Sept 8 - India's Moon Mission

September 8 India's Moon Mission by:

This was the view on computer screens at the Chandrayaan-2 mission control center in Bengaluru, India, just minutes before space scientists lost communications with the Vikram lander on Saturday. Image via ISRO.

India's moon mission: "95% of mission objectives accomplished" Saturday's heartbreaking loss of contact with the Vikram lander - part of the Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon - hasn't changed the upbeat tone of India's space science. Here's what we know so far. Evolution doesn't proceed in a straight line If you go by cartoons and T-shirts, you might think evolution proceeds as an orderly march toward a preordained finish line. But evolution has no endpoint in mind. Read more. What is the electromagnetic spectrum? It describes all the wavelengths of light, both seen and unseen. Read more.

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Tonight … Moon near Saturn Look for the planet Saturn in the vicinity of the moon as darkness falls tonight. Read more.

Try binoculars to find planet Uranus View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Dr Ski in Valencia, Philippines, wrote: "Uranus is very easy to find this time around. It resides between the bright stars of Aries (the Ram) and Cetus (the Whale). You do not need a very dark sky, and 6th magnitude Uranus is easy prey for binoculars. You need at least 100x to resolve Uranus' disk. Then you can also resolve all the cool double stars in this field of view." For a detailed sky chart of Aries, click on The Sky Live; and for a sky chart showing Uranus' position from 2019 to 2032, click on Naked Eye Planets. Also see this chart and this article via Sky & Telescope. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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