Tag: Moon
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2022 – the Moon year?
Nobody can deny that 2021 was all about Mars –with three brand new missions heading to the Red Planet and delivering new science and…
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The Beaver Moon Eclipse
Yes, we have another Moon eclipse to watch on November 29/30 –in the early morning hours of Monday (ET time). Space.com gives details about…
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Space News (November 2020)
Halloween offered us with a fantastic full moon –quite a rare view, to be sure. As a matter of fact, it was, as space.com…
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Space News (March 2020)
It has been a while from the last time I’ve updated this section of the blog, so it is time for a quick roundup…
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Space News -update
It has been a while since the last time I’ve given any news about what’s going on in the sector. This is mainly due…
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The day the Eagle landed.
Only a few dates in the history of humankind are as iconic as Saturday, 20 July 1969, the very day a man walked on the…
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Space Events in the next 30 days
As we approach the day of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing (20 July, and NASA has plans about it), it would be…
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Space Features of the Week (13 April)
This week has been particularly rich in terms of space news, but three of them stole the headlines around the world. Here you have…
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Happy Worm (Super) Moon and -why do the Equinox date changes?
This was the question my niece asked me a while ago, and with a reason. We’re used to the fact that astronomical events are…
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Exploring the (virtual) Moon
I have already written in the past about a few software and websites that allow for exploring the night sky and stars nearby. Today…
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Our outer space citizens, right now
If you accept the idea that everyone/everything NOT living on planet Earth for all or most of their lives is a spacenoid (questionable as…
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New Moon(s) out there
If you missed this news, read it again: it’s not a scam and it’s impressive in its own right. We’re going to have another…
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Space Features of the Week (12 August)
In the latest weeks I couldn’t do my usual science &space round-ups, so here it is, with some recent and less recent, but still…
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Blood Moon 2018: Total Lunar Eclipse on July 27
Are you excited? You should. There is a total lunar eclipse coming up just in two weeks -on July 27, to be precise –…
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So long, Earthians. Cassini, over and out.
And this is it. On Friday 15 September, after 20 years in space, 13 of which spent in Saturn’s system, Cassini plunged into the…
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Space Features of the Week (30 July)
As usual, some interesting news from space and technology (yes, I know, it’s difficult to remain positive when we look at the news. Keep…
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The Cartography of the Solar System – The Moon
Now that I’m deep down in Artemis (I’ve mentioned it in another post) I realised that whenever I read a book set in one…
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday – Artemis by Andy Weir
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally,…
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Guest Post – The Moon Village and the Space Economy
(This is the English version of the article “Il Villaggio Lunare parlerà “europeo”? [Will the Moon Village speak “European”?] by Fausto Mescolini, first published in Italian on Il…
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Skies from other planets – The peaks of eternal light
In the day of the Summer Solstice – the longest day of the year – I thought appropriate talking about the famous peaks of…
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Apollo 18 (2011) – A review
“There’s a reason we’ve never gone back to the Moon.” This is how the opening line on the movie’s website, a American-Canadian SF/ horror…
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Guest Post – The invisible geometries of the Solar System
This is an abridged version of the article “The invisible geometries of the Solar System” by Roberto Flaibani, first published in Italian on Il Tredicesimo Cavaliere, a…
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Europa Report. A Review
No, Europa Report is not a Jupiter Ascending ante-literam movie (the fear is legitimate considering the astronomical proximity) and, while I have still to…
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Third Rock & NASA Sound Gallery
Did you know that NASA has an internet radio station? It is called Third Rock, America’s Space Station, and it is a station “developed and operated…