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Category: Science

Pictures: Supermoon glows blood red over Salford

SalfordOnline.com readers captured some amazing shots of the supermoon over Salford last night. From 3.10am to 4.25am on Monday 28 September the moon appeared to glow...

Salford supermoon eclipse: Where and how to see it

At around 1.10am on Monday 28 September an event that happens only once every 30 years takes place. A lunar eclipse: the moon is at it’s closest to the Earth, and...

Butterfly flutters by: Holly Blue spotted in Salford

One of Salford’s local conservation experts and wildlife photographers has captured a radiant photo of a Holly Blue butterfly near Greengate. Dr Luke Blazejewski, a...

Manchester scientists launch #HookedOnMusic Reloaded to help memory loss

The Museum of Science and Industry has launched #HookedOnMusic Reloaded, an online interactive music experiment to help Alzheimer’s sufferers. Following the on-going...

Young people to open Walkden pop-up community energy art show

A team of young people from the Rio Ferdinand Foundation in Salford are taking over an empty shop in Walkden Town Centre, transforming it into an interactive...

Iraqi migrant who spoke no English named outstanding science student of the year

A teenage Salford City College student from Iraq has won a presitigious science award despite arriving in the country speaking little English and caring for her...

BBC to give every Year 7 child a mini micro:bit computer

In October the BBC will hand out up to 1 million pocket-sized computers to every 11 or 12 year old child in year 7 across the UK, for free. The micro:bit is a tiny 4cm...

Solar Eclipse 2015: Readers Pics

The cloud have have covered the first partial solar eclipse since 1999 but readers have been busy snapping pictures for posterity. Our main image is taken by Nigel...