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Why is a 'once-in-a-decade' Supermoon Blue Moon happening twice in 2 years?A 'once in a blue moon' event might not be as infrequent as you think.
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Tonight's 'Sturgeon Moon' will be the 1st 'blue supermoon' of 2024: Here's how to see it at its biggest and bestThe year's first supermoon is also the third full moon in a summer that includes four, making it a 'blue supermoon'. Here's how to see August's full Sturgeon Moon rise.
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Earth’s days once got 2 hours longer — and that may have triggered one of the biggest evolutionary explosions in history, study suggestsThe moon once drifted thousands of miles farther away, and Earth's days got 2.2 hours longer, a new study finds.
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Researchers want to build 'streetlights' on the moon — and they'd be taller than the Statue of LibertyA private company has received funding from the U.S. government to build the first-ever "streetlights" on the moon — towering, Statue of Liberty-sized structures that could withstand the brutal lunar night.
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Scientists just found the 'front door' to a massive cave on the moonThe Sea of Tranquility is home to at least one lunar lava tube, which could preserve a pristine and unweathered record of lunar volcanism.
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We finally know where the moon's atmosphere comes from"We give a definitive answer that meteorite impact vaporization is the dominant process that creates the lunar atmosphere."
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Space photo of the week: 55 years ago, the 'world's loneliest man' snapped this iconic Apollo 11 imageCommand module pilot Michael Collins took this iconic Apollo 11 photo 55 years ago today, after his historic trip around the far side of the moon made him "the world's loneliest man".
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July's full 'Buck Moon' rises this week — and signals a big lunar transition is on the wayJuly's full moon — also known as the Buck Moon, the Thunder Moon and the Hay Moon — will be at its fullest on the night of July 21. It's the last "regular" full moon before a parade of four consecutive "supermoons" light up the sky.
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China opens Chang'e 6 return capsule containing samples from moon's far sideChina's Chang'e 6 mission return capsule has been transferred to Beijing and opened to access its precious cargo — samples from the moon's mysterious far side.
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