The moon will perform a spectacular astronomical ‘dance’ past three planets and a Leo constellation star as part of a rare lunar ‘occultation’ on Monday. Depending on your location, you may get the opportunity to see Earth’s natural satellite ‘cover’ Venus, Mars, Mercury or even one of the brightest stars in the sky, Regulus. WHAT…
The sun has exhibited strangely high levels of solar flare activity over the last few days as it reaches its solar minimum, the period in which the sun’s flare activity should be at its lowest. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has noticed flare after powerful flare in the last week, including one on September 6 that was the most…
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured an incredible final image of Earth from a billion miles away during its orbit of Saturn’s rings. The space probe was facing Earth’s Southern Atlantic Ocean, some 870 million miles (1.4 billion km) away, when the image of was captured on April 12, says Nasa. See that dot between #Saturn's rings?…
Air pollution plaguing areas surrounding India’s capital city was at one point so bad in early November that it could be seen from space. NASA satellite images taken last week reveal a thick blanket of grey smog stretching hundreds of miles from the Pakistani cities of Faisalabad and Lahore, to the Indian capital New Delhi….
NASA has officially confirmed that Earth has a second moon that has been around longer than you think. NASA has officially confirmed that Earth has a second moon that has been around longer than you think. Credit: Skymet Weather It’s been confirmed that the moon is no longer Earth’s only cosmic companion. NASA reported this…
