moon (lunar)
If there’s one thing that draws almost every observer, with or without a telescope, it’s the Moon. It’s understandable; it’s frequently easily seen in the evening sky and, with its changing phases, it’s been an object of fascination for millennia. Nowadays...
From July 20, 1969, to December 1972, NASA sent the Apollo missions to the Moon. These missions marked the conclusion of the space race, and the beginning of a new era: one where human beings had willingly left our world and traversed to another. 12 humans...
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes behind the Earth’s shadow, turning the Moon a deep, dark red color. This red color is why some call a lunar eclipse a “blood moon”. During the eclipse, all direct sunlight to the lunar surface is compl...
We’ve all heard of a blue moon. Whether it’s because someone has said “once in a blue moon” or because a “blue moon” was said to be happening that month, the term has become part of our everyday language. But what does it really mean? How did it orig...
Eclipses are one of the most exciting celestial events we can witness here on Earth, especially a Total Eclipse! 2022 had both a partial and a total eclipse of the Moon as well as a partial eclipse of the Sun, but 2023 and 2024 have that beat! In October...
From July 1969 to December 1972, NASA landed the Apollo missions on the Moon. Each mission left a flag on the lunar surface, along with the descent stage of the lunar module and other pieces of hardware. But can we see the flag on the Moon...
