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Forbes
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
In Photos: See The Full ‘Flower Moon' Light Up Skies Worldwide
A beautiful full moon — the flower moon — rose into twilight skies on Monday, May 12, casting its bright light across landscapes far and wide. However, it was technically smaller than most full moons — a 'micro moon.' Here are all the best images from around the globe. The full moon is seen behind a silhouette of a man doing gymnastics in Erbil, Iraq on May 12, 2025. ... More (Photo by Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed/Anadolu via Getty Images) On Monday, May 12, the full flower moon appeared on the eastern horizon during dusk as seen around the world, having turned officially full at 12:57 p.m. EDT. It was the second full moon of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and of fall in the Southern Hemisphere. Photographers timed their shots carefully to image it as it appeared beside buildings and mountains while close to the horizon. May's flower moon is named after spring flowers in the Northern Hemisphere, though it's also called the planting moon, hare's moon and milk moon. The name milk moon is an old English name. According to NASA, an English monk, the Venerable Bede, wrote in 703 AD that what we now call May was the 'Three-Milkings Month' because cows could be milked three times a day. May's full moon is the fifth of 12 full moons in 2025, three of which will be 'supermoons' (in October, November and December). September's full moon will be a 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse, though it won't be visible in North America. The full moon rises beyond artwork atop the Kansas City Convention Center, Monday, May 12, 2025, in ... More Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Beyond the full flower moon, there are plenty of chances to see our natural satellite in the night sky. After dark on Tuesday, May 13, the waning gibbous moon will pass within a third of a degree of Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, 'the scorpion.' On Monday, May 26, there will be a new supermoon as it stays out of the night sky but comes closest to Earth for the whole month while lost in the sun's glare. It could mean higher tides than usual. Artwork atop the Kansas City Convention Center is silhouetted against the rising full moon Monday, ... More May 12, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) In the northwest after sunset on Tuesday, May 27, a slender crescent moon will shine just above bright Jupiter, while at the same time, on Thursday, May 29, a slightly larger crescent moon will help create a 'smiley face' with bright stars Castor and Pollux — the bright twin stars of Gemini — as the eyes. The full moon sets behind the St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, early Tuesday, May ... More 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) The next full moon will occur on Wednesday, June 11. Known as the strawberry moon, it will be the final full moon of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and fall in the Southern Hemisphere, astronomical seasons that will come to an end on Saturday, June 21, when the solstice occurs. The full moon, also known as the Flower Moon, rises over St Mary's lighthouse in Whitley Bay on the ... More north east coast of England. Picture date: Monday May 12, 2025. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images) A proposal by the White House earlier this month would reduce NASA's current budget of $25.4 billion — around 0.3% of federal spending — to $18.8 billion. That would greatly affect NASA's plans to explore the moon. NASA's funding peaked at 4% of the federal budget during the Apollo missions to the moon in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Full moon rises behind Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkiye on March 12, 2025. (Photo by Isa ... More Terli/Anadolu via Getty Images) Although the proposals underscored 'returning to the moon before China and putting an American on Mars,' they will entail slashing NASA's Artemis missions to the moon. In April 2026, NASA's Artemis II mission will see four astronauts launch in its Orion capsule on its Space Launch System rocket and travel beyond the moon. The follow-up in 2027 or 2028, Artemis III, will see two astronauts land on the moon, though future missions are now in jeopardy. The full moon is pictured from the MAS Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on May 12, 2025. (Photo by ... More Luis ROBAYO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images)
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Saxon cross discovered in field to go on display
