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Scared yet? 2018 has 2 Friday 13ths The 1st of this year's 2 Friday the 13ths falls on April 13, 2018. It comes exactly 13 weeks before 2018's second Friday the 13th, in July. Flyover of Jupiter’s north pole in infrared See what scientists saw this week at a meeting in Vienna. It's a 3-D fly-around of Jupiter's north pole, showing its central cyclone and the 8 smaller cyclones encircling it. In infrared, Io appears alive with volcanos The Juno spacecraft, now orbiting Jupiter, also acquired this infrared image of the giant planet's moon Io. Each fiery dot is an active volcano. Tonight … Meet M13, the Great Cluster in Hercules Many stargazers call it the finest globular cluster in the northern half of the heavens. It's M13, also known as the Great Cluster in Hercules.

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In infrared, Io appears alive with volcanos  Io, a world of volcanos, shown in infrared via the Juno spacecraft (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM). Image processed by Roman Tkachenko.

Tonight … Meet M13, the Great Cluster in Hercules The heart of M13, aka the Great Cluster in Hercules, a globular star cluster and one of our Milky Way galaxy’s oldest inhabitants. This image was acquired by the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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