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Incredible photos show the once-in-18-years ‘lunar standstill’ event coinciding with the Full Strawberry Moon

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

During the lunar standstill moonrise and moonset are at their furthest apart  This weekend the rare event coincided with the rising of ...

Chang’e-6 heads for Earth with first-ever lunar far side samples

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

HELSINKI — China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft is on its way to Earth to deliver samples collected from the far side of the moon. ...

Full Moon in June 2024: Its impact on all zodiac signs

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Full Moon in June 2024: Moon plays a significant role in life. It represents water, feelings, emotions and mind. Moon changes its ...

Rare Lunar Standstill Could Illuminate Stonehenge Mystery This Weekend — Here’s How To Watch It

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Topline Skygazers are in for another rare astronomical event this week called a major lunar standstill, a spectacle archaeologists hope will finally ...

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spies China’s Chang’e 6 Spacecraft on Far Side of the Moon

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This image from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera shows China’s Chang’e 6 in the Apollo basin on the lunar farside on June ...

Don’t Miss the Strawberry Moon in June’s Night Sky!

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The name “Strawberry Moon” isn’t from the color of the Moon, despite what you see in this artist’s illustration. It comes from ...

Stonehenge To See Rare Alignment This Week—A ‘Major Lunar Standstill’

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The full moon descends as its sets at dawn behind the prehistoric Stonehenge monument in … [+] Wiltshire, England. The setting full ...

Scientists discover gigantic ‘structure’ under the surface of the moon

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The Moon has been a subject of awe and fascination for millennia, with its shape-shifting powers and enigmatic dark side. And though ...

China lands probe on dark side of the Moon in historic first

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Then it must attempt an unprecedented launch from the side of the Moon that always faces away from Earth. Scientists say the ...

See The ‘Solstice Moon,’ A Red Giant And ‘Space Clouds:’ June’s Night Sky

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The full Strawberry Moon sets behind the Statue of Liberty before sunrise on June 4, 2023, in New … [+] York City. ...