Sunday, April 29, 2012

Big Moon 2012





Mark your calendar, because you don't want to miss a chance to see the moon showing off its glory! NASA ScienceCasts tell us why. You might want to get your camera ready, too. Now, this says that scientists don't fully understand why the moon looks so much bigger when it's near the horizon. I know a couple of scientists who will explain it to you.

The drama played out at the webcomic Sci-ence.

First it was like this.

Then it was updated like this. There's an even more detailed explanation here.

The story of how it all happened was summed up at Bad Astronomy.


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