Catch this week's supermoon, biggest and brightest of year
A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking to be the biggest and brightest of the year.
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Naked mole rats migrate above ground with no help from the moon
A full moon conjures an image of a person transforming into a werewolf—a mythical story of moonlight explaining the unexplainable. While werewolves may only exist in the movies, unusual animal and human behaviors noticed ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2020
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Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture 1st look at sun's poles
Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter rocketed into space Sunday night on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun's elusive poles.
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Feb 10, 2020
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The lunar cycle drives the nightjar's migration
GPS tracking data reveals that the foraging activity of the European nightjar more than doubles during moon-lit nights, and the birds then migrate simultaneously about 10 days after the full moon, according to a study published ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2019
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Dung beetles navigate better under a full moon
Of all nocturnal animals, only dung beetles can hold their course using polarized moonlight. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now shown that beetles can use polarized light when its signal strength is weak, which ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 5, 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 ...
Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2019
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Total lunar eclipse on Jan 20-21 will be last until 2022
People in North and South America, a large part of Europe and Africa may get a glimpse of a total lunar eclipse overnight from January 20 to 21, the last such event until 2022.
Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2019
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Supermoon? Meh. It may be closer, but it won't be super duper
NASA, Space.com, Sky & Telescope magazine, observatories everywhere—just about any entity with a stake in the night sky—have been busy telling us how great the full moon will be Nov. 14 because the satellite will be closer ...
Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2016
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Why all the super-buzz about the supermoon?
A beautiful full moon will grace our skies on Monday November 14 this year. Full moons always rise around sunset, so look for it towards the east during evening twilight.
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2016
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Merry Moon: Rare full moon on Christmas Day
Gaze up into the sky and you'll see something rare. And, no, it won't be Santa. He and his reindeers will have already zoomed across the horizon.
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Dec 25, 2015
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