By Alexa Erickson
This year, 2016, has seen an endless array of mesmerizing astronomical events. And with only a couple months left in the year, there’s still more to talk about.
On November 14, a spectacular supermoon will occur, where the Moon will be the closest to Earth it’s been since January 1948. This event is even more significant because the Moon will appear up to 14% larger, and 30% brighter, than the typical full moon we are used to viewing. The Moon won’t be this close to the Earth again until November 25th, 2034.
Supermoons aren’t all that rare, but they sure are interesting, as the Moon has an elliptical orbit, with one side referred to as the perigree that is around 48,280 km (30,000 miles) closer to Earth than the other side, which is called the apogee.
Read more: http://www.collective-evolution.com/2016/11/04/were-about-to-see-a-record-breaking-supermoon-biggest-in-nearly-70-years/
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rt.com Published time: 12 Nov, 2016 09:17
Luxembourg is moving to provide space mining companies with legal guarantees of ownership for the resources they will extract. The new law is expected to enter into effect in early 2017.
Establishing and codifying the legal and regulatory framework is a key component within the SpaceResources.lu initiative that focuses on private exploration and commercial use of resources from Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), namely asteroids and comets.
“Article 1 of the draft law provides that space resources are capable of being appropriated in accordance with international law,” the government said in a press release. “Luxembourg is thus the first European country to provide legal certainty as to the ownership of minerals, water, and other space resources identified in particular on asteroids.”
Read more: https://www.rt.com/news/366633-luxemburg-asteroid-extraction-law/
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Published on Nov 10, 2016
This
video footage was sent in by one of our subscribers clearly showing the
International Space Station video taping the sun simulator and the blue
planet that we've been seeing in our skies for weeks now. At one point
in the video whoever is operating the video camera sees the blue planet
and zooms all the way in.