Jan 13 - Happy Julian New Year 🎉

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Happy Julian New Year! Image via Pinterest. Today is New Year's Eve in the Julian calendar January 13, 2019, marks the last day of the year in the old-style Julian calendar. Why, and what happened, when the calendars switched. Stars, including our sun, destined to turn into crystals Our sun will become a crystal white dwarf in about 10 billion years. Read more. Primitive life at Barnard's Star? Barnard b is one of the nearest exoplanets at only 6 light-years away. But its host star is dim. Can life find a way on such a cold planet? Astronomers probe for answers. Holy cow! Astronomers study mysterious blast AT2018cow - aka the Cow - erupted in or near a galaxy some 200 million light-years away. It's become one of the most intensely studied astronomical events in history. Read more and see a video. What was it? One group argues it was a monster black hole shredding a passing star. The other argues it might have been a black hole being born. Image via Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

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Tonight ... See Mars near the moon The moon has swept past Mars, but can still help you identify it. Mars is the bright red object near tonight's moon. Read more.

Will star Betelgeuse explode? Yes, it will. The red star Betelgeuse will run out of fuel, collapse under its own weight, and then rebound in a spectacular supernova explosion. Someday ... but probably not soon. How to see Betelgeuse in your sky. Photo by Thomas Wildoner. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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