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'Full Moon Silhouettes' – Amazing Moonrise, Unlike Any Other You've Seen [VIDEO]

Debbie Ray — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:43:23 +0000

The moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. Beautiful.

Rob Says To Look For Comet Earlier Tonight

JayCee — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:58:38 +0000

According to Storm Team 3 Chief Meteorologist Rob Perillo, if you are wanting to get a glimpse of the comet Pan-Starrs tonight, you need to be looking up (with binoculars for best view) around sunset.

William Shatner Finds Life in Outer Space … Via Twitter

Mike Moody — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:33:58 +0000

There is life in outer space, and it has made contact with … William Shatner? ‘Star Trek’s Captain Kirk reached out to a citizen of the cosmos via Twitter on Thursday, but it wasn’t a Klingon, a Vulcan or even a Ferengi who tweeted back. Shatner engaged a being even stranger than those otherworldly aliens [...]

First Hamburger In Space

JayCee — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:30:49 +0000

Steve Wiley recently posted a story about hamburgers, asking how much you would be willing to pay for one. This story is about some kids that send a burger into space: not aboard the Soyuz, or the Space Shuttle, not on the International Space Station, but aboard a specially-designed platform, hanging from a helium-filled balloon.

First Man on the Moon Neil Armstrong Dead at Age 82

Chuck Armstrong — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:00:27 +0000

Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images The first person to set foot on the Earth’s moon, Neil Armstrong passed away today (Aug. 25) due to complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82. On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11, commanded by Armstrong, touched down on the surface of the moon. Nearly 600 million people [...]

Crescent Moon, Jupiter And Venus In The Early Morning Sky

JayCee — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:27:28 +0000

I am having to fill in for Debbie Ray today, and on my way in I was able to pull over and snap this grainy, horrible shot of the Crescent Moon and Jupiter and Venus. Or, they could just be specks of dust on your computer screen.

Amazingly Awesome Photographs Of The Moon And Sun

JayCee — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:50:30 +0000

I was browsing through Imgur the other day (it doesn’t matter what kind of photographs I was looking for, that’s my business… ha!!) when I saw these pictures of the moon and sun. As I browsed through them, it occurred to me that, to take these photographs, the photographer had to look directly into the [...]

Super Moon 2012 – Check Out Pics From Around the World

Nick Romano — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:31:10 +0000

Super Moon 2012, which occurred Saturday night, was not a sight to be missed, even if you were too busy drinking your Cinco de Mayo margaritas. This natural phenomenon is the one time a year when the moon is closer to the earth than ever, making it appear 30 percent brighter and 14 percent bigger. It also makes us stare off into space and go, “Whoah!?”

What Is a 'Supermoon' and Why Should You Care It's Coming Out This Weekend? [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:22:26 +0000

Amateur astronomers may want to dust off their telescopes, because a massive full moon — aka a “supermoon” — will arrive this weekend and it’ll be the year’s biggest. The moon will become full on Saturday at 11:35 pm EDT and orbit the Earth at a distance of only 221,802 miles, giving amazing views of [...]

4 Amazing Videos of the Super Moon

Debbie Ray — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:27:42 +0000

We spotted it Saturday night coming home from downtown Lafayette while at the red light at Johnston St. & University Avenue. The "Super Moon" was definitely noticeable. NASA says we haven't seen one like it since 1993 and we won't see another one for a long time. Makes me wish I had paid more attention in Astronomy class! The science tells us that it's because the moon was full and the earth was close to it. I only got one pitiful little camera-phone shot of it, so I had to find some cool videos to share with you. Check out three more from Brazil, Canada and Alaska...

Lunar Eclipse Progress

Debbie Ray — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:00:53 +0000

This image was made from a series of photos taken of the December 21st lunar eclipse. The photos were taken by Archbishop Rummel High School students Harris Higginbotham and Antonio Torres.

Lunar Eclipse In A Minute

Debbie Ray — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:48:50 +0000

Found this cool video of this morning’s lunar eclipse… the entire sequence is condensed into sixty seconds. By the way, the last time a lunar eclipse happened on the day of the winter solstice was in 1638. Watch it here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/21/lunar.eclipse/