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August 21st 2017- The Eclipse!
Image of the sun and surrounding stars and constellations using the Star Viewer App
Prepare For A Blood Moon
For this Throwback Thursday, I’d like to open with a classic movie scene:
Well, don’t worry, the world won’t end, but I can promise you an epic, blood red moon! There will be a super moon, a blood, moon, and a lunar eclipse all on the same day on September 27th, and I can’t wait to see it!
Read more about it here at Space.com http://www.space.com/30546-supermoon-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse.html
If you want to read more about and red moons, click on some of my previous posts below.
NASA History Office on Twitter: “#Today in 1687, Newton’s “Principia” was published, stating his laws of motion & gravity http://t.co/bXFrork3e6 http://t.co/u7lb3m3zQZ”
Check out a great moment in astronomical history: https://mobile.twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/617747276635635714
Cool and Creepy Museum Site
I’m working on how to cast your own horoscope, so I found this incredible online exhibit post from the Mutter Museum in Philly. They specialize in all kinds of weird medical stories and abnormal skeletons and things like that. Fortunately, they also specialize in Astrology! Check out this post: http://www.cppdigitallibrary.org/exhibits/show/astrology
Historic Comet Landing!
Hi Everyone!
As I’m sure you probably know, this is the very day that NASA’s Rosetta spacecraft has landed on a comet to peer into an object that has fascinated and terrified humanity for thousands of years! If you click on the link below, you can see the official NASA page of the mission, with pictures, a timeline, and video coverage of the mission.
In honor of this momentous occasion, I’ve created a short presentation for you about comets. Feel free to use it in class, but please give me credit!
I’ll be writing more later in the week about the significance of this mission, but for now, enjoy this presentation, and enjoy watching this incredible mission online!
Happy Comet-Gazing!
