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Teach your kids about the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2021

On May 26 (or between May 25-27, depending on where you are in the world) there will be a total lunar eclipse. During a lunar eclipse, the moon travels through Earth's shadow as our planet is directly in between the sun and our natural, rocky satellite.

Just how 'bloody' will the Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse this week be?

During the total phase of a lunar eclipse, our atmosphere acts like a lens, bending or refracting some of the reddish colors seen at sunrise and sunset into the Earth's shadow. When those colors fall on the moon, our natural satellite appears to glow with a ruddy ...

Scientists track meteor shower to unusual comet seen every 4000 years

Meteor showers are the dazzling result of cometary debris building up along well-worn paths through the solar system, then burning up in Earth's atmosphere as our planet crosses that dust trail. It's hard to call a path well-worn when something passes by only ...

NASA assigns fourth astronaut to SpaceX's next space station crew launch

NASA has assigned astronaut Kayla Barron to join three crewmates on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft set to launch to the International Space Station in October, rounding out a four-person team after the space agency was unable to secure an agreement to add a ...

3 students snag Artemis moon launch invites through NASA essay contest

Three students will get the chance to watch the first uncrewed Artemis mission launch to the moon after winning an essay contest about their visions for lunar exploration. The selected essays came from nearly 14,000 entries received by NASA and Future ...

SpaceX rolls out rocket for sixth Falcon 9 launch in five weeks

SpaceX rolled out a Falcon 9 rocket Monday to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for a liftoff scheduled Wednesday with the next batch of Starlink internet satellites. The 229-foot- ...

Scientists Partially Restored a Blind Man's Sight With New Gene Therapy

The New York Times

The New York Times

Using a technique called optogenetics, researchers added light-sensitive proteins to the man's retina, giving him a blurry view of objects.

How To Watch The 'Super Flower Blood Moon' Lunar Eclipse This Week

NPR

NPR

Why it's "super": The shape of the moon's orbit around the Earth is not a perfect circle, but an oval. When a full moon reaches the point closest to our planet on its elliptical orbit, it's called a supermoon, or perigee-syzygy, and appears larger than usual in the sky.

Experimental broadcast of whitewater river noise drives bats and birds away

While many might consider a walk in the woods to be a quiet, peaceful escape from their noisy urban life, we often don't consider just how incredibly noisy some natural environments can be. Although we use soothing natural sounds in our daily lives—to relax ...

Milky Way not unusual, astronomers find

The finding was made by a team led by Nicholas Scott and Jesse van de Sande, from Australia's ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) and the University of Sydney.