How the moon was formed! The moon was formed when Earth collided with a small planet. The debris from this collision collected in an orbit around Earth, thus forming the moon.
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The Moon has been moving away from the Earth for 4.5 billion years. This animated image from NASA shows how far the Moon has come from Earth. The Moon is moving away from the Earth at a rate of 3.78cm (1.48in) per year (at the same speed as our nails grow). This small difference will…
The light emitted by a light source, like any other opaque object, casts shadows from the moon and earth into space. Each shadow has 3 different regions: amber, penumbra, and antumbra.Umbrella / amber is the dark core of the shadow. Imagine a light source and an object casting a shadow. If you are standing under…
NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will land at the western end of the ‘Noble crater’ at the Moon’s South Pole by the end of 2023. The availability of ground water will be confirmed. The Viper will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon-heavy rocket.The Moon’s South Pole is one of the coldest regions in…
A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth comes between the moon and the sun and no sunlight reaches the moon. This phenomenon occurs on full moon days. But not every full moon has a lunar eclipse because the Earth has a 5 degree inclination between the path of the Sun and the path of the…
When the moon appears larger and much brighter compared to its normal size. It is therefore called the Supermoon, and researchers believe that the Moon’s size will increase by about 14 percent during this time compared to its normal size, and that its brightness will be 30 percent higher than before. In this case, the…
A cable anchored to the lunar surface would stretch most of the 400,000km (250,000 miles) home. It couldn’t be directly attached to the Earth, due to the relative motions of the two objects, but it could terminate high in Earth orbit. That would have the added benefit of placing it above the bulk of our…
Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter has been sending high resolution images of the Moon and other scientific data to Earth for two years. ISRO is conducting an online Lunar Science Workshop on Septemper 6-7. In addition, data and images collected by Chandrayaan 2 orbiter will be made available in the public domain. Chandrayaan 2 was mentioned in…
