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Image: Super Perigee Moon

(PhysOrg.com) -- The full moon is seen as it rises near the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, March 19, 2011, in Washington.

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created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Super full moon

Mark your calendar. On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It's a super "perigee moon"--the biggest in almost 20 years.

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created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (19) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Biggest Full Moon of the Year: Take 2

When last month's full Moon rose over Florida, onlooker Raquel Stanton of Cocoa Beach realized that something was up.

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created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Stevens has an eye on the science of Hurricane Irene

While residents along the New Jersey and New York coasts rush to the store for batteries and bottled water, scientists at Stevens Institute of Technology are heading to the laboratory to help predict the impact of Hurricane ...

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created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A supermoon and solar flares: What on Earth is going on in space?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Assistant Professor Sarah Symons explains some of the out-of-this-world activity happening in space.

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created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Just to be clear: The moon did not cause the earthquake in Japan

We're getting a lot of visitors to our site today, many searching for information about earthquakes, tsunamis, and the ‘SuperMoon’ phenomenon. Just to be clear, the Moon did not cause the earthquake ...

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created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Biggest Full Moon of the Year

No, you can not see Neil Armstrong's footprint. But go ahead and look: The full Moon of Dec. 12th is the biggest and brightest full Moon of the year.

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created Dec 10, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 5

Vanguard I celebrates 50 years in space

The Vanguard I satellite celebrates its 50th birthday this year. Its launch on March 17, 1958 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, culminated the efforts of America’s first official space satellite program begun in September 1955. ...

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created Mar 13, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Second Double Star satellite successfully launched

Yesterday, 25 July at 09:05 CEST (15:05 local time) the Chinese National Space Administration successfully launched Tan Ce 2, the second of the Double Star science satellites. This marks the latest important ...

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created Jul 27, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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