Scientists have confirmed the existence of a cave on the moon at the Sea of Tranquility. The cave is located 250 miles (400 kilometers) from the Apollo 11 landing site, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked 55 years ago. The known area is at least 130 feet (40 meters) wide and extends tens of …
The July full Moon is called the Buck Moon because it is around the time when new antlers of buck deer begin to grow. Traditional names for each full moon in a year often come from various sources, including Native American, Colonial American, and other North American folklore. These names were used to track the …
Summer begins on the Summer Solstice when the Earth is tilted the closest to the Sun The summer solstice is Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 4:51 PM EDT – 2051 UTC. It’s the longest day and shortest night in the Northern Hemisphere and the first official day of summer. According to Weather.gov, the summer solstice occurs at the …
This wall of plasma is roughly 67,000 miles high-large enough to fit several planets the size of Earth. While this looks like it could be a preview of the new season of Stranger Things, it is a time-lapse composite of real image sets from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The images are from a coronal mass …
150,000 Ton Sheet of Water Frost Discovered Near Mars Equator In an area that is considered tropical, water frost has been found on Mars atop several volcanoes along the equator. Finding water on Mars in this area is unusual because of the thin atmosphere and robust sunshine that keeps the temperatures hot. The frost on …