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Comparison of regular full moon and super moon next to each other in a composite image.

Podcast Episode 69 l What exactly is a super blue moon?

Stargazers were able to Witness Rare Blue Super Moon in August 2023. The next blue super moon will be in 2037, so this one was a very rare sighting. But what exactly is a super blue moon? And what is ...

A rusting, green set of gears known as the Antikythera Mechanism found at the bottom of the ocean aboard a decaying Greek ship it is now acknowledged as the first computer.

This 2,000 year old mechanism is the first computer ever

This 2,000 year old mechanism is the first computer ever and it is known as the Antikythera Mechanism found on an ancient Greek ship in 1901

This image of the Moon by John W. Draper, on March 23, 1840, from his rooftop observatory at New York University, is regarded as the very first image ever captured of a celestial object. It was captured using the daguerreotype technique (exposing highly polished sliver plated copper to a light source).

First Ever Image of the Moon

This stunning black and white false-color view of Saturn's moon Hyperion reveals crisp details across the strange, tumbling moon's surface. Differences in color could represent differences in the composition of surface materials. The view was obtained during Cassini's close flyby on Sept. 26, 2005. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Meet Saturn’s Spongy Moon Hyperion

Meet Saturn's Spongy Moon Hyperion, discovered in 1848 by William Lassell. It is the largest of Saturn's irregular, nonspherical moons.

A man standing on a beach with a red and blue sky and the moon above. The red and blue hues of the sky are reflected in the glossy sand.

They say we know more about the Moon than about the deep sea. They’re wrong

They say we know more about the Moon than about the deep sea. They’re wrong, 23.5 percent of the ocean has been explore, 3 times the surface of the moon.

Earth by Junocam October 2013 during gravity assist flyby. 360 on History

Our planet just just had its shortest day

Our planet just just had its shortest day. It was in June 2022 and was the shortest since accurate daily measurements using atomic clocks began in the 1960s.

China releases a geological map of the moon to scale 1 to 2,500,000. Source: Institute of Geochemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Most Detailed Moon Map Yet

Chinese scientists have released the most detailed moon map to date, using data from the Chang'e project and other missions to the Lunar Surface

Placing a plant grown during the experiment in a vial for eventual genetic analysis. Credits: UF/IFAS photo by Tyler Jones

NASA grew a plant in Lunar soil

NASA grew a plant in Lunar soil brought to Earth 50 years ago. This could both enable space exploration and benefit humanity.

Natural and False colour views of Europa taken in 1997 by the Galileo Spacecraft. Credits: NASA, NASA-JPL, University of Arizona

Europa has signs of liquid water and is a prime candidate for life

Ice-penetrating radar data from Greenland suggests that shallow water pockets may be common within Europa’s ice shell, increasing the potential habitability of the Jovian moon’s ice shell.

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