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Moon the baby donkey with police officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary

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The Strawberry Moon will take place at 4.41 am on Sunday, June 4. This moon is associated with the season when Native American tribes marked the ripening of ‘June-bearing’ strawberries that were ready for gathering. As a supermoon this will appear on the eastern horizon in orange hues that will present vividly on Saturday evening (June 3).

When is the Strawberry Moon in June 2023?

Staff at a farm have been left “devastated” after a baby donkey was stolen from her “distressed” mum in broad daylight.

Farm staff left “devastated” after a baby donkey stolen from mother

Graham Norton, Julia Sanina and Rylan can be heard on rail services across the Liverpool City Region. Image: LCR

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The Flower Moon of May 2020 (which was also a ‘supermoon’) rising above the village of Brixworth (Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

When is the Flower Moon in May 2023?

Star Wars is a space opera film series created by George Lucas that quickly exploded into a pop culture phenomenon.

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Eid al-Fitr comes at the end of Ramadan, a time of fasting and prayer for Muslims around the world. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Muslims to celebrate Eid al-Fitr this week

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Many Muslims around the world will be familiar with the phrase 'Ramadan Mubarak' which translates to 'blessed Ramadan'.

How to greet Muslims during the month of Ramadan

The Earth rises above the horizon of the moon, as seen by the crew of the Apollo 8 mission in December 1968 (Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Nasa's return to moon gives some much-needed new hope about humanity's future

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Official crew portrait for Artemis II, from left: NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

NASA: the four astronauts taking part in 2024 Moon mission

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

Horoscopes: what planets alignment could mean for your star sign

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.

When is the next supermoon in 2023?

This is the spacesuit the first astronaut back on the Moon will wear

Nasa reveal new spacesuit the first astronaut back on Moon will wear

Lindsay Lohan announces pregnancy with first child in adorable Instagram post

Lindsay Lohan announces pregnancy with first child

Worms ‘raining down’ in China in bizarre social media video

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?

March 2023 stargazing guide: When is the next supermoon

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

Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan confirmed she will star in Netflix’s latest Harlan Coben adaptation

Michelle Keegan confirms lead role in Netflix Harlan Coben adaptation

Stacey Solomon attends The Flight Attendant First Class Lounge experience at Selfridges in 2022. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for NOW)

Stacey Solomon reveals her new baby girl’s Disney inspired name

February’s full moon will take place soon

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The skies will be hopefully as clear as this for any celestial events in 2023

Celestial events 2023 - meteor showers, full moons and lunar eclipses

Nasa's Artemis I Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches on November 16 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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The outfit for Moon Knight seems fairly comicbook-accurate from the first looks we've had. Photo: Disney / Marvel.

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Orion sends image of Moon and the Earth to celebrate halfway point

Spectators watch as the Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off from launch pad

Man could be living on the Moon by end of decade – Nasa official

Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on November 16

NASA successfully launch unmanned Aretmis One rocket

A red full moon. Image: kmls - stock.adobe.com

Lunar eclipse 2022 - how to watch the Blood Moon

Partial solar eclipse UK 2022: How to view it this week

About 25 per cent of the Sun will be blocked out on Tuesday as the Moon passes between it and the Earth.

Revealed: The Scottish location with the 'best view of partial eclipse' in UK

The eclipse will largely only be visible in the Southern Hemisphere, but there are still ways to watch in the UK. Photo: buradaki / Getty Images / Canva Pro.

How to see the partial solar eclipse in the UK

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

When will Artemis 1 moon mission launch after flight cancelled?

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The supermoon will be visible tonight

Tonight’s supermoon -what is the Sturgeon moon and what does it mean?

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

Beware PR surveys trying to sell you something – Stephen Jardine

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.

'It's one small step for man...' The 53rd anniversary of the Moon landings

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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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)

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‘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

SPECTRA: Winter nights transformed in Aberdeen with Scotland's festival of light

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

Here's where you can view Luke Jerram's magical planet Earth in Edinburgh

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’

New scientific research suggests grapes don't need to be turned into wine for their beneficial health effects to be felt (Picture: Eric Feferberg/AFP via Getty Images)

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The first launch of a satellite from the UK could be from the Saxa Vord spaceport on Shetland next year (Picture: Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images)

How the UK is helping to launch Scotland into the Space Race – Iain Stewart MP

‘If your telescope is really good, perhaps you’ll even make out the swirling clouds of Jupiter’s upper atmosphere’ (Photo: JPL/NASA/Getty Images

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Humza Yousaf and deputy first minister Shona Robison at Holyrood. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

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Rose Matafeo won the main Edinburgh Comedy Awards prize for best show in 2018.

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