Make sure to lookout for the Moon this evening as it reaches Perigee.

The Moon will be at its Perigee, meaning  "closest approach",  and it will be a full moon.

This full moon is not only the closest and largest full moon of the year, but it  also presents the moon's closest encounter with Earth for all the year of 2013.The moon will not be so close again until August, 2014.
The Moon will be approximately 221,824 miles away. 



Beautiful Pictures Below:

People ride the Luna Park Swing Ride as the Super Moon rises on Coney Island, June 22, 2013. The largest full moon of the year called the "super moon" will light up the night sky this weekend.

Source: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Two people watch the super moon rise in the sky from the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, New Jersey, June 22, 2013.
Source: REUTERS/Gary Hershorn

A huge coronal hole on the sun rotated towards the Earth this week.  Coronal holes produce strong solar wind gusts that carry solar particles out to the Earth’s magnetosphere and beyond. These holes appear to be darker in extreme ultraviolet light images (as in this photo, which combines three wavelengths of UV light) because less matter exists at the temperatures observed. It is likely that the coronal hole generates some auroral displays on Earth.

Budd, Ken. "Extensive Coronal Hole in the Sun." Suburbanspaceman.com. N.p., n.d.
     Web. 15 June 2013. Image Credit to NASA

The impact of comets crashing into Earth's surface may have provided the energy to create simple molecules that formed the precursors to life.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry publish a study that was based on a computer model of an impact's effect on a comet crystal initially made up of water, carbon dioxide and other molecules.

''Comets carry very simple molecules in them," said study co-author Nir Goldman, a physical chemist at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California. "When a comet hits a planetary surface, for example, that impact can drive the synthesis of more complicated things that are prebiotic — they're life-building."

Maybe comets did spark life on earth. What do you think? Leave a comment!

Ghose, Tia. "Did Comet Impacts Spur Life on Earth?" livescience.com. N.p., 7
     June 2013. Web. 6 Sept. 2013.

Here on earth, we always hear about stars.

''Look to the stars''
or
 ''Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground''
- Theodore Roosevelt

But what exactly is a star? Well, read on and you will find out.

What is a Star?:  Stars are huge balls of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium that are nuclear reactors. Gigantic nuclear reactors to be exact, with very very hot hydrogen in their centers fusing to make helium.

How Stars Are Born:
The way a star is born is from a large cloud of interstellar gas and dust, that starts to collapse under its own weight under its own gravity. As it does it starts to spin, and, as it spins, most of the material in the collapsing cloud falls into the center to make the star. The stuff that gets left behind on the outside forms a ring or a donut shaped area, that breaks up and becomes planets! 

So, now, astronomers understand that planets are the natural afterbirth of stars. They come together. And, that's why the planets of our solar system aren't unique they're lots and lots, in fact, probably a trillion planets - just in our Milky Way Galaxy. As a star is being born it gets hotter and hotter in its center. Protons crash faster and faster into each other to release more and more energy. Finally, the star gets so luminesce and so bright. That it stops anymore in falling material from falling onto it. It's not  a stellar fetus anymore, but it's become a stellar newborn object! 

Milis, John P. "What is a star?" About.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Aug. 2013.

In Summer 2013, the director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes 'Star Trek Into Darkness.' When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew. (c) Paramount

So, this move only scored 87%... Its funny because the one before it ''Star Trek (2009)'' scored a 95%! What happened? I personally thought 'Star Trek Into Darkness.' was a fantastic movie! What are your thoughts?

Schwartz, Terri. "J.J. Abrams defends his “Star Wars” and “Star
     Trek” films." IFC.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2013.