Tag: Scientists

• The Shadow of Your Earth

  I can think of no better illustration of a full lunar eclipse than today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day. Several images of the Moon are superimposed at various stages of the eclipse, and you can clearly see the shape and size of Earth’s shadow. In a solar eclipse, the Moon’s shadow isn’t larger than the…

  Matthew R. Francis

  December 15, 2011

  Astronomy, Astronomy, Physics, and Related Fields, Society

  Astronomy, Scientists, Space exploration