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Solar eclipse sweeps across globe

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

The shadow of the moon began to sweep across the globe from Hong Kong to the Texas Panhandle as a rare annular solar eclipse began Monday morning in Asia.

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Solar eclipse sweeps across globe

VIDEO: Photo ‘dispels moon landing doubt’

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Nasa has released new images of the Apollo landing sites on the moon, taken from an orbiting spacecraft.

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VIDEO: Photo ‘dispels moon landing doubt’

‘Supermoon’ Will Occur Saturday Night

Friday, March 18th, 2011

On Saturday afternoon, the moon will be the closest it’s been to Earth in more than 18 years. The “supermoon,” as observers have dubbed it, will appear at 3 p.m. ET at a distance of 221,565 miles away. It will appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent…

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Asteroid buzzes Earth; another coming

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

A small asteroid passed within the moon’s distance from the Earth on Wednesday morning, and another will do likewise later in the day, space watchers say.

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