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Lunar Land, or How Corporations Will Rule Outer Space

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When a friend recently directed me to LunarLand.com, a website that supposedly attempts to sell real estate on Earth's moon to terrestrial people in exchange for actual legal tender, I went through a few different stages of analysis and acceptance. At first I was a little offended that something so obviously absurd exists on the Internet and probably profits, then I registered some surprise at how clean and professional the site actually is. I mean, I expect something as silly as Lunar Land to be wrought with misspellings, all-caps text and many a broken table. The fact that it looks like a respectable website is actually a bit startling. At the next stage I came to my senses and assumed that the whole thing is an elaborate joke, a satire of Internet scams and corporate greed. Then I decided to read a little deeper, even into the often overlooked Terms of Service and I came to a bizarre, worrying conclusion: Lunar Land is not only real, it's actually legitimate and kind of ingenious.

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Watching Space

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Northern lights are created with the help of solar wind.Northern lights are created with the help of solar wind.

Watching the skies is just part of the day, and night for some people. I am one of them. The first thing I do every morning is go outside and look up at the sky. The last thing I do before going to bed, each night, is to watch the sky for awhile. Sometimes, I even lay in bed and just look up through the window until it is morning. When I am not outside looking at the sky, often with a camera in my hand, I check in with my favorite websites to catch up on space weather and the new photos of sky watchers around the world.

The sky is always changing, revealing itself in glimpses. I think that is why I find it so fascinating. Space is a mystery we will never stop discovering and its interaction with our earth's atmosphere create some of the most spectacular sights we will ever witness. Read more

International Year of Astronomy 2009

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2009 is the International Year of Astronomy! Everyone has been taking amazing star pictures all over the world and throwing Star Parties to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo looking through the first telescope!!!! eEEiiiii! Isn't that exciting?! Doesn't that make you want to play croquet at night with torches and telescopes everywhere and take pictures and drink cocktails!

a stylish, classic is always in good taste.....a stylish, classic is always in good taste.....

Astronomy clubs! NASA! Hubble! Enthusiasts, people and enthusiastic star partying people!! 2009 is the year to gather together under the stars and get disco!! Look at this amazing website!

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Last Night: Longest Total Solar Eclipse of the Century

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total eclipse, July 22, 2009total eclipse, July 22, 2009The total solar eclipse July 22, 2009 set a record for the longest and darkest of the 21st century. In eastern China and India today, the eclipse was watched in numbers under its trajectory across Southeast Asia. Reports of the day quickly becoming pitch black also accompanied by a drop in temperature, spooking zoo animals and inspiring reflection in onlookers. The eclipse lasted 6 minutes and 39 seconds and will not be surpassed in length until January 2132.

The stunning spectacle in the sky was 2 of 3 total eclipses happening in a 1-month period. The third will occur August 6th.

More information can be found at NASA's eclipse bulletin board.

 

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/20090722/rp.html

 

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ISS and Space Weather

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Holy rocketships . . . This is perhaps the most stunning picture ever published of the International Space Station, from SpaceWeather.com. You've just got to see this photo, taken by Yaron Koler in Israel:

ISS passing the moon, Photo by Yaron KolerISS passing the moon, Photo by Yaron Koler

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