A Saxon pendant buried for more than 1,200 years, which was uncovered by a metal detectorist in Leeds, is to go on display in the city. The medieval solid silver cross, which has been gilded with a thin layer of gold leaf, was discovered in a field in 2024 and is to go on display at Leeds City Museum later this year. It is believed to date from the 8th Century and to have once been a badge of office for an important church leader or official. Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology Kat Baxter said the pendant was made when Leeds was part of the Saxon kingdom of Northumbria. She said: "The cross is beautifully decorated on both sides, which suggests it was designed to hang around the neck with the suspension loop on the missing arm. "It would certainly have been worn by someone of high status and is an outward display of religious identity. "Along with a number of other discoveries in the area, it really helps us build a picture of the types of people who would have lived here during this time." The pectoral cross was found with one arm broken, and the central stone missing, but is decorated with an intricate interlacing Saxon pattern. Leeds Museums and Galleries said its discovery suggests Leeds and the surrounding area may once have been home to influential figures in the early medieval period. The earliest known written reference to Leeds, or Loidis, was made in the 8th Century by the historian and monk the Venerable Bede. The small artefact went through the Portable Antiquities Scheme Treasure process, and was secured by Leeds Museums and Galleries under the Treasure Act 1996. Funding came from the Arts Council England, V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, and the Friends of Leeds City Museums. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. Detectorist unearths warrior's gold scabbard stud Detectorist's medieval ring find fetches £19,000
BBC News
11-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Saxon cross discovered in Leeds field to be displayed in museum
A Saxon pendant buried for more than 1,200 years, which was uncovered by a metal detectorist in Leeds, is to go on display in the medieval solid silver cross, which has been gilded with a thin layer of gold leaf, was discovered in a field in 2024 and is to go on display at Leeds City Museum later this is believed to date from the 8th Century and to have once been a badge of office for an important church leader or Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology Kat Baxter said the pendant was made when Leeds was part of the Saxon kingdom of Northumbria. She said: "The cross is beautifully decorated on both sides, which suggests it was designed to hang around the neck with the suspension loop on the missing arm."It would certainly have been worn by someone of high status and is an outward display of religious identity."Along with a number of other discoveries in the area, it really helps us build a picture of the types of people who would have lived here during this time." The pectoral cross was found with one arm broken, and the central stone missing, but is decorated with an intricate interlacing Saxon Museums and Galleries said its discovery suggests Leeds and the surrounding area may once have been home to influential figures in the early medieval earliest known written reference to Leeds, or Loidis, was made in the 8th Century by the historian and monk the Venerable small artefact went through the Portable Antiquities Scheme Treasure process, and was secured by Leeds Museums and Galleries under the Treasure Act came from the Arts Council England, V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, and the Friends of Leeds City Museums. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
02-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Guildford Cathedral stone marks 'enduring link' with Jarrow
A memorial stone that has been in Guildford Cathedral is set to be loaned back to its north-eastern home town to commemorate how the people of Surrey supported Jarrow when it was deeply afflicted by poverty following World War 1934, the then High Sheriff of Surrey, Sir John Jarvis, set up the Surrey Fund, which raised £40,000 to support Jarrow a token of thanks, Jarrow Council removed a stone from the monastery of the Venerable Bede, now called St Paul's Church, and presented it to the people of gift, the Jarrow Stone, was subsequently installed in the walls of Guildford Cathedral and inscribed with Jarrow's coat of arms and the date 1934. Guildford Cathedral said since the Jarrow Stone could not be removed, it was loaning the "Practice Jarrow Stone" to St Paul's Church. This practice stone was used as a preparatory piece by the stonemasons Trollope and Colls before working on the actual Jarrow cathedral added the loan was to coincide with the Jarvis family's visit to the church on 16 April to reflect the "enduring link between Surrey and Jarrow".The Dean of Guildford, the Very Reverend Bob Cooper, said: "The contribution Sir John Jarvis made to the life and people of Jarrow was significant, and the continuing link between Guildford Cathedral and Jarrow will only be strengthened by the practice stone loan." Councillor Judith Taylor, lead member for culture, leisure and the visitor economy at South Tyneside Council, said: "We are thrilled to see the Practice Jarrow Stone being loaned to St Paul's Church. "The former Jarrow Council's donation of a stone from the monastery of the Venerable Bede to the people of Surrey demonstrated our area's gratitude for Surrey's support at a time of great economic hardship in the 1930s."The practice stone is due to be collected on Wednesday at Guildford Cathedral and transported to Jarrow.
