Four-and-a-half billion years ago, Earth’s surface was a menacing, hot mess. Long before the emergence of life, temperatures were scorching, and the air was toxic. Plus, as a mere toddler, the Sun bombarded our planet with violent outbursts of radiation called flares and coronal mass ejections. Streams of charged particles called the solar wind threatened […]
Read More Earth and Moon Once Shared a Magnetic Shield | NASA“High radiation on moon means lunar bases should be buried for safety – Business Insider” https://www.businessinsider.com/radiation-on-the-moon-lunar-base-should-be-buried-2020-9?amp
Read More High radiation on moon means lunar bases should be buried for safety – Business InsiderThere’s a “Black Moon,” rising tonight according to Space.com. Sounds sort of like a song title, doesn’t it? It’s not, but it’s a pretty cool happening, even if you, likely, won’t be able to see it. At least, according to Space.com, you won’t be able to get a glance because it will be invisible to our eyes […]
Read More A ‘Black Moon’ and a meteor shower: There’s a lot happening in our skyBOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. wants to build nuclear power plants that will work on the moon and Mars, and on Friday put out a request for ideas from the private sector on how to do that. The U.S. Department of Energy put out the formal request to build what it calls a fission […]
Read More U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants for moon and Mars | PBS NewsHourThis is a great time for astronomy fans, moon aficionados, stargazing amateurs and photographers all levels to look for the moon in the sky at night. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2020/07/08/18-spectacular-photos-of-july-buck-moon/
Read More 18 Spectacular Photos Of July’s Buck Moon And Lunar EclipseFor decades, scientists have tried to figure out why the Moon has a thousand times less precious metals than Earth. Turns out the metals may not have been delivered after all… Read more about this article in the link below… https://eos.org/articles/the-mystery-of-the-moons-missing-metals
Read More The Mystery of the Moon’s Missing Metals – EosHalley’s Comet is bringing A meteor shower that will peak tonight!!! Full moon will be May 7. That means there’s an exceedingly narrow window of true darkness between moonset and dawn now. Monday and/or Tuesday morning will be the peak mornings of the Eta Aquariid meteor shower. The meteors will be flying, but moonlight will […]
Read More All you need to know: Eta Aquariid meteors | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSkyThe U.S. sees a clear path to the use of moon and asteroid resources…. https://www.space.com/trump-moon-mining-space-resources-executive-order.html
Read More Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap asteroid resources | SpaceNuclear Rocket The Pentagon wants a way to move cargo around the expansive space between the Earth and the Moon, and it’s directed DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to develop a nuclear-powered rocket for that precise purpose. “An agile nuclear thermal propulsion vehicle enables the [Defense Department] to maintain space domain awareness of the burgeoning […]
Read More DARPA’s Working on a Nuclear-Powered Rocket for Easy Moon AccessThis video uses data gathered from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft to recreate some of the stunning views of the Moon that the Apollo 13 astronauts saw on their perilous journey around the farside in 1970. These visualizations, in 4K resolution, depict many different views of the lunar surface, starting with earthset and sunrise and […]
Read More Apollo 13 Views of the Moon in 4K
