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Tomorrow to Be Marked by 2020’s Rare “Blue Moon”

2020-10-30 by Argophilia Travel News

Blue Moon

Tomorrow, a second full moon will occur in the month of October for the first time since March of 2018. The 27-day rotation of the moon’s cycles just4 happens to fall within October this year.

Tags: atronomy, blue moon, full moon, Halloween events, NASA, werewolves

Mission to Crete: Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko Tests Philoxenia

2016-07-19 by Liliana Steffens

© Sputnik/ Maksim Blinov

Yuri Malenchenko (54) is at the new Cretan resort Anemos Luxury Grand Resort recouping from 6 months aboard the international space station, according to the news from Chania province.

Tags: Anton Shkaplerov, crete, Crete travel, Greece, Minas Liapakis, NASA, Philoxenia, Roscosmos, Yuri Malenchenko

500 Injured in Russia Meteorite Strike [Video – Russia Today]

2013-02-15 by Phil Butler

Asteroid 2012 DA14 Flight Path

Reminiscent of the movie Armageddon, meteors rained smaller destruction on the Chelyabinsk region of Russia this morning. Bizarre footage from would be citizen photo-journalists revealed fragments of space debris plummeting to Earth. Reports of some injuries and light damages have emerged as well.

Tags: meteor, NASA, Russia asteroid, Russia meteor strike, Russia travel, space junk

You Don’t Have to Travel Far for the Quadrantid Meteor Shower

2013-01-02 by Liliana Steffens

Meteor crossing the sky

The Quadrantids will peak in the wee morning hours of January 3rd, at a maximum rate of about 80 per hour, varying between 60-200. If you live in Australia and lower portions of South America, you can watch them live, via a NASA Ustream feed.

Tags: NASA, Quadrantid Meteor Shower, travel

Where to See the Total Eclipse of the Moon This Saturday [Infographic]

2011-12-10 by Delia Gavrilescu

The eclipse will be visible in Asia, Australia, and will rise and set over Europe and North America.

Tags: lunar eclipse, NASA, total lunar eclipse

New Zealand Quake Unhinges Glacial Ice

2011-02-22 by Phil Butler

Tasman Glacier

A deadly earthquake has stunned the people of New Zealand leaving in its wake at least 65 dead and many more injured or in a state of upheaval. The 6.3 magnitude quake caused the city of Christchurch to shudder violently, and even dislodged a massive chunk of glacial ice.

Tags: Christchurch, Earth Observatory, earthquake, glacial ice, ice caps, ice packs, John Key, NASA, New Zealand, New Zealand earthquake, New Zealand travel, rescue, Tasman Glacier, travel advisory, USGS




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2022-05-22 By Phil Butler

As many as 900,000 tourists from Serbia are expected to visit Greece this year, according to Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias. Recently, Kikilias was is in Belgrade for a series of meetings aimed at promoting Greece’s tourism product. The tourism minister spoke about how that, even despite the multiple crises that have arisen in the current […]

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