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The third and last supermoon in 2021 will take place on Thursday night, June 24, 2021. This full moon is traditionally known as the “Strawberry Moon”, because it falls at a time when the ripe strawberries are being harvested. On average, supermoons appear about 7 percent bigger and about 15 …

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Greece will send its own research vehicle to the Moon following a cooperation declaration between Greek Space Agency ELDO and the NASA. “With the ELDO-NASA agreement on “Greece on the Moon” mission, our country enters the category of the very few countries that will have been on the Moon with …

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Fourteen Greek agencies and companies submitted proposals in response to an invitation from the Hellenic Space Agency (ELDO), as part of its submission for participation in NASA’s “Invitation to Exploration Campaign” for a mission to explore the Moon, ELDO announced on Tuesday. Those responding to the invitation included Greek state …

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The summer solstice, the longest day of the year is happening today Sunday.  It is the day when there are the most hours of sunlight.  The name “Solistice” comes from the Latin and means ‘sun stands still’. It happens because the sun heading north, stops at the Tropic of Cancer before …

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Greek journalists are on work stoppage today from 11 am to 5 pm in order to attend the General meeting of Greek Journalists’ Union ESIA. Therefore, KTG will offer some outstanding from internet, randomly picked among hundreds and thousands news items about the upcoming Greek Default, next month. According to …

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 A rare sky event is going to occur in the early morning hours on Sunday, July 15th 2012.  The Moon will pass in front of the planet Jupiter and its four moons and will block them from our views for about an hour. The phenomenon that astronomers call “occultation” will …

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