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The December night sky provides the best view of distant galaxies for professional astronomers, but you can see some of our closest neighbours too, if you know where to look.
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| UpdatedMonday night's supermoon was not only observed by millions of keen photographers, but farmers also kept a keen eye upwards, as they have for generations.
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| UpdatedThe highly anticipated supermoon is gracing our skies, and boy, oh boy, is Australia camera-ready. Here are some of the best snaps.
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| UpdatedA supermoon is coming to skies near you tonight, so whether you're chasing the perfect Moon photo or just wanting to see it as its best, we've got you covered.
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Dr Charley Lineweaver explains tomorrow night's supermoon for the layperson.
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| UpdatedMapping of gravity data from the Moon by NASA's GRAIL mission may finally reveal how a huge bullseye-shaped basin formed on the Moon, say scientists.
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| UpdatedA Darwin academic will have his artwork rocketed to the moon as part of a US university's space experiment.
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Rendering of the MoonArk project that will be rocketed to the moon in late 2016.
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Water-rich asteroids that bombarded the Moon between 4.5 billion and 4.3 billion years ago were the main source of water in the Moon's interior, suggests the latest study in a long-running debate.
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| UpdatedVolcanic activity in the Moon's interior billions of years ago may have moved the lunar poles to their present position, according to modelling of ancient deposits of ice.
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| UpdatedThis month northern Australia will see a partial solar eclipse, there is the slight hint of a lunar eclipse, Jupiter is the jewel of planets and Mars is in the grip of the scorpion, writes Ian Musgrave.
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| UpdatedAstronomers discover the Moon's tenuous atmosphere expands and contracts, or "breathes", depending on its exposure to the Sun and meteor showers.
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The final full moon of 2015 will rise on Christmas Day this year - the first time it has occurred on the holiday since 1977 - and it will also be the smallest in more than a decade.
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| UpdatedThe Moon was nudged into its tilted orbit by the gravitational pull of small planetary bodies left over from the formation of the solar system, according to a new model.
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| UpdatedA new model that solves the last remaining major questions about the birth of the Earth's Moon is developed by astronomers.
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| UpdatedThe arrival of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft at the Pluto system in July has finally allowed astronomers to complete the centuries-long mission of obtaining a family portrait of our solar system.
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| UpdatedOur understanding of when life began on Earth may be influenced by a new study of zircon crystals by Curtin University researchers.
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| UpdatedFor the first time in 30 years, a supermoon combines with a total lunar eclipse, treating sky watchers across the globe to a rare super blood moon.
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| UpdatedSkywatchers are in for a treat, with the shadow of Earth set to cast a reddish glow on the Moon, the result of a rare combination of an eclipse with the closest full moon of the year.
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China is planning to land a lunar probe on the far side of the moon, state media says, the latest step for Beijing's ambitious space program.
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