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June’s strawberry moon will light up the sky this week
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June’s strawberry moon will light up the sky this week

(CNN) – June’s full moon, the strawberry moon, will illuminate the sky this week. The moon will appear full from…
Space telescope spots unexpected starquakes
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Space telescope spots unexpected starquakes

(CNN) – Strange and unexpected tsunami-like starquakes — movements on stars’ crusts similar to earthquakes we experience on our planet…
Satellite pollution is threatening to alter our view of the night sky
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Satellite pollution is threatening to alter our view of the night sky

Saskatchewan, Canada (CNN) – The night sky has been a source of information and wonder since the dawn of humankind…
Tourists flock to Egypt’s Hatshepsut Temple to catch glimpse of rare astronomical phenomenon
Archaeology

Tourists flock to Egypt’s Hatshepsut Temple to catch glimpse of rare astronomical phenomenon

Tourists in Egypt flocked to Queen Hatshepsut Temple on Monday to witness the sun fall perpendicular on the holy shrines…
Visitors marvel as sun alignment illuminates the Temple of Hatshepsut
Archaeology

Visitors marvel as sun alignment illuminates the Temple of Hatshepsut

Archaeologists and astronomers visited on Monday the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor’s Qurna mountain to witness a sun alignment…
Scientists spot black hole so huge it ‘shouldn’t even exist’ in our galaxy
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Scientists spot black hole so huge it ‘shouldn’t even exist’ in our galaxy

Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars…
Dark matter and exoplanet discoveries win Nobel Physics Prize
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Dark matter and exoplanet discoveries win Nobel Physics Prize

Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for…
Partial Lunar Eclipse to start Tuesday evening
Egypt

Partial Lunar Eclipse to start Tuesday evening

The head of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) Gad Mohamed al-Qady called on astronomy enthusiasts and…
South Americans marvel at total solar eclipse
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South Americans marvel at total solar eclipse

A rare total solar eclipse plunged a vast swath of Latin America’s southern cone into darkness Tuesday, briefly turning day…
Red planet and ‘blood moon’ pair up to dazzle skygazers
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Red planet and ‘blood moon’ pair up to dazzle skygazers

  The longest “blood moon” eclipse this century will coincide with Mars’ closest approach in 15 years to offer skygazers…
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