New images reveal the recent lunar eclipse seen from the International Space Station. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Twitter Monday to share three stunning new photographs from space. The images show the recent lunar eclipse – also known as the “Blood Moon” – which occurred on May 15 from three different vantage points. … Read more
Millions of people across the Americas, Europe and Africa were able to see the reddish glow of a rare and spectacular sight in the sky on Sunday – a lunar eclipse known as “super flower blood moon.” This rare event only occurs when a series of conditions are in play. Alongside the total lunar eclipse … Read more
The blood moon rises tonight – and briefly disappears. May 15 marks this season’s full “flower moon,” which historically occurs when flowers are in full bloom for spring in North America, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. But this one is extra special – as it’s also the first of two lunar eclipses in 2022, and … Read more
A spectacular full moon will grace the night sky on Sunday evening. It not only marks a super moonbut also a Moon of blood — thanks to a lunar eclipse. The last total lunar eclipse occurred a year ago on May 26, 2021. If the weather is clear, millions of sky watchers in the Americas, … Read more
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When the Artemis program returns humans to the Moon in (hopefully) a few years, there will be considerable logistics to sort out to keep such fragile beings alive in such a hostile environment. The question of food is not the least. Space agencies involved with the International Space Station are now very experienced in providing … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, scientists have grown plants in moon soil collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts. The researchers had no idea if anything would sprout in the moon’s harsh soil and wanted to see if it could be used to grow food by the next generation of lunar explorers. The … Read more
Plants after 16 days of growth, with clear differences seen between plants grown in simulated lunar soil (left) and plants grown in real lunar regolith. Photo: Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS For the very first time, scientists have grown plants in lunar soil returned from the Apollo missions. But given the degree of stress seen in these … Read more
A spectacular full moon is fast approaching, with plans to grace the night sky on Sunday evening. It not only marks a super moonbut also a Moon of blood — thanks to a lunar eclipse. The last total lunar eclipse occurred a year ago on May 26, 2021. If the weather is clear, millions of … Read more
A spectacular full moon is fast approaching, with plans to grace the night sky on Sunday evening. It not only marks a super moonbut also a Moon of blood — thanks to a lunar eclipse. The last total lunar eclipse occurred a year ago on May 26, 2021. If the weather is clear, millions of … Read more