Friday, January 4, 2019

Jan 4 - Sun 💥 and Moon 🌙 Eclipses This Month

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The January 5-6 partial eclipse starts in Asia at sunrise - travels rapidly eastward - and ends 4-and-a-quarter hours later at sunset in the Aleutian islands extending from Alaska.  Sorry, Americas! No eclipse for us this time. Eclipse map via NASA.

Partial solar eclipse this weekend

The partial eclipse of the sun will happen on January 5 or 6, depending on your location. It'll be visible from China, Korea, Japan, Russia, North Pacific Ocean and Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Details here.

Top 7 tips for safe solar eclipse viewing

Safe - and unsafe - solar eclipse viewing methods here.

Sneak peak … Supermoon eclipse January 20-21!

The January 20-21, 2019, total eclipse of the moon can be viewed from North and South America, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, northern and western Africa plus the Arctic region of the globe. Read more.

Dates of solar and lunar eclipses in 2019

Dates of all solar and lunar eclipses this year. Is there one you can see? Read more.

Oxygen and life: a cautionary tale

On Earth, oxygen is a signature byproduct of life. But what if astronomers found oxygen in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a distant sun? Would that prove life exists there? Not necessarily, says a new study.

 


Much of the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere is produced by tiny marine organisms such as phytoplankton. Image via Racing Extinction.

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Watch Venus and Jupiter before sunup all month

Venus reaches a milestone - greatest elongation - this weekend. This gem of a planet is now rising a maximum time before sunrise. Don't miss the Jupiter/Venus conjunction on January 22.

See it! Photos of the moon and Venus at sunrise 

The moon and Venus were a beautiful combo to ring in the new year. Here, Adrian Strand captured them rising over Whitehaven in northwest England on January 2. More photos from the EarthSky community.

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