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Astro Bob blog: The Moon, still young after all these years / See a Callisto eclipse!

Tonight the crescent Moon puts down stakes near the planet Mars as we reflect on the days when dinosaurs cracked jokes about mammals. Then it's time to set the alarm to catch tomorrow morning's eclipse of Jupiter's moon Callisto.

1319052+Ina-caldera-LROC-camera.jpg — Ina Caldera sits atop a low, broad volcanic dome or shield volcano, where lava once oozed from the moon’s crust not that very long ago. Credit: NASA

By Robert King

November 25, 2014 at 1:36 PM

Tonight the crescent Moon puts down stakes near the planet Mars as we reflect on the days when dinosaurs cracked jokes about mammals. Then it's time to set the alarm to catch tomorrow morning's eclipse of Jupiter's moon Callisto.

By Robert King