Aug 19 - Mystery Object on Mars

August 19 Mystery Object on Mars by:

Curiosity finds strange object on the surface of Mars The Mars Curiosity rover captured images of this strange object on the planet's surface on Monday. What is it? NASA scientists have figured it out. Tonight … Moon, Antares, Saturn Tonight's moon is between red Antares and golden Saturn. Why so few galaxies in this distant region of space? Galaxies aren't evenly distributed throughout the universe. But even so, this large region of space has far fewer galaxies than astronomers expected. We’re guinea pigs in global microplastic experiment Microplastics are everywhere - in our water, soil, and even the air we breathe. The consequences of this exposure on human health are unknown.

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Tonight … Moon, Antares, Saturn As always, the moon's trek across our sky's dome from night to night reflects its true orbital motion around Earth.

Parade of moon and planets View larger | Matthew Chin captured Mars, Saturn, the star Antares, the moon, Jupiter, and Venus lined up across last night's sky over Yuen Long, Hong Kong. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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