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Celestron SkyMaster 25x100 binoculars on a blue planet background with a space.com logo in the top left corner

Save $120 on the Celestron SkyMaster 25x100 binoculars

By Alexander Cox published

Deals The Celestron SkyMaster 25x100 binoculars feature in our best binoculars guide as the best for magnification and now it's $120 off.

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Python Rangemaster monocular on a wooden bench outside

Python Rangemaster 12x52 monocular review

By Matt Morris published

Review The Python Rangemaster 12x52 monocular is optically impressive and its materials and coatings produce fantastic views in all sorts of observation pursuits.

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a detailed view of the moon with saturn passing behind it then reappearing.

Astrophotographer captures Saturn vanishing behind the moon in mesmerizing photo

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Check out this mesmerizing photo showing Saturn disappearing and then reappearing from behind the moon during the lunar occultation on Aug. 21.

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a large bright full moon with a slight orange tint in the background and in front is the silhouette of a cable car.

Supermoon Blue Moon 2024: Top photos from around the world

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Check out some of the best Supermoon Blue Moon photos captured by skywatchers worldwide. The first of four supermoons this year put on quite the show.

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Celestron NexStar 8SE telescope with orange optical tube on a blue background featuring disco circles with a space.com logo in the top left corner

Get $240 off the Celestron NexStar 8SE computerized telescope

By Alexander Cox published

Deals Save a massive $240 on the Celestron NexStar 8SE telescope, a scope we rate as the best motorized model on the market.

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a faint but colorful double rainbow rises out from the landscape into a cloudy sky.

Photographer captures rare double 'moonbow' ahead of Supermoon Blue Moon. 'It was a wonderful sight to behold!'

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Check out this remarkable double moonbow photo captured by photographer Aaron Watson the day before the Supermoon Blue Moon 2024.

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A pixelated horizon shows a grassy filed below a dark night sky with a small moon and blue lines connect stars to form constellations, which are all labeled.

Watch Saturn disappear behind the moon in free livestream Aug. 20

By Brett Tingley published

The ringed gas giant and our moon will stroll through the night sky side-by-side, and some parts of Earth will even witness Saturn behind the moon during a lunar occultation.

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Image of a full moon with a blue hue for artistic effect. The moon doesn't turn blue during a "Blue Moon".

Blue Moon: what is it and when is the next one?

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference A Blue Moon is a rare occurrence that depends on the timings of full moons during the year. The moon is not blue during a Blue Moon.

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a view of the night sky with an old castle ruin in the foreground. There is a pink hue on the left which is the northern lights and lots of streaks of light which are the perseid meteor and toward the center right of the image is a long red glow which is known as a SAR arc.

'Once-in-a-lifetime' photo: Perseid meteors, northern lights and rare glowing arc shine over 11th-century castle

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

The astonishing scene played out over an 11th Century Corfe Castle, U.K., overnight on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13.

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a large full moon partially obscured by blue hued clouds.

Don't miss the 'unconventional' Supermoon Blue Moon tonight

By Joe Rao last updated

This months' full moon falls on Aug. 19 and it will be the only full moon of August 2024. So how can we call it a "Blue Moon?"

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