Aug 8 - Moonless Perseids

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Moonless nights ahead for the Perseids It'll be a great year for the annual Perseid meteor shower. Don't miss this preview by Guy Ottewell, which has the best charts you'll find anywhere online. Start watching for Perseids now Peak mornings - August 11, 12 and 13 - are moon-free. With only a slim waning moon up before dawn this week, start watching in a dark sky now. Thursday morning: Moon in Gemini Tomorrow morning, the moon and "twin" stars of Gemini make a pretty triangle on the sky's dome. Prehistoric mass graves linked to tsunamis “We were able to make a strong case for many of these sites being related to major tsunamis, as opposed to more standard explanations like warfare or an epidemic."

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Thursday morning: Moon in Gemini Castor and Pollux represent twin brothers in Greek mythology. Click here to read their story.

Evening's 2 arcs View larger. | Draw a line between the 4 bright planets up after sunset now, and you'll see they make an arc across the sky. In this photo, Michael Seeley in Florida contrasted the arc of planets with that of the Milky Way. Read Michael's story. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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