You’ve heard of the supermoon, right? Well, its alter ego, the micromoon, will be out tonight on spooky Friday the 13th. I guess that means really small werewolves.
Which state has no shadows?
Okay, it only happens once a year but it’d be fun to go there and tell some jerk to stick it where the sun don’t shine and watch him think it through.
“Adjusting to space was a lot easier than adjusting to Earth”
At 7 minutes in, astronaut Scott Kelly describes what a body goes through when you come back home from outer space. I get nauseated at family reunions, too, so I can relate.
Earth and Moon
If you traveled at the speed of light, it would take you about 1.3 seconds to get from Earth to the Moon . . . Planetary expert James O’Donoghue animates the distance using NASA imagery ( http://tinyurl.com/yaswdy3a )
Putting climate change into perspective
Moral: Don’t fuck with the balance, dude. We’re all delicate pansies livin’ in a tenuous greenhouse on a giant rock hurtling through eternal blackness. Stop getting fingerprints on the glass.
Get ready for the Super Blood Wolf Moon
That’s right, Junior Spacemen and women, there’s gonna be a heap of lunar eclipse on January 20, not to mention a lot of other astronomical wonders throughout 2019. Polish your binoculars.
Blood Moon
many parts of the world (but not Canada and USA) will witness a blood moon in the sky tonight . . .