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What's in the sky: July
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What's in the sky: July

  • Jim White
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This month I’m not going to talk about what’s in the sky, rather about a bit of history. 50 years ago, on the July 20, Apollo 11 landed on the…

Christmas Moon a rarity
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Christmas Moon a rarity

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — If you gazed up into the night sky on Christmas you likely saw something rare. And, no, it won't be Santa. He and his reindeers will have already zoomed across the horizon. On Christmas Day there was a full moon, the first since 1977.

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Comet-chasing probe signals Earth

  • FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press
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BERLIN (AP) — Waking up after almost three years of hibernation, a comet-chasing spacecraft sent its first signal back to Earth on Monday, prompting cheers from scientists who hope to use it to land the first space lander onto a comet.