The longest lunar eclipse in centuries will happen this week, NASA says
You can see the longest partial lunar eclipse in hundreds of years this week.
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Nov 16, 2021
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Sunrise special: Solar eclipse thrills world's northern tier
The top of the world got a sunrise special Thursday—a "ring of fire" solar eclipse.
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Jun 10, 2021
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Cosmic 2-for-1: Total lunar eclipse combines with supermoon
The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years coincides with a supermoon this week for quite a cosmic show.
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May 24, 2021
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Super blood moon: Your questions answered
This month brings the "most super" of the year's supermoons, and on top of that, a total lunar eclipse. In other words, on May 26, 2021, the full moon will enter Earth's shadow—and, when the moon is not in our planet's ...
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May 21, 2021
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Hubble uses Earth as proxy for identifying oxygen on potentially habitable exoplanets
Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have detected Earth's own brand of sunscreen—ozone—in our atmosphere. This method simulates how astronomers and astrobiology researchers ...
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Aug 6, 2020
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Total lunar eclipse: observing the Earth as a transiting planet
Astronomers have succeeded in recording sunlight shining through the Earth's atmosphere in a manner similar to the study of distant exoplanets. During the extraordinary occasion of a lunar eclipse, the Large Binocular Telescope ...
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Mar 3, 2020
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Image: Earth and an eclipsed moon
SMART-1, ESA's first mission to the moon, captured this series of unique images of our home planet Earth and the moon during a total lunar eclipse.
Space Exploration
Jul 15, 2019
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Amazing images from Sunday's total lunar eclipse as observers spy impact flash
Wow. Sunday night's total lunar eclipse offered an amazing view, and for a few astute observers, a little surprise.
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Jan 24, 2019
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Image: Lunar eclipse over Lake Maggiore
The lunar eclipse that took place in the early hours of Monday 21 January kicks off a major year for our satellite. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, the first crewed landing on the Moon.
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Jan 23, 2019
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Total lunar eclipse woos sky watchers
An unusual set of celestial circumstances came together over Sunday night and the wee hours of Monday for sky watchers in Europe, Africa and the Americas, where the moon was fully obscured before lighting up again with a ...
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Jan 21, 2019
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