Jan 19 - Top Stories This Week

January 19 Top Stories This Week by:

Discovery image of AT2018cow – nicknamed the Cow by astronomers – acquired by the ATLAS telescopes. Image via Stephen Smartt/ATLAS. Holy cow! Astronomers study mysterious blast AT2018cow - aka the Cow - erupted in or near a galaxy 200 million light-years away. What is it? A 2nd repeating radio burst from the depths of space Of the 60+ Fast Radio Bursts found so far, only 1 has been seen to repeat from the same source ... until now. Rotating black holes as gentle portals for hyperspace travel? It might be closer to reality than previously imagined. Are you ready? Coming up ... Total lunar eclipse of January 20-21 It's a supermoon eclipse, and many are calling it a Blood Moon eclipse. Everything you need to know. More top stories Citizen scientists discover rare exoplanet Primitive life at Barnard's Star? Here's how Titan looks in infrared The shrinking Aral Sea Double star system flips planet-forming disk into pole position Did life arrive on land earlier than thought?

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Venus-Jupiter conjunction coming up January 22 Look east before sunup. Venus is the brighter one, and Jupiter is the fainter one.

Fetch! Dawn Gimbel-Myers captured her son and a few dog friends playing on an Oregon beach. Her husband Matt submitted her photo to EarthSky Community Photos - our brand-new community gallery. He wrote, “She caught them all at the perfect time!!” Submit your images to EarthSky Community Photos here.  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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