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The blood Moon is pictured during an eclipse in the night sky in Shanghai on 8 September 2025.

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Birds fly past a partial solar eclipse, seen over Liverpool Bay from Crosby Beach on 12 August 2026 in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

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Members of the York Astronomical Society prepare to view the annual Perseids meteor shower in the village of Rufforth, near York, northern England on 12 August 2015.

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A woman uses two sheets of paper as the Sun is obscured by the Moon during a partial solar eclipse at Skegness seafront in Lincolnshire, north England on 20 March 2015.

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Eclipse observing at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, March 2025.

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Astro Dog. Image: Astro Dog

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May's conjunction of the waxing crescent moon and Venus captured at Whitby Abbey. Photo credit: Astro Dog.

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The front cover of The Moon is Making (inset) - with an introduction by Maxine Peake.

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Incredible aurora display at Stonehenge captured in May 2024. It also features a bright fireball meteor (shooting star) top left. Photo: Astro Dog.

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NASA's Artemis II moon rocket on Launch Pad 39-B just before sunrise at the Kennedy Space Center

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Spring Milky Way rising above Staindale Lake in Dalby Forest, April 2024. photo ©Astro Dog

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The LEGO Artemis Space Launch System set recreates NASA’s next-generation Moon rocket, complete with launch tower and Orion capsule

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Image of the Aurora Borealis that Astro Dog captured from the Vestrahorn Mountains in Iceland, March 2025. © Astro Dog.

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Aurora Borealis at Flamborough. photo: Astro Dog.

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The climbathon team.

Scarborough climbers go beyond the Moon to support Street Rocks

A full beaver moon rising behind St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor in 2017

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Full moon rising above Scarborough Castle. ©Astro Dog.

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Stunning Aurora display from October 10, 2024 above Whitby Abbey. ©Astro Dog.

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Whitby Court resident Irene celebrates her 103rd birthday.

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Three spectacular astronomy events to catch this month if you missed the Blood Moon.

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A total 'blood moon' lunar eclipse as seen from Glastonbury in 2015

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Aurora Borealis captured from the North York Moors last year during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on August 12 2024 picture: Astro Dog

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Astro Dog's photo of the Milky Way and the Aurora captured in Wales - image on displaying at their photography exhibition at the Shakespeare Gallery in Scarborough.

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Aurora Borealis over Scarborough on June 13, 2025 - a rarity for the time of year. picture: Astro Dog

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Picture of the Aurora Borealis captured from Filey on April 17. picture: Astro Dog

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Dr Keith Souter with Sir Patrick Moore in his study.

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40 per cent of Brits nationwide struggle to sleep during the night sky phenomenon

A third of Brits say that the moon’s phases affect their sleep quality

The supermoon, called Beaver Moon, rises in the UK at around 3.30pm GMT.

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A Beaver Moon rises behind the Grade I listed St Michael's Tower on the top of Glastonbury Tor in 2017.

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Aurora Borealis seen from the International Space Station

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The solar eclipse as seen from Dallas, Texas. The phenomenon was first seen in the Mexican resort town of Mazatlan. April 8 2024.

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February will see a full moon as well as a new moon.

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The first full moon of the year will take place on January 25th.

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Europa or "Jupiter II" is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, with this moon orbiting at about 417,000 miles from the gas giant.

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Moon the baby donkey with police officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary

Missing newborn donkey found after being taken from a field

The Strawberry Moon will take place at 4.41 am on Sunday, June 4. This moon is associated with the season when Native American tribes marked the ripening of ‘June-bearing’ strawberries that were ready for gathering. As a supermoon this will appear on the eastern horizon in orange hues that will present vividly on Saturday evening (June 3).

When is the Strawberry Moon in June 2023?

Staff at a farm have been left “devastated” after a baby donkey was stolen from her “distressed” mum in broad daylight.

Farm staff left “devastated” after a baby donkey stolen from mother

Graham Norton, Julia Sanina and Rylan can be heard on rail services across the Liverpool City Region. Image: LCR

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Spectacular pinks and purples light up the sky as the Aurora Borealis shines over Scarborough's Jackson Bay.

Another spectacular display of Northern Lights seen from Scarborough

The Flower Moon of May 2020 (which was also a ‘supermoon’) rising above the village of Brixworth (Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

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