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Rare ‘black moon’ will rise this weekend, creating opportunity for stargazers

Rare ‘black moon’ will rise this weekend, creating opportunity for stargazers
science8/22/2025

A so-called black moon occurs once every two to three years, according to an expert from the Adler Planetarium.

A space sensation will occur this weekend but down on Earth, no one will be able to view it. A “black moon” is set to rise Saturday, which Hunter Miller, an astronomy educator at the Adler Planetarium, said is most akin to its opposite — a “blue moon... [1742 chars]