The Japanese company iSpace’s Hakuto-R lander made a historic trip to the Moon. Along the way it captured video of the Moon and a photo of the moon’s shadow cast on the Earth during a solar eclipse. Unfortunately, the lander was likely lost during its Moon landing attempt on April 25, 2023. A solar eclipse […]
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Stargazers are in for a treat today, as a rare ‘hybrid’ solar eclipse is set to plunge parts of the world into total darkness. This type of astronomical event – where the moon blocks out a different proportion of the sun in different parts of the world – only occurs once every 10 years. In […]
If you survey the internet you’ll find almost an infinity of ideas and warnings of the End-times — the period around the return of Jesus Christ. People speak of the “blood moons” — lunar eclipses — the last of which just occurred in April 2015. I believe the excitement here is related to the biblical symbolism […]