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See the Full “Pink” Moon
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – Each Full Moon has a nickname, depending on the month or time of year. In April, there are a number of common nicknames for this month’s Full Moon. The most “popular” (according...
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SPACE: Full Moon Saturday will be “biggest” of year
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – The “biggest” Full Moon of this year will occur this Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 11:34 p.m. EDT. On Saturday, the Moon will be closest to the Earth in its orbit, which is called the...
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SPACE: Partial lunar eclipse daybreak Monday
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – A partial eclipse of the Full “Strawberry” Moon occurred around daybreak on Monday, June 4, 2012. In Virginia, the Full Moon set on our western horizon while it was partially...
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Moon may have frozen water in south pole crater, study says
By Sophia Dengo, CNN (CNN) — If humanity ever colonizes the moon, we’ll need the help of local resources, like water and solar power. The lunar poles, which contain regions of constant sunlight, as...
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NASA: Hubble discovers a fifth moon orbiting Pluto
BALTIMORE, Md. (SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE) – A team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is reporting the discovery of another moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The moon...
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NASA: Observe and “wink” at the moon this month
PASADENA, Ca. (NASA JET PROPULSION LABORATORY) – What’s up this September? September 22 is International Observe the Moon night. This annual event is inspired by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s...
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Memorial service honors space pioneer Neil Armstrong
Washington, D.C. (WTVR) – The nation pays tribute to the first man to set foot on the moon. A bag pipe processional ushered in a memorial at the Washington National Cathedral Thursday morning, honoring...
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Full “Harvest” Moon Saturday night
RICHMOND, Va, (WTVR) – Tonight is the Full Moon, but with cloud-cover lingering in especially the southern half of Virginia, some of you will miss seeing it. But this Full Moon is interesting because...
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Report: U.S. had planned to wage war on moon
Would Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin even had a moon to walk on if the United States had its way in the 1950s? The secret project was dubbed “A Study of Lunar Research Flights,” reported the...
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LIVE VIDEO: NASA to crash twin probes into the moon at 5pm
(CNN) – A pair of robotic twins that have been diligently mapping the moon this year will be going out with a bang. The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) probes, Ebb and Flow, will...
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NASA: What’s up for January – Close encounters of the planetary kind
PASADENA, Ca. (NASA JPL) – Hello and welcome. I’m Jane Houston Jones at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. It’s easy and fun to find planets when they’re next to the moon....
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NASA: What’s up for February 2013
PASADENA, Ca. (NASA JPL) – February is a great month to spot Mercury, the smallest and fastest-moving planet. It reaches its highest point above the sunset horizon on February 16, when it appears 18...
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Spot Saturn above the Moon tonight
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – After some clouds pass over us this afternoon and early evening, skies should become mostly clear in time for you to spot Saturn and the Moon in our eastern sky. Saturn rises...
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Exceptional Full Moon & Saturn viewing tonight!
GREENBELT, Md. (NASA GODDARD) – The Solar System is a beautiful place filled with wonders that NASA space probes are only beginning to discover. There’s a tendency, though, for people to become...
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What’s up in the May 2013 night sky
PASADENA, Ca. (NASA JPL) – Spring constellations yield science targets you can see. I’m Jane Houston Jones at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. May is a great month to see a...
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VIDEO: Bright moon explosion visible from Earth
By Jason Moon, CNN (CNN) — A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescope, NASA reported Friday. But don’t be...
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WATCH: Timelapse of moon over RVA
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) — Check out this nifty timelapse video of Friday’s full moon over Richmond. Thanks to CBS 6 Facebook friend Kristi Lynn who added some great shots of the moon to our page. It...
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Supermoon: what’s the “big” deal?
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – Perhaps you’ve seen it on social media in recent weeks. This month’s Full Moon is a “Supermoon!” But what’s the big deal about this big Moon? Let’s make this clear. A “Supermoon”...
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That’s no Moon…oh, wait, yes it is. NASA discovers new Neptune moon
GREENBELT, Md. (NASA GODDARD) – NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant planet. The moon,...
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Summer at the Children’s Museum of Richmond
RICHMOND, VA. (WTVR): The Children’s Museum of Richmond is busy this summer with their annual Summer Series program at all CMoR locations, CMoR Central 2626 west Broad Street, CMoR Short Pump, 2200 Old...
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