Dec 15 - Top Stories This Week

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Want to see 2018's brightest comet?  How to see comet 46P/Wirtanen. What will the sun do next? New research dashes speculations of a sun-induced global cooling of Earth's climate in the coming decade. Listen to the Martian wind NASA’s Insight lander captured the 1st-ever sounds of winds on the surface of Mars. InSight heat shield on the surface of Mars, captured by a camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on December 11. See more of the 1st images of Insight from space. Image via NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona. More top stories Another El Niño on the horizon? Voyager 2 enters interstellar space Watch geckos race on water! See it! Images of comet 46P/Wirtanen Ancient water found on asteroid Bennu Tiny droplets of early universe matter created All you need to know: Geminid meteor shower WASP-69b, the exoplanet with a tail

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Tonight … Moon near Mars Mars is dimmer than it was in July and August, but still wonderful to see. Read more about December planets.

See it! Photos of 2018's Geminid meteor shower The Geminids peaked last night, and, by all reports, put on a great show in 2018. This one has comet Wirtanen, too! It's from Gilbert Vancell Nature Photography on the island of Malta. More photos here from the EarthSky community. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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