North America, Australia and New Zealand will be treated to a rare total lunar eclipse on Tuesday known as a “blood moon”. As the full moon dips into the planet’s shadow tonight it will change colour to a “deep and coppery red”, says astrophysicist Dr Rebecca Allen of Swinburne University. It will be the last time people will get to see this celestial phenomenon for nearly three years. What is a blood moon? A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth lines up between the moon and the sun. The sun’s light is blocked – casting a shadow on to the
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