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In the Americas alone more than one billion people in 35 countries could bear witness to the total lunar eclipse that played out overhead from late night Thursday to the early hours of Friday.

A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon. That blocks out the light that would usually make it to the Moon and instead covers it in a shadow. That makes the Moon ...

A total lunar eclipse will be visible on Friday morning as the full moon passes into Earth's shadow. However, sky watchers in Northern Ireland will need to be up early to catch it - and even then ...