Friday, December 22, 2017

Dec 22 - Top Stories This Week

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We're in this century's longest lunar month 

Why this lunar month will be 7 hours longer than the mean and the century's longest.

This weekend … Catch Mercury in the morning sky

Mercury is the innermost planet, and the most elusive planet. But it's putting on a fine show in the sunrise direction, before sunup.

Watch: Grand Canyon cloud inversion

Gorgeous new time-lapse.

Double green flash

Green flashes are best seen over ocean horizons, and, this time, the California wildfires did something helpful. 

Was the Christmas star real?

Some possible astronomical explanations for the Star of Bethlehem.

Opportunity rover on Mars still going strong

Opportunity’s solar panels survived the winter darkness and are now facing a possible planet-wide dust storm in 2018.

Astronomers spy a red giant's bubbling surface

Each great bubble is so huge it would extend from our sun to Venus.

1st quarter moon is December 25-26

The moon will reach its 1st quarter phase on Christmas night (December 26 at 09:20 UTC). It'll shine in the evening sky around the world, looking half-illuminated, like half a pie.

EarthSky is taking a holiday hiatus over this long weekend.  Back Tuesday. Warmest holiday wishes to you all!

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Our lunar calendar shows the moon phase for each day of the coming year. Also ... check out the new colors and designs of our EarthSky Cares Tees. A percentage of proceeds collected will be donated to select organizations. 

This weekend … Catch Mercury in the morning sky

It's in the sunrise direction before sunup, but very low in the sky. Luckily, 2 other planets - Mars and Jupiter - are pointing to Mercury.

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Pink sunset over Singapore

Kannan A wrote: "We had a pink sunset in Singapore this evening. The sky was shrouded in pink covering the whole island. It was awesome." Thank you, Kannan A, and to all in the EarthSky community … have a great weekend! 

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