Researchers find that whether you live in a rural or urban environment, your sleep patterns are affected by the full moon. On the nights leading up to full moon, people fall asleep later and sleep less overall. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/people-sleep-less-before-full-moon…
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Do we all see the same moon phase?
No matter where you are on the globe, we all see the same moon. So why do photos from a distant location sometimes look different from what you’re seeing? Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/do-we-all-see-the-same-moon-phase…
See the young moon on February 12, 13 and 14
Beginning on February 12, look west after sunset for the young moon – a thin lunar crescent – in the west shortly after sunset. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/young-moon-feb-12-13-14-2021…
Observer’s challenge: Moon and morning planets on February 8, 9 and 10
Before sunrise on February 8, 9 and 10, 2021, the old moon might guide you to 3 morning planets: Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Fair warning. It won’t be easy to spot the planets so near the sunrise glare! Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-morning-planets-feb-8-9-10-2021…
Morning moongazer
On a cold morning in Norway this week, a look at the waning moon in a daylit sky. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photo-morning-moongazer-oslo-norway-feb-2021…
Young moon and Mercury in mid-January 2021
These next several days – January 14, 15 and 16, 2021 – you can spot the waxing crescent moon and innermost planet Mercury, near the sunset point. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/young-moon-and-mercury-in-mid-january…
The sun in 2020
See a whole year of sun images, an image a day for 2020, taken by ESA’s Proba-2 satellite. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/sun-in-2020-movie-images…
Top 4 keys to understanding moon phases
How can you understand what causes the various phases of the moon? Four tips, here. [video src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Orbit_of_the_Moon_in_2013.ogv" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Orbit_of_the_Moon_in_2013.ogv"]Source: https://earthsky.org/moon-phases/understandingmoonphases…
Date and times of moon phases in 2021
Find out when the next new moon, 1st quarter moon, full moon or last quarter moon will occur in 2021. Source: https://earthsky.org/moon-phases/2021-moon-phases-calendar-dates-and-times…
China’s Chang’e 5 capsule lands on Earth with the 1st new moon samples in 44 years
China’s Chang’e 5 moon sample-return capsule landed in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday (Dec. 16), returning lunar rocks for the first time since 1976. Source: https://www.livescience.com/china-chang-e-5-moon-samples-capsule-landing.html