Thursday, May 9, 2019

May 9 - Alien Water Worlds

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Unfathomably deep oceans on alien water worlds?

Distant water exoplanets might have oceans thousands of miles deep. That's in contrast to Earth's ocean, which is about 6.8 miles (about 11 km) deep at its deepest point. Read more.

Was moon created from proto-Earth magma?

A new study suggests that our moon formed from a splash of magma when a large object crashed into a proto-Earth covered in a fiery ocean. Read more.

Microplastics found in remote Pyrenees Mountains

Microplastic particles - too small for the human eye to see - were blown into the once-pristine region by wind, according to a new study. Read more.

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Tonight … Crescent moon in Gemini

Let tonight's crescent moon introduce you to the constellation Gemini the Twins, the constellation that'll host the South American total solar eclipse of July 2, 2019. Read more.

Two airplane glories, half a world apart

View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Liz Dunster captured this glory on May 1, from a small plane hopping from Wilson to Harnett in North Carolina. Karthik Easvur caught a glory over India on May 7 and provided a video!

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