Moon

Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Mars and the Moon aligned in the night sky earlier this week (Adobe Stock)

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Jupiter, Venus, the Moon, and Mars were all expected to be easily visible but Uranus and Mercury a bit harder to spot

Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Mars, and the Moon align in planetary parade

A building-sized asteroid will fly closer to Earth than the moon on Saturday. Astronomers first spotted the space rock on 27 February and have been tracking its potential risk of impacting Earth.

‘Dangerous’ asteroid will come closer to Earth than the moon soon

The first supermoon in 2023 will take place on August 1, 2023.

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TOPSHOT - This picture taken on February 5, 2023 shows the full moon rising behind a red crossing light in Paris. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images)

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The full moon of March is known as the ‘Worm Moon’ and it will take place on Tuesday, March 7 (12.40pm). Following the cold weather of Winter, in March we see the ice begin to thaw and thus an increase in the number of earthworms being active in the soil, hence the name.

When is the Worm Moon in March 2023?

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Vernon Kay will replace Ken Bruce on his mid-morning weekday slot on BBC Radio 2.

Vernon Kay confirmed as new host of mid-morning BBC Radio 2 show

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on August 28, 2022

Artemis 1 launched called off after engine problem

The NASA moon rocket stands ready less than 24 hours before it is scheduled to launch on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Watch live stream of Artemis 1 rocket launch

Nasa will launch its new moon rocket later today, marking the next chapter in putting humans back on the moon. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images

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Morgan Szymanski

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The Moon is not made out of cheese (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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An image showing Astronaut Edwin Aldrin with the flag of the United States planted on the surface of the moon on the Apollo 11 mission.

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June saw a 'Strawberry' supermoon, rising here over Los Angeles. Photo: Frederic J. BROWN / AFP.

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Music for the Moon and the Trees

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Austin Butler in Elvis

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Russians protest against Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine but in Krakow, Poland, not Russia, where they would be quickly arrested (Picture: Omar Marques/Getty Images)

Free speech is vitally important to any free society – Scotsman comment

‘Gaia’ by Luke Jerram will be one of the highlights of SPECTRA, Scotland's festival of light, which opens on Thursday in Aberdeen. It is pictured here at an earlier showing at Liverpool Cathedral and will take over the new look Aberdeen Art Gallery when it goes on show in the North East. PIC: Gareth Jones

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The Earth sculpture by Luke Jerram on a previous visit to Scotland

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Nadia with her fellow crew members on the mission to the Moon (Photo: Tommaso Antonio Giacon).

Scottish female analog astronaut talks about her ‘trip to the Moon’

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A photograph of Mars taken by Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope (Picture: Nasa/Getty Images)

Moon and Mars colonies could learn from Hebridean communities – Charles Cockell

The three members of the Apollo 11 mission: Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr. (Getty Images)

Looking back at the Apollo 11 mission

Michael Collins flew on Apollo 11 where he served as the command module pilot.

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies at 90

The first man to travel in space, Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin arrives in London for a Russian trade fair (Picture: Douglas Miller/Getty Images)

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Jupiter and Saturn ahead of the 'great conjunction' of the two planets in 2020 (Photo: YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

A conjunction between the Moon, Saturn and Jupiter takes place this week

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Police and security staff escort a protester from the public gallery during First Minister's Questions. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Holyrood bosses announce crackdown after protesters disrupt FMQs

The deposit return scheme (DRS) could be paused by Humza Yousaf. Picture: PA

Humza Yousaf considering pausing deposit return scheme

New First Minister Humza Yousaf. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Analysis: Pity the poor schoolkids forced to stay and watch this FMQs