Tag Archives: Space

Cool Facts about the Blood Moon

The Blood Moon on 9/27/2015 is a very rare lunar eclipse that happens about once every 18 years.  It isn’t just a normal lunar eclipse.  A normal lunar eclipse is just when the moon gets behind the Earth and sunlight …

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Japanese Shimizu Corporation Proposes to Harness Solar Power from the Moon

Although collecting natural forms of energy such as solar, wind, and water are common on Earth, a Japanese company has introduced the idea of building solar power cells on the moon to provide clean energy to the earth. Shimizu Corporation …

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Europe’s PLATO Wants To Find Earth-like Planets

The European Space Agency will be launching a new mission called PLATO (Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars); the program is putting out 34 telescopes into space. The telescopes will be scanning millions of stars in search of habitable planets. …

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People Sending Audition Tapes for a Chance to Live on Mars

The astronaut training programs have been known to be some of the more difficult vocational tests in the United States. But recently, the ticket to go to space is only worth a personally recorded interview from just about any citizen …

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