Be sure to have the cameras on your phones ready.
reblogged via latimes:
Stephen Ceasar reports, “As the sun sets in the west on Saturday, the biggest, brightest moon in about 20 years will be begin peeking over the Eastern horizon. The so-called ‘supermoon’ will appear about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than normal, according to NASA.” Incoming rain clouds might obscure the view in Los Angeles on Saturday night, so to all would-be moongazers and photographers — road trip? Maybe if you’re lucky, you’ll even see a supermoonbow.
Photo credit: Hyungwon Kang / Reuters
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
Astronomy Picture of the Day
NGC 1499: The California Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Markus Noller (Deep Sky Images)
When galaxies collide…
From npr:
The European Southern Observatory just released this astounding picture of two galaxies colliding. It’s an event that unfolds over the course of hundreds of millions of years.
NPR also adds that our own Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy will probably collide in three or four billion years.
Not sure that Foursquare users could find something cooler than this today.
Astronaut Doug Wheelock has checked in at the International Space Station, earning the “NASA Explorer Badge.”
Read more details about Foursquare and NASA’s ambitions in social media at Mashable.
The Air Force launched the first of many new satellites aboard Delta IV rocket on Friday night from Cape Canaveral.
From The Times: “GPS, a constellation of 24 satellites with six backups, will be replaced one by one over the next decade. When all 30 new satellites are placed in orbit, the system is expected to be much more precise, capable of pinpointing someone’s location within three feet, compared with a margin of error of 20 feet or more today.”
