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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Supermoon!
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsLook! Up in the sky. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... supermoon! That's what you'll see when you gaze into the heavens on March 19. It'll sort of be hard to miss. On that night, the full moon will be at lunar perigee, the nearest approach in its orbit around Earth. But in this case, it will be at its closest proximity to us in 18 years, reports Life's Little Mysteries, Space.com's sister site. With our neighboring satellite scheduled to light up the sky from only 221,567 miles away, some are wondering if its close proximity will cause any unexpected problems back on Earth. Getty ...
Top Eclipse Pictures [PHOTOS]
By not in system - AOL Newshttp://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=971892&pid=971891&uts=1294768727 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf Top Eclipse Photos An unidentified employee of the Stefanik Observatory in Prague uses a projection shield to show the partial solar eclipse visible in the Czech capital during the morning on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. In the culminating phase, up to 80 percent of the solar disc was obscured by the silhouette ...
In Case You Missed It, Here's Last Night's Total Lunar Eclipse [VIDEO]
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsNow that the lunar eclipse has come and gone, there is only one thing left to do: Watch lunar eclipse videos on repeat. The Earth's shadow takes more than three hours to pass over the moon, but thanks to time-lapse film technology, you can enjoy the full celestial display in a fraction of the time. Check it out: And a few photos: http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=966791&pid=966790&uts=1292937855 ...
Meteors, Full Lunar Eclipse to Dazzle December Sky
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News
(Dec. 9) -- Holiday stargazers are in for a December treat: a huge meteor shower and the year's only full lunar eclipse. The annual Geminid meteor shower -- clusters of space rock hurtling toward the Earth's atmosphere and burning up on contact -- occurs around the end of our calendar. The effect is that of thousands of shooting stars streaking across the night sky. The shower gets its name from Gemini, the constellation of stars from which it appears to emerge. The Geminids are unusual in that they're thought to be the remnants of a passing asteroid, not a comet. Stan Honda, AFP / Getty ...
Spanish Woman Claims to Own the Sun
By Lee Speigel - AOL News
(Dec. 1) -- Would you want to own a property that's older than the dinosaurs? Along the lines of billions of years old? Well, a woman in Spain has laid claim to the sun. Yes, you read that correctly: THE sun in the sky -- the 4.5-billion-year-old celestial giver of light and heat and well, life to all things on Earth, is now owned by Angeles Duran, or so she asserts after legally registering our closest star with a notary public, the global news agency Agence France-Presse reports. Duran told the Spanish newspaper El Mundo that she decided to try to become the sole owner of the sun when she ...
Some Say Moon Photos Show Signs of Alien Life
By Lee Speigel - AOL News
(Nov. 1) -- We're all familiar with the phrase "the man in the moon," the idea that the full moon looks like a human face. But what about this far-out notion: Could there be aliens on the moon watching humankind from a relatively close distance? That's a meaty question that brings out emotional responses from anyone you ask. For decades, researchers have claimed that strange objects have been seen on or above the moon -- things that shouldn't be there. From mysterious pyramid shapes to unusual moving lights to tall towerlike objects to geometrically oriented buildings and huge glasslike dome ...
'Average' Presidential Candidate Wants to Open Lincoln Bedroom to Homeless
By David Moye - AOL News
(Oct. 26) -- A night in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House is a privilege usually reserved for big contributors to a presidential campaign, but one independent candidate thinks it could be better served as a room for the homeless. He's "Average" Joe Schriner and this 54-year-old addiction specialist has some ideas for the country that are anything but average, including turning the Lincoln Bedroom into a homeless shelter. "You see these veterans sleeping at the gate in front of the White House," he told AOL News. "Well, if I'm president, I'd like to house some of them and help them get ...
Scientists: Usable Water Found in Moon Crater
By Lee Speigel - AOL News
(Oct. 22) -- There's more water on the moon than on certain places on Earth. That's the conclusion of many scientists who have spent the past year analyzing data from NASA's LCROSS spacecraft, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, which was intentionally crashed into the south polar region of the moon. LCROSS's original 2009 mission was to search for traces of water when it hit the perpetually shadowed crater called Cabeus. Not only did it find water, it found tons of it. Science / AAAS / AP This image shows a close-up of debris ejected from the Cabeus crater, center, about ...
Astronauts, Artists Agree: Moon Stinks of Gunpowder
By Lee Speigel - AOL News
(Oct. 21) -- You can't breathe on the moon, but now you can smell it. A Scottish printmaker has released a series of works that publicize a fact known to astronauts for decades: The moon smells like gunpowder. Apprentice printer Sue Corke worked with flavorist Steven Pearce of Omega Ingredients and Apollo 16 astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. to create "scratch-and-sniff" moon prints. The two men designed the scent, which was converted into a printable ink by The Aroma Co. for the art, according to Newslite.tv. NASA Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., Apollo 16 lunar module pilot, is photographed ...
NASA Gets a Glimpse of Spring's Arrival -- on Titan [PHOTOS]
By Hugh Collins - AOL News![NASA Gets a Glimpse of Spring's Arrival -- on Titan [PHOTOS]](http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/BLOG/resize/151x82^/crop/151x82/http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/9/691273/1287684349719.JPEG)
(Oct. 21) -- Temperatures may be dropping in the U.S., but new NASA photos show that spring has sprung elsewhere in the solar system. The images of Titan, one of Saturn's moons, show a band of brightly colored clouds around the center of the moon. That suggests the seasons are changing on the icy moon, with spring arriving in the northern hemisphere. SSI / JPL / NASA NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained this raw image of Saturn's moon Titan on Monday. Bright clouds streak the moon's midsection, likely an indication of changing seasons and the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere. ...
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