The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. On the night of March 9/10, 2020, the first [+] KASABUBU OF PIXABAY / PUBLIC DOMAIN The full Moon is always a spectacular sight: the night sky’s brightest object by far. On June 18, 2007, the planet Venus passed behind [+] GETTY At 100% illumination, it’s ~2000 times brighter than the next brightest object, Venus. When the Moon is close to its nearest point to [+] REX BOGGS / FLICKR On Monday night, March 9, Earth will experience the full Worm Moon, the first of two consecutive supermoons. The Moon’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle, but an [+] BRIAN KOBERLEIN Just 13 hours later, the Moon will reach perigee: the closest point in its elliptical orbit to Earth. Compared to an apogee (most distant) Moon, a [+] TOMRUEN / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS The full Moon aligning with perigee is what makes this astronomical event a supermoon. Compared to an average full Moon, supermoons are 7% larger and 1
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