May 8 - We Go Between the Sun and Jupiter

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Tonight ... We go between the sun and Jupiter Jupiter - opposite the sun - rises when the sun sets. Watch for it ascending in the east in evening twilight. Then turn around and look for Venus in the west. Venus and Jupiter will be super bright as night falls, balancing the 2 sides of your sky. Astronomers' success with machine deep learning Deep learning is a form of artificial intelligence. In 2 unrelated studies, astronomers report "surprising" success using it to perform research that's hard or impossible otherwise. It's nesting season for sea turtles Adult female sea turtles - on beaches from North Carolina to Texas and throughout the Caribbean - are crawling out of the ocean and laying their eggs. Here's an update from a biologist who's been studying these turtles for 36 years. Why can't I find the Milky Way in May?     On May evenings, as viewed from Earth's Northern Hemisphere, the disk of the Milky Way galaxy lies as flat around our horizon as it can ...

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Tonight … We go between the sun and Jupiter In 2018, Jupiter lies in front of the faint constellation Libra the Scales. The closest star to Jupiter is Zubenelgenubi, Libra’s alpha star. Jupiter looks over 100 times brighter to us than this bright star!

Why can't I find the Milky Way in May? Milky Way over Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, by Max Moorman Photography. Max caught this photo in the month of June, when the Milky Way returns to easy viewing in the evening sky. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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