Controversy - NASA is investigating the sale of a handle from the Apollo 11 space capsule. The item was sold by Charles Barnes, a former radiation safety officer at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center who had kept the handle after leaving NASA to perform testing . The handle was sold with the condition that it if NASA demands the return of the object, the buyer will get a refund. Comets have been known to break up before, but this is the first time a comet has done so close enough to the Earth to be easily studied. The nature of the lights which appear near Brown Mountain North Carolina have baffled people for many years.
Some researchers contend that the lights can be explained by such common things as cars and trains.
The moon will be near the head of the constellation Scorpius. Notice its red-orange color. That's because Antares is a red giant star some 700 times larger than our Sun. If you miss seeing it on Monday night, try Tuesday when the star will be 10 degrees to the lower right of the Moon. The early evening light from the Moon in September gave farmers enough illumination to extend harvest into the evenings before artificial lights became available.