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Found this on the website spaceweather.com - Many students ask if you can see a rainbow at night - until now i have always said no.

The recipe for a rainbow couldn't be simpler. Splash sunlight across falling rain and voilà--a luminous arc of mythological beauty. Sunlight is crucial to the process, yet last night in Northern Ireland, a rainbow appeared long after sunset:

How is this possible? Bright moonlight did the job of the sun.

"The clear sky around the Moon and showers to my west provid… Continue

A very interesting debate today on the internet started by NASA with regards to who holds the rights or ownership of the moon? Within the next 10 years, the U.S., China, Israel, and a host of private companies plan to set up camp on the moon. So if and when they plant a flag, does that gi… Continue

Weight: 1400-lb. Size: Like a double-wide refrigerator.

The Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS), pictured above, was thrown overboard from the International Space Station on July 23, 2007, almost one year ago. At the time, the castaway was in a high orbit and barely visible from Earth's surface. N… Continue

Contrary to appearances, the landscape is not on fire. "This is just a cloudy sunset over open countryside in France," says Patrice Arnaudet, who took the picture on July 13th using a Canon 350D digital camera. "There was no fire."

Blame the trickery on Rayleigh scatter… Continue