# Turn Your Eyes to the Night Skies This Week to See a Near-Total Lunar Eclipse. It'll Temporarily Turn the Moon Red

- Source: Smithsonian Smart News (smithsonianmag.com), Unknown, treat as all rights reserved
- By: Margherita Bassi
- Published: 2026-08-26
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