Article 4ANVN NASA Satellite Captures Optical Illusion Where the Moon Appears to Go Backwards

NASA Satellite Captures Optical Illusion Where the Moon Appears to Go Backwards

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George Dvorsky
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Earlier this week, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured a strange series of images in which the Moon appears to go rogue, crossing the Sun as usual but then briefly pausing to change direction. No, it's not a sign of cosmological armageddon, but an optical illusion familiar to astronomers.

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