August’s

Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On the heels of the Perseid meteor shower earlier this month, August is offering another great astronomical sight — the rare combination of a supermoon and blue moon. Beginning on Aug. 19, the super blue moon will reach peak fullness at 2:26 p.m. ET. Since that’s daylight […]

lonelly/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A rare blue supermoon, a type of full moon, is set to appear at the end of August. The moon will be especially big and bright and rise above the Earth’s horizon at around 222,000 miles away on the night of Aug. 30, according to NASA. The moon will be […]