| | | June 12 Life in Other Universes | | | |
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| | | The June new moon is a supermoon | | | Wednesday's new moon is the 1st in a series of 3 new moon supermoons. The other 2 will fall on July 13 and August 11. See the image and caption below. | | | Coyotes in the park | | | Coyotes are the most famous of the wild animal species that have returned to North American cities and towns in recent years. Encountering them can be unnerving. | | | From pulsar to magnetar? Or vice versa? | | | Since the 1970s, scientists have treated pulsars and magnetars as 2 distinct populations of objects. Now they think they might be stages in a single object's evolution. A new NASA ScienceCast has more. | | | | | |
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|  | | The June new moon is a supermoon | You can't see a new supermoon. It travels across the sky with the sun during the day. But Earth's oceans will feel it. Around each new moon (left) and full moon (right) – when the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned – the range between high and low tides is greatest. A supermoon – new or full moon at its closest to Earth – accentuates these spring tides. Image via PhysicalGeography.net. | | | |
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 | | Coyotes in the park | Coyote, enjoying a Sunday morning in the park. Apparently, there were 2 of them, and they had this videographer surrounded. Video still via Steven A. Sweet of Lunar 101-Moon Book. | | |
