Washington : The moon is set to get a lot bigger and brighter than average this weekend as it officially becomes full on Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And since this month’s full moon coincides with the moon’s perigee — its closest approach to Earth — it will also be the year’s […]
Washington: Solar radiation from a massive sun storm – the largest in nearly a decade – collided with the Earth’s atmosphere on Tuesday, prompting an airline to reroute flights and sky watchers to seek out spectacular light displays. US carrier Delta Air Lines said it had adjusted flight routes for transpolar journeys between Asia […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. : A defunct NASA science satellite is expected to fall back to Earth on Friday, showering debris somewhere on the planet although scientists cannot predict exactly where, officials said. The 6.5-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, was carried into orbit during a space shuttle mission in 1991. It operated for 14 years, […]
Bangalore : Moon goes round its mother Earth in an elliptical circle and gets close on certain days in a month. On March 19, Moon gets closest to earth and appears 12 percent larger than usual at moonrise in red blob. The perigee (nearness) happens once in a circular movement which is 3.57 lakh kms […]
Bangalore: It was in 1977 that Voyager, a non-human performer in the sky left earth and leapt to the solar circle for investigation into the solar system. The American space research institution NASA arranged this trip in which a trained human being could never reach the edge of our solar circle. The speed of this […]
