More than 2,000 years ago, the Babylonians understood the cycle of eclipses. They also regarded them as signs that could foretell the death of a king.
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A rare super blood moon visible from parts of the Earth this month will delight those people lucky enough to see it. But why has this marvel of the solar system got some people so worried?
A total lunar eclipse will be visible from across all Australia this Saturday, April 4. But it will be a quick one. Rather than passing deep into the Earth’s shadow, the moon is skimming close to the shadow’s…
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria and Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Director of the Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University
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Lecturer in Astronomy, Nottingham Trent University
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Research Associate Professor & UWA Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Reader in Animal Biology and Physiology, Royal Holloway University of London
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Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies, History, and Asian Studies, Penn State
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Professor of Astrophysics and Associate Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Mualgal man, Moa Island, Torres Strait, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professeur Titulaire. École d'optométrie. Expertise en santé oculaire et usage des lentilles cornéennes spécialisées, Université de Montréal
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Research Fellow in Astronomy, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate in Space History, UCL
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Lecturer in Medieval History, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Durham University
