When you look out the window at the moon this weekend, you might notice that it seems extra bright. This is because our moon travels in an elliptical orbit around Earth, and will reach its closest distance to our planet, termed the perigee, on Saturday night, which just so happens to be a full moon. [...]
Category Archives: Astronomy
Nov
22
2008
Buried Martian Ice Discovered: Clues into the ‘Life on Mars’ Mystery?
Earthling’s obsession with the possibility of life on Mars dates back to the 19th century, when Italian astronomer, Giovanni Schiaparelli believed that he observed long, narrow channels on the red planet. These crevasses were interpreted and popularized by author/astronomer Percival Lowell to be irrigation canals built by ancient civilizations of martians who were struggling to [...]
