May 19 - Top Stories This Week

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Wall-E and Eva set record, snag pic The 1st-ever interplanetary CubeSats - nicknamed Wall-E and Eva - are now on their way to Mars. They set a new CubeSat distance record on May 8. Then Wall-E turned back and grabbed an image of the Earth and moon. Is there life in the multiverse?     Life might be common throughout the multiverse ... if there is a multiverse. What is a coronal mass ejection? These solar hiccups - CMEs, for short - can ripple through our solar system and interrupt satellites and power grids on Earth. How do hurricanes get their names?   Includes hurricane names for the 2018 season. New views of Jupiter At a meeting of experts in London, citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran wowed the audience with new images of giant Jupiter. Are there geysers on Europa? Could we send a spacecraft through one, to test whether Europa's liquid ocean - buried below its icy crust - might support life? Fly over a Mars crater Based on images from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft.

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Shelf cloud over New York A squall line of severe thunderstorms swept over New York City and the surrounding area last Tuesday, creating dramatic skies. James Trezza caught this shelf cloud over the Fire Island Inlet Bridge, on Long Island, New York. More images and videos here.

Tonight … Moon and Gemini stars As seen from North America on Saturday evening, the moon, and the stars Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini the Twins, are nearly side by side. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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