Friday, April 19, 2019

Apr 19 - Creatures

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This Cthulhu-like creature crawled the ancient seafloor

Paleontologists have named a 430-million-year-old fossil of a tentacled sea creature after horror author H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu monster. It’s easy to see why.

Ancient ‘Texas Serengeti’ had rhinos, alligators, 12 kinds of horses

A new study of fossils unearthed by Depression-era workers reveals that camels, antelopes and relatives of modern elephants and dogs were among the animals that roamed a veritable "Texas Serengeti" millions of years ago. Read more.

How to see the Coma Cluster

The Coma Cluster is one of the richest galaxy clusters known.  How many suns and how many worlds might be located in this direction of space?  Read more.

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April full moon shines in Virgo

Tonight's moon is still close to Spica, the constellation Virgo's one and only 1st-magnitude star.

Don't miss these sunspot photos

More photos of the magnificent solitary sunspot - AR 2738 - that's made its way across the sun's face over the past couple of weeks. This one was caught by JV Noriega on April 17, from Manila, Philippines. Thanks to all in the EarthSky community who contributed photos! See them here.

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