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A rare blue moon will light up the sky on Halloween

Spooky season is almost upon us — and this year it will be a little bit spookier. The night sky on Halloween will be illuminated by a blue moon, the second full moon in a month. The relatively rare occurrence happens once every two and a half years on average, according to NASA’s National Space Science […]

Wolf moon eclipse kicks off the first of 13 full moons in 2020

This year started off with a meteor shower and the first month of 2020 continues with a penumbral lunar eclipse during the full moon, on Friday. Lunar eclipses can only occur during a full moon. But a penumbral lunar eclipse is different from a total lunar eclipse. The eclipse on Friday will occur when the […]