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June kicks off as the sixth month of the calendar year, with the summer solstice occurring mid-month, marking the start of a new season, along with a few stellar sky-gazing events, such as a rare ...
Find out when the next full moon will light up the night sky. Discover its phases and mysteries with ExtremeTech’s guide.
Today's new moon is a supermoon. This invisible moment of the lunar cycle was captured by NASA's PUNCH mission for the first ...
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A recent moonset captured from above Nanakuli, a small town on the west side of the island of Oahu, Hawaii. (Na Hoku Art via YouTube) NANAKULI, Hawaii — Being from Hawaii, many ask me if I ever have ...
Jellyfish are brainless, boneless, eyeless creatures that are 95% water. Despite this simplicity, however, they’ve withstood ...
The last time the full moon was this low was 18.6 years ago, in what's known as a major lunar standstill. It won't happen again until 2043.
I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...
The Kinetica-1 rocket launched Wednesday for the first time since a failure doomed its previous attempt to reach orbit in ...
Since the first observation of the far side of the Moon in the 60s, it has been clear that there are major differences between the side of the Moon that we always see and the one that is always ...
May's full Flower Moon will appear bright in the night sky on Monday. However, it will appear slightly smaller than other full moons this year because it's a Micromoon. Don't worry – the Moon is not ...
The flower moon will rise on May 12 at 12:56 p.m. E.T. A radiant full moon known as the flower moon will light up the sky this May, reaching peak illumination on Monday, May 12, and drawing us ...