... The Universe Evolves . 5.09.1999 . ... It's only Planet Earth, of course ... as seen on the Water Vapor Channel. ... Undaunted by world wide anticipation of the August 11 total solar eclipse, the moon also performed a lunar eclipse just two weeks earlier, on July 28. ... Nearly four kilometers across, the huge rock known as 1999 JM8 silently passed only 8.5 million kilometers from the Earth in early August. ... The two stars at the center of this nebula are very different. ... August 2000 . ...