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The Man in the Moon got red-faced as the Earth blocked the sun from its view on Tuesday in a rare lunar eclipse.http://hot-discovery.blogspot.com/2010/12/lunar-eclipse-2010-moon-goes-dark-red.html

Partial Eclipse of the last Blue Moon of 2009

The eclipse marks the second full moon of December, thereby claiming the title of a “blue moon.” Since it is a partial eclipse, the moon will just brush past the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow, never...

New Year 2010 Opening with Full Lunar eclipse

New Delhi: The new year 2010 opening with full lunar eclipse. The eclipse will begin when the Moon enters penumbra at 10:47 PM and ends at 02:58:11 AM, Nehru Planetarium Director N Rathnasree told the news agency....

'Large amounts' of water on Moon

Well we have a news splash, with the possibility that a hotel could be built on the moon complete with hot and cold water and a swimming pool.  " Nasa's experiment last month to find water on the Moon was a...

Electrical Erosion (Sputtering) in Our Electric Solar System.

Recent data from the moon indicates that OH (hydroxyl radical) and/or H2O (water) may exist on or above the surface of the moon. But what does it mean and how does it relate to active processes at Mercury,...

Chandrayaan-1 gets back to work

" A day after landing India’s first probe instrument on the surface of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was on Saturday getting ready to activate eight other scientific instruments on board the country’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft,...

The Space Race Continues

We are entering another generation of the space race with India's landing of its first unmanned space craft. China has also been developing its space technology over the past decade with manned missions and last...

India launches first moon mission

Countless hours and India's much talked dream Moon mission has come true. India has sucessfully launched its first unmanned mission to the moon.Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned mission to the...

Lunar conspiracy theories debunked on Discovery Channel

Some say Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind in 1969 was an elaborate hoax. They point to details like non-parallel shadows on lunar photos (said to be impossible with a single light source), sketchy...

TV's 'Mythbusters' Tackle Moon Landing Hoax Claims

In 2005, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, special effects experts better known by the title of their popular Discovery Channel series, "MythBusters", were asked during an interview about the myth they would most like to test provided an unlimited budget. "Jamie and I have done...

Moon ship design not safe for NASA space crew

It was almost 40 years ago that Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon (or so history has it). Yet, that epic landing has not been replicated to this date, and won’t be coming around until 2019. As NASA plans...

Water Found in Moon Rocks

It was a mission that began over 30 years ago, and still continues in a very real way today - Apollo 15's moon landing mission. In 1971, two astronauts spent three days on the surface of the moon, collecting data and most importantly - lunar surface material. 37 years later,...

Marigolds on the moon a possibility, scientists say

One small step for shrubkind..."Scientists with the European Space Agency (Esa) say the day when flowers bloom on the Moon has come closer.An Esa-linked team has shown that marigolds can grow in crushed rock very...

12 Animals in Lunar Calendar

Have you heard about 12 animals in Eastern Lunar Calendar? They are Rat, Buffalo (Ox), Tiger...please read on "It’s a year full of surprises. It’s also a year of recuperation and rest. As the Chinese saying goes, ‘Sow the seeds of good deeds for the fruits of good...

Lunar eclipse may shed light on climate change

The lunar eclipse that darkened our skies last month revealed to scientists that the Earth's atmosphere contains little light blocking volcanic dust. "Some researchers say the low volcanic dust levels in the...

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