Spacewatch: total lunar eclipse and largest supermoon of the year0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 25, 2021
Although the full supermoon will be easily seen from Europe and Africa, sadly the eclipse will not be
Although the full supermoon will be easily seen from Europe and Africa, sadly the eclipse will not be
The act could even reveal how to look for life on alien planets.
Sharp-eyed skywatchers in parts of the world may be able to catch a slight lunar eclipse today (June 5) as Earth embarks on a new “eclipse season,” although North American viewers will be out of luck
On Jan. 21st at 04:41:43 UT, a meteoroid slammed into the Moon.
Sky gazers were treated to a rare lunar eclipse known as a super blood wolf moon on Sunday night, in which sunlight passing through Earth’s atmosphere lit the celestial body in a dramatic fashion and turned it red.
On Monday, Aug. 21, people living in the continental United States will be able to see a total solar eclipse.
Humans have been alternatively amused, puzzled, bewildered and sometimes even terrified at the sight of this celestial phenomenon. A range of social and cultural reactions accompanies the observation of an eclipse. In ancient Mesopotamia (roughly modern Iraq), eclipses were in fact regarded as omens, as signs of things to come.
When the full Moon rose over Europe last night, it wasn’t its usual self. The normally bright lunar disk was dipped in shadow–a lunar eclipse.