Earth witnesses another super perigee moon

By: Monitoring Disk | Published: March 20, 2011Earth witnessed another super perigee moon on Saturday, as forecasted by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s report in The Birmingham News on Friday. The report said “perigee” was the point where the moon made its closest pass to Earth during its oval-shaped orbit. The moon seemed up to 30 percent brighter and 14 percent bigger

Weekend full moon the biggest in about 20 years

The full moon this weekend will look close enough to touch, but it will still be some 211,600 miles from Earth.STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993
Saturday's full moon will be the biggest in almost 20 years
Saturday's full moon will still be 211,600 miles away
This full moon will appear about 14% bigger and 30% brighter
(CNN) -- If the moon

Photographs That Changed the World

The Atomic Bomb August 9, 1945 The picture was taken from one of the B-29 Superfortresses used in the attack on Nagasaki. The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion rises 18 km from the point of impact. Over 50 million people died in the Second World war, but, the atomic bomb left humanity fearing the next world war could be utterly devastating.