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Stargazers in the UK will be able to see a rare blue micromoon this weekend, a lunar event that combines a blue moon with a micromoon.
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A rare blue micromoon will peak on Saturday evening (May 30-31, 2026), visible from the UK as the second full moon in May, also at its furthest point from Earth, an event that will not recur until 2053.

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Wrens on isolated Scottish islands have evolved to be significantly larger than mainland wrens due to a lack of predators, a phenomenon known as island gigantism, and scientists have found they are genetically distinct.
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Wrens on Shetland, St Kilda, and other Scottish islands have developed gigantism due to lack of predators, with St Kilda wrens weighing 13-16g (twice the size of mainland birds at 7-10g) and Shetland wrens 2.9g heavier, leading Dr Michał Jezierski of the University of Birmingham and co-author Will Smith of the University of Nottingham to find that these subspecies are genetically distinct and likely evolving into new species, as published in the Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society.

1 article Added May 29, 2026
A rare comet was photographed passing over a mountain in New Zealand, visible for only a short period before departing for tens of thousands of years.
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An Instagram user @galactic_kiwi captured a photo of comet C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS, first spotted in September 2025 by University of Hawaii researcher Yudish Ramanjooloo, flying over New Zealand's Mount Taranaki during a two-week visibility window before the comet departs for up to 170,000 years.

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