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Jupiter shines bright this week, alongside Saturn, as the Moon visits ahead the full Sturgeon Blue Moon this weekend.
Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador
If all goes as planned, Branson's flight will beat fellow space baron Jeff Bezos's trip by just nine days. (Branson swears he didn't time his trip to beat Bezos but, like, come on.)
The lucrative, high-stakes chase for space tourists will unfold on the fringes of space — 55 miles to 66 miles (88 kilometers to 106 kilometers) up, pitting Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson against the world’s richest man, Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos. Here's what's happening.
October will end with a rare full moon on Halloween, called the blue hunter's moon.
According to NASA, the occurrence of a blue moon happens only about once every two and a half years. This year in October, the harvest moon occurs on the first day of the month, allowing for the blue moon on the 31st.
We last saw a full moon on Halloween in 1955 and wont see it again until 2039, but how rare is a blue moon on Halloween?
Halloween will be a little more spooky than usual this year.
Blue moons, by either definition, are certainly not frequent, but they are not rare.
Tony Rice, WRAL contributor/NASA ambassador
The full moon that rises in April is called the Pink Moon, similar to how the Harvest Moon is the first full moon of fall.
Deborah Strange, WRAL digital journalist
A live picture of Wednesday morning's Super Blue Blood Moon from a NASA camera.
You may have seen mention of a "blue blood supermoon," but what does this mean? Let's break it down.
Tony Rice, WRAL contributor/NASA Ambassador