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Rare blue supermoon to be on display for a second night - here’s how to catch a glimpse

Stargazers can cast their eyes on a rare supermoon tonight. Here’s what you need to know.

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If the moon looked a bit bigger and brighter than normal last night, that’s because it was.

A stunning meteor shower will peak this weekend. Here’s how to watch

Turn your eyes to the sky for the ‘best meteor shower of the year’.

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Perseids

‘Biggest, and brightest’ supermoon of 2023 to light up Australian skies

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The magnificent Buck Supermoon seen from Hertford Heath, UK, July 2022.

First supermoon of 2023 set to light up Australian skies

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The magnificent Buck Supermoon seen from Hertford Heath, UK, July 2022.

Largest cosmic explosion ever seen spotted: ‘100 times the size of the solar system’

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An artist’s impression of a black hole pulling material off its companion star, left, forming a disk called an “accretion disk” around the black hole.

Stunning new image reveals rare glimpse at oldest known supernova

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The tattered shell of the first-ever historically recorded supernova was captured by the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, which is mounted on the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Víctor M.