This Friday’s full moon is going to be the biggest and last for 2008. But why will it be bigger? Because we will be 27,836 kilometers closer to it than the average Earth-Moon distance of 384,403 km. As a result, the moon will appear to be 14% bigger than any average full moon and it will also be 30% brighter – a perfect setting for a lovely moonlight dinner.
Mark November 17, 2009 on your calendars because astronomers predict that the annual Leonids might put up a light show so dramatic it wasn’t seen since 1999 and 2001. In recent years, the Leonids have put up a rather “boring” show but astronomers believe that 2009 will be different with around 500 meteors streaking across the sky every hour.
The Hubble Space Telescope has been taking pictures of the Universe since 1990. It has gone through many problems but scientists and technicians managed to keep it up in space taking photos so clear it re-defined our idea of what space is. Throughout these years, Hubble has taken thousands of photos and has discovered new galaxies so far we didn’t knew it existed before.