News tagged with lunar eclipses
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A total lunar eclipse and winter solstice coincide on Dec. 21
With frigid temperatures already blanketing much of the United States, the arrival of the winter solstice on December 21 may not be an occasion many people feel like celebrating. But a dazzling total lunar ...
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Dec 20, 2010 |
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Early Christmas treat: 2010's total lunar eclipse
(AP) -- 'Twill be nights before Christmas and high overhead, the moon will turn brown or maybe deep red. The Earth and the sun with celestial scripts will conspire to make a lunar eclipse.
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Dec 19, 2010 |
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Solstice lunar eclipse set for December 21st
Everyone knows that "the moon on the breast of new-fallen snow gives the luster of mid-day to objects below." That is, except during a lunar eclipse.
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Dec 17, 2010 |
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Two light shows for skywatchers coming this month
Two great light shows should be visible to Arizonans this month: the annual Geminids meteor shower and a total lunar eclipse.
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Dec 13, 2010 |
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Big Lunar Eclipse
(PhysOrg.com) -- This Saturday morning, June 26th, there's going to be a lunar eclipse—and for many residents of the USA, it's going to be a big one.
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Jun 25, 2010 |
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Africa-Asia eclipse set to kick off astronomers' year
For half the world, the Sun will be briefly reduced to a blazing ring surrounding a sombre disk on Friday, when an annular eclipse races from central Africa to eastern Asia, astronomers say.
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Jan 13, 2010 |
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Partial lunar eclipse will take place on 31st December
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a lunar eclipse, the Earth, Sun and Moon are almost exactly in line and the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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Professor says current meteor shower proves theory of calendar's origin
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stargazers are in for a unique treat tonight: the planet Earth will pass through the debris train of the Swift-Tuttle comet this evening which astronomers call the Perseid meteor shower. ...
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Aug 13, 2009 |
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Moon Magic: Researchers Develop New Tool To Visualize Past, Future Lunar Eclipses (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lunar eclipses are well-documented throughout human history. The rare and breathtaking phenomena, which occur when the moon passes into the Earth’s shadow and seemingly changes shape, color, ...
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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The search for ET just got easier
Astronomers using the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) William Herschel Telescope (WHT) on La Palma have confirmed an effective way to search the atmospheres of planets for signs of life, vastly improving ...
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Moon magic: Researchers develop new tool to visualize past, future lunar eclipses
Lunar eclipses are well-documented throughout human history. The rare and breathtaking phenomena, which occur when the moon passes into the Earth's shadow and seemingly changes shape, color, or disappears ...
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Jun 08, 2009 |
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Otherworldly Solar Eclipse
For the first time, a spacecraft from Earth has captured hi-resolution images of a solar eclipse while orbiting another world.
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Feb 26, 2009 |
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