A breathtaking Tour of the Moon
“Tour of the Moon” takes viewers to several interesting locations on the moon. The tour from NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team, stops in this breathtaking journey, across the moon’s surface.
Evolution of the Moon
Incredible Nasa video shows 4.5 Billion years of the moon’s history in just three minutes.
From year to year, the moon never seems to change. Craters and other formations appear to be permanent now, but the moon didn’t always look like this.
Lick Observatory Moonrise
The gorgeous Full Moon rose behind Mount Hamilton, as viewed from a well chosen location at sunset, east of San Jose, California on March 7. The lunar disk frames historic Lick Observatory perched on the mountain’s 4,200 foot summit. Photographer Rick Baldridge
Shuttle Plume shadow points to the Moon
Why would the shadow of a space shuttle launch plume point toward the Moon? In early 2001 during a launch of Atlantis, the Sun, Earth, Moon, and rocket were all properly aligned for this photogenic coincidence. Image Credit: Pat McCracken, NASA
Prometheus and Saturn
This image was taken on February 14. The camera from Cassini spacecraft was pointing toward Prometheus moon of Saturn, and the image was taken using the CB2 and CL2 filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute. Full-Res
Earthshine helps in search for Alien Life
Astronomers looking at Earthshine reflected from the moon have concluded that there is life on Earth! This technique can help in the search for Extraterrestrial life.
Enceladus backlit by Saturn
This moon is shining by the light of its planet. Specifically, a large portion of Enceladus pictured above is illuminated primarily by sunlight first reflected from the planet Saturn.
Space Station flying by the Moon
The International Space Station can be seen as a small object in upper left of this image of the moon in the early evening Jan. 4 in the skies over the Houston area flying at an altitude of 390.8 kilometers (242.8 miles). The space station can occasionally be seen in the night sky with the naked eye and a pair of field binoculars. Image credit: NASA/Lauren Harnett
Twin GRAIL spacecraft orbiting the Moon
GRAIL-A spacecraft achieved Lunar Orbit Insertion on New Year’s Eve.
Artists concept shows twin GRAIL spacecraft orbiting the Moon. The twin GRAIL spacecraft will fly in tandem to map the moon’s gravity field with unprecedented precision to unlock hidden secrets about the moons interior composition, determine if it possesses an inner core, and yield a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed. Credit: NASA
Should we Terraform Mars?
As we continue to explore farther out into our solar system and beyond, the question of habitation or colonization inevitably comes up. Manned bases on the Moon or Mars for example, have long been a dream of many. via Universetoday by Paul Scott Anderson.
