Recent Geologic Activity on the Moon?
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 21, 2012
Newly detected series of narrow linear troughs are known as graben, and they formed in highland materials on the lunar farside. These graben are located on a topographic rise with several hundred meters of relief revealed in topography derived from LROC stereo images. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University/Smithsonian Institution Recent images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance [...]
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Gingrich call for moon foundation, space contest
Posted by brandoniswrite on January 29, 2012
“We want Americans to think bravely about the future,” Gingrich said throughout a campaign rally in Florida, where he outlines a space policy plan that would cut NASA’s system of government and get bigger on private-sector space programs champion by President Barack Obama.”By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent [...]
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Tags: call, Contest, foundation, Gingrich, Moon, Space
NASA To Host Media Teleconference On Probes’ Moon Orbit Insertion
Posted by brandoniswrite on January 18, 2012
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PST on Wednesday, Dec. 28, to preview twin spacecraft being placed in orbit around the moon on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. NASA’s twin lunar Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) probes were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Sept. 10, [...]
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Moon Photography
Posted by brandoniswrite on December 27, 2011
Astonishing moon photography by Carlos Zelayeta. . . read more >> wordlessTech
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Astrophotos: Christmas Crescent Moon from Around the World
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A waning crescent Moon on Dec. 22, 2011 from British Columbia. Credit: Suraky A beautiful crescent Moon graced the morning and evening skies over the past holiday weekend, and skywatchers around the world were out with with their cameras! Above, Suraky from British Columbia, Canada took this lovely image of the waning sliver of the [...]
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Young Moon meets Evening Star
Posted by brandoniswrite on December 3, 2011
Now appearing as planet Earth’s evening star, brilliant Venus shines in western skies at twilight. Standing above a rugged horizon and warm sunset colors, the twilight’s celestial beacon was joined last Saturday by a Moon 35 hours young in this gorgeous skyscape. The close pairing of Venus and Moon is known as a conjunction. Photographer [...]
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How the Moon Became Magnetized
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 10, 2011
Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt at Tracy Rock on the lunar surface. Credit: NASA. It’s been a mystery ever since the Apollo astronauts brought back samples of lunar rocks in the early 1970s. Some of the rocks had magnetic properties, especially one collected by geologist Harrison “Jack” Schmitt. But how could this happen? The [...]
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Moon and Saturn
Posted by brandoniswrite on October 27, 2011
This photo of the Moon and Saturn is the very first astrophoto captured by Jeff Swick of Canada. “That was taken with an 8″ reflector and an old Sony digital camera that I just held up to the eye piece. I remember I had a filter on the telescope as a filter kit came with [...]
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Cassini Present Saturn Moon Quintet
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 20, 2011
With the artistry of a magazine cover shoot, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this portrait of five of Saturn’s moons poised along the planet’s rings.From left to right are Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Mimas and finally Rhea, bisected by the right side of the frame. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 684,000 miles (1.1 [...]
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Astrophoto: Moon Rushed by David DeHetre
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 16, 2011
Moon Rushed. Credit: David DeHetre This photo of the Moon was captured by David DeHetre from his front yard in Lawrence, Kansas on July 18th 2010 using a Celestron 90mm aperture by 1000mm focal length refractor. He mounted his Canon T1i DSLR to it and focused in live view. The following are the camera specs [...]
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