July 7 - Top Stories This Week

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July planet guide How to find Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. It'll be a big month for Mars! 1st confirmed image of a newborn planet It's at about the same distance as Uranus from our sun. Have aliens visited Earth? Question worthy of study, says physicist There's a great ongoing conversation in the comments section of this post ... Will we recognize life on a distant world? "We won’t have a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer to finding life elsewhere. What we will have is a high level of confidence that a planet appears alive for reasons that can only be explained by the presence of life." Mystery explosion 200 million light-years away Baffling new type of cosmic explosion, believed to be some 10 to 100 times brighter than an ordinary supernova. Video: Why does the ocean have waves? Here's what you need to know, in 30 seconds. Check out these mammatus clouds A wonderful image gallery from the EarthSky community. Tonight … See Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown A dark sky is best for seeing this faint semi-circle of stars.

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See Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown Corona Borealis looks like the letter C.

Virga is rain that doesn't reach the ground We've all seen virga, but maybe not known what it's called. Photo taken over West Texas by Deborah Byrd. More photos here. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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