June 10 - Stars and Planet Line Up

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Tonight … Stars and planet line up Look west after sunset, as the brightest of planets - Venus - lines up with Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini. No Planet Nine? Instead ... collective gravity? Astronomers have been searching for a Planet Nine - a world about 10 times Earth's mass - for about 2 years and have yet to spot it. Maybe there's another explanation. The secrets of night-shining clouds They're back! People at high latitudes are seeing noctilucent or night-shining clouds, which always return to northern skies around this time of year. Don’t miss the gorgeous photos in this post! Help EarthSky keep going​ This year's crowd-funding campaign has been a huge success! In just 10 days, we've met our goal for 2018. Heartfelt thanks to all who donated. Still want to donate? Click here. How far away was that lightning? When you see a flash of lightning, do you count seconds until it thunders? An atmospheric scientist comments ...

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Tonight … Venus, Castor, Pollux Will you see them in a line? Maybe ... it depends on which night you look, and where you are on the globe. For all of us, though, they'll be nearly on a line. Note ... Venus is about 100 times brighter than either star!

The secrets of night-shining clouds Noctilucent cloud season has returned to Earth’s high latitudes. Ruslan Merzlyakov in Denmark captured this gorgeous image of these clouds on June 3. They shine at night! Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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