The 2023 harvest moon is also the last supermoon of the year. Here's the best time to see it when it rises Friday.

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A supermoon rises behind a downtown office building in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Photos show the 3.86 billion-mile journey of NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission from start to finish

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Artist's illustration of NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe sampling an asteroid.

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A group of bull sharks lived in a golf course pond for 17 years. Scientists say they could be in other ponds in Australia

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The bull sharks found in Carbrook Country Club lived for over half a bull sharks expected life span.

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Orcas in Alaska are stealing fish right from the lines — and the new behavior seems to be killing them

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An orca breaches the water between two boats in Alaska.

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A US astronaut involuntarily set a record for time spent in orbit, after his mission home was aborted and added 6 months to his trip

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Frank Rubio is shown being carried away in his astronaut garb, smilling and waving at the camera after landing back to Earth.
Frank Rubio landed back on Earth on Wednesday after 371 days on the ISS. His mission was originally meant to last six months.

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17 signs your friendship with someone is toxic

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Watch out for signs that your friend is toxic.

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Octopuses could get the same protections as mice and monkeys thanks to a growing body of evidence that suggests they feel pain

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Under new guidelines proposed by the NIH, octopuses used in research could receive the same protections as monkeys.

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Climate change is pushing an Indigenous community in Panama off their island home

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An aerial view of Carti Sugtupu in Panama.
An aerial view of Carti Sugtupu in Panama.

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Scientists have found the great white sharks that fled for their lives from gruesome liver-eating killer whale attacks

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A collage with a photo of a killer whale and a great white shark.
Killer whales hunt great white sharks in waters across the world.

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Crocodiles seemed to 'escort' a dog in danger to safety, and scientists aren't sure why they didn't just eat it

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Serial frames of a dog being given a ‘safe passage’ by three crocodiles, in a sentient behaviour suggestive of ‘cross-species empathy’.
A dog swims near a mugger crocodile, who didn't seem interested in eating it.

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