Comments on: Will Mars Look as Big as the Moon on August 27? Nope

By: Monika

Monika — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:47:10 +0000

Boy, do I feel dumb. I had heard about
this from other people and I spread it on,
THERE WASN'T EVEN ONE MOON!!!!
Thanx for the eye opener, next year I'll know

By: Crazy Ape

Crazy Ape — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:36:48 +0000

Those stupid emails are going around again. universetoday needs to update their website.

By: Meah

Meah — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:51:21 +0000

so if not real why has it been on the NEWS???

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:58:25 +0000

How can people say it's a hoax when this morning (starting from 4:30 am) mars was already so close to the moon that it looked like it was touching the moon. People who say it is fake, clearly aren't as clued up about mars as they make out to be. I'll be watching it whilst the idiots who say it's fake are sleeping…

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:41:30 +0000

well that is like taking the fun out of watching the submarine races………………………..

By: The Null Dragon

The Null Dragon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:49:38 +0000

Yeah, my sister-in-law fell for this one.. The moon on August 27th will just be a sliver in any case!

By: Tahir Hoce

Tahir Hoce — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:15:35 +0000

If Mars appeared as big as the moon, this would mean having another space object stimulating the tides and spark off other natural events affecting earth, which I think would cause trouble.

By: stuart

stuart — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:18:43 +0000

what is all that rubbish about at the end saying it wont really happen and this was from 2003?? i have never heard of anything like this b4 and i think i wud of as im very interested in mars and im always readin up about new stuff so it isnt fake and there has been pictures taken in the us of mars pretty close to the moon already.

By: Wally

Wally — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:17:17 +0000

Good info. thanks.

By: break. blog. burn. » Blog Archive » A Tale of Two Moons: When Mars Attacks

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:16:26 +0000

[...] every year — since 2003. Instead of debunking this one yet again, I will simply point you to Fraser Cain's post on Universe Today and to Phil Plait's (somewhat more exasperated) post on Bad Astronomy [...]

By: adana oto kiralama

adana oto kiralama — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:26:06 +0000

thanks

By: Universe Today » Mars at its Closest Approach

Universe Today » Mars at its Closest Approach — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:50:47 +0000

[...] your friends and family that Mars is making its closest approach, and not August like that annual hoax email that goes around. This image of Mars, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, was captured when the [...]