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Not all lunar eclipses are alike. An astronomer explains the science behind the slight dimming of the Moon on May 5, 2023.
Calculating when and where exactly we can watch an eclipse in its full glory can be surprisingly hard.
Some parts of North America will witness a total solar eclipse in April 2024. This may seem far away, but you should think about preparing for this rare and fascinating phenomenon.
People across Australia and New Zealand will be able to catch the blood moon. Here’s how to get the best view.
A 12th century sighting of ball lightning has been discovered in a medieval monk’s chronicle.
Penguins will have the best seat in the house as a total solar eclipse passes over Antarctica on December 4. Australia and New Zealand will experience a minor partial eclipse, but not a noticeable one.
A partial lunar eclipse during moonrise will let viewers in most Australian capitals see the Moon partly shrouded in Earth’s shadow, while the “Moon illusion” makes it look larger than life.
A total lunar eclipse will be visible from parts of Australia, Asia and the western parts of North and South America on May 26.
When it came to making sense of lunar eclipses, medieval Christians did not necessarily resort to superstition, magicians, and moon-eating monsters.
This Wednesday night, everywhere in Australia will have a box seat for a spectacular total eclipse of the Moon.
In the early morning of May 26, 2021, there will be a super blood-red lunar eclipse. The show will be spectacular and can all be explained by the orbits of the Earth and Moon.
While the world gathers to see an eclipse, what’s the rest of nature doing?
The blood moon myths are many and varied, but, at the end of the day, it’s just an eclipse.
All five five planets visible to the naked-eye are on show in the night skies over Australia, and a Blood Moon on the way too.
There are plenty of astronomical things to watch out for this year beyond this week’s lunar eclipse, including new Moon landings and a space station falling back to Earth.
Studying lunar eclipse could help us work out what’s happening on exoplanets.
There is plenty of excitement about the lunar eclipse this week, but don’t believe all you read and hear about this wonderful astronomical event.
A bunch of uncommon things all happening at the same time mean this full moon will have some special attributes.
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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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria and Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne, Museums Victoria
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Director of the Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University
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Professor in High Medieval History, Durham 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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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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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Durham University
