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Let’s All Look at the Moon!

Celebrating Earth’s Nearest Neighbor

Humanity has observed the nighttime sky for millennia, eyeing celestial bodies with wonder. Until the last 50 years or so, telescopes provided our best views of the sky at night. That is, until the Ranger mission broadcast the craft’s descent onto the moon live on March 24, 1965.

+Learn more about Ranger 9

+Watch the video

Our fascination with the moon continues, and since 2010 the organizers of International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) have turned it into a worldwide, public celebration of lunar science and exploration held annually. One day each year, they invite everyone, everywhere to learn about the moon and to celebrate the cultural and personal connections. We’ll all invited and anyone can host an InOMN event. 

+Locations of InOMN Events Around the World

+ Visit International Observe the Moon Night’s site

And, we’re doing our part to let the public know more about our moon. This month’s “What’s up” video is very moon-centric.

+View JPL’s What’s Up for October

Our Night Sky Network at JPL, which bills itself as “astronomy clubs bringing the wonders of the universe to the public,” has a list of astronomy clubs and events across by area, as well as a monthly calendar.

+Learn more 

Organizations in our Museum Alliance across the country are also hosting activities. The Museum Alliance was created to be the “front door” to NASA for the world of informal education. The Alliance is a NASA-centric STEAM "community of practice" that includes informal educational organizations, namely, all those outside of the traditional K-12 school system. Our STEAM–Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math–communities include more than 1,400 professionals at more than 700 U.S. museums, science centers, planetariums, NASA Visitor Centers, Challenger Centers, observatories, parks, libraries, camps, and youth-serving organizations as partners in the Museum Alliance.  

+Learn more about the Museum Alliance

All us Earth-dwellers can tour the moon via our Moon Tours app that lets you explore the lunar surface from your mobile device. The app includes imagery from lunar orbiters and Apollo missions and is a free download for iOS and Android.

+iOS

+Android

+Check out a full range of NASA apps

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People look so different once you don’t care about them anymore

NGC 5189, Planetary Nebula in Musca

Credit: Robert Gendler

What do your signs stand for?

Sun sign: Basic you

Moon sign: Inner you

Rising sign: Public you

Venus sign: You in relationships

Mars sign: Your passion

Mercury: Your communication (and planning)

Saturn: Your limitations

Jupiter: Your luck

Neptune: Your spirit (deeper self)

Uranus: How you Change

Pluto: Your power

Today is a pantless day

Scorpio

Words do little justice for one as grand as you you’re the secret compass the most intense of all our brews. Assertive, brave, and stubborn a better leader never was but by God you set some standards and sometimes they give pause. As a captain you’re distrusting and can be jealous with your crew just remember in deep waters your best friends are tried and true. You might be overwhelming but nobody could complain because what bad is there in drowning in the passion of one’s reign? So come now, my bold Scorpio let your barriers breach embrace that violent solo, and leave the world without it’s speech.

-m.f

hey people who know astrology shit. ive been having a lot of feeligs lately. any planets i can blame that on.