throughout human history. The rare and breathtaking phenomena, which occur when the moon passes into the Earth’s shadow and seemingly changes shape, color, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Year's first partial solar eclipse occurs Tuesday
Early risers in Madrid, London and Paris take note.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 03, 2011 |
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LRO takes extreme close-up of eclipse
(PhysOrg.com) -- Orbiting about 31 miles above the lunar surface, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft will get a "front-row seat" to the total lunar eclipse on June 15, says Noah Petro, Associate Project ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Otherworldly Solar Eclipse
For the first time, a spacecraft from Earth has captured hi-resolution images of a solar eclipse while orbiting another world.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2009 |
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And the Moon is eclipsed by the Earth
On June 15 there will be a total lunar eclipse visible from Australia, Indonesia, southern Japan, India, a large area of Asia, Africa, Europe and the eastern part of South America. This is expected to be one ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Moon magic: Researchers develop new tool to visualize past, future lunar eclipses
Lunar eclipses are well-documented throughout human history. The rare and breathtaking phenomena, which occur when the moon passes into the Earth's shadow and seemingly changes shape, color, or disappears ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 08, 2009 |
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