I normally don’t pay much attention to things pertaining to astronomy.  It’s not that it isn’t interesting, but I just don’t pay attention to it.  This morning, however, was a different story.

I got in and one of the first things I do is check out Facebook page.  This morning, there were posts about flooding and posts about being tired of snow but the most recent post stated:

Heard the radio station here talking about the Super Moon due March 19th. They knew this was coming. Lot’s of info online about it, and now with what has happened in Japan, makes you wonder. — Renee Kudrna

I didn’t know what Renee was talking about.  I had no idea what was happening in Japan and I hadn’t heard anything about a super moon.  The first thing I thought when I heard ‘super moon’ was that this was some sort of hoax like the Mars hoax.  I knew I had to do a little research on this ‘super moon.’

Cue Google! (Read More)