The Moon – Astronomy – Physics
Earth's moon (about 239,000 miles from Earth) (That's almost ten times as far as going all the way around the Earth) Nobody knows exactly how the moon formed, but this [...]
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Eclipse of the sun – Astronomy
Eclipse of the sun, showing the corona Why do eclipses happen? An eclipse of the sun happens whenever the moon gets between the Earth and the sun, so that the moon blocks your view of [...]
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Eclipse of the Moon – Space science
An eclipse of the moon. You can see the curved shadow of the Earth. What is an eclipse of the moon? An eclipse of the moon happens when the Earth gets between [...]
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Eclipse of the moon project – Astronomy
Looking at an eclipse of the moon A project with lunar eclipses The best way to learn about eclipses of the moon is to go outside and look at one. Plus, it's [...]
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Medieval astronomy in Europe
Astrolabe in Hebrew, probably from Spain (1300s AD) In the early Middle Ages, most people in Europe were too poor to have much time for astronomy. But some people were still interested in [...]
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The moon in Greek astronomy
The moon in ancient Greece - A photograph of the moon from space The goddess Artemis Early Greeks thought of the moon as the goddess Artemis. Where the Egyptians had thought of the moon as a [...]
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The earth in Greek astronomy
The earth in Greek astronomy: The Greeks never saw this view of the earth from space! Gaia and the Earth Early Greeks thought of the Earth as the goddess Gaia, the mother of [...]
