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The Sky This Week from November 28 to December 5: 2025's last Full Moon, a Super Moon

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, November 28 First Quarter Moon occurs at 1:59 A.M. EST. While ...

Believe it or not, Uranus' initial name was quite controversial, and so it was renamed

In fact, its initial name was deemed even more controversial. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by the German-British composer and scientist William Herschel. This ice giant is blue in colour, has faint ...