Jan 23 - Meteorite Strike During Moon Eclipse

January 23 Meteorite Strike During Moon Eclipse by:

This flash on the red, eclipsed moon came from a meteorite strike! EarthSky friend Greg Hogan in Kathleen, Georgia, was one of the first to notice he'd caught the flash on film. Thanks for the heads up, Greg! Watch a meteorite strike during moon eclipse Check it out! You can see the flash of a meteorite that struck the moon during Sunday night's eclipse. Photos and video here. Insects get old before they die Turns out that crickets are like the rest of us in that they get old - that is, lose some of their physical abilities - before they die. Read more. See daytime moon after sunrise Look west after sunrise. The moon will be pale against the blue daytime sky. Keep watching for the rest of this week, and you'll see the moon higher in the west after sunrise each morning. Read more. Moon’s craters reveal Earth’s history Most scientists believe the moon and Earth have been bombarded by meteorites at a constant rate for the past few billion years. However, new research suggests that - in the past 300 million years - it's been happening 2-3 times more frequently. Read more. EarthSky community member Prabhakaran A captured this image in November 2018. It shows the large moon crater called Plato. The interior of this crater has been smoothed over from old lava flows.

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More photos of Sunday's eclipse The eclipsed moon was near a famous deep-sky object, a star cluster called the Beehive, or M44. This star cluster is faint. To the eye, the moon’s light would have overwhelmed it. David Cortner wrote: “All I know to do to get both the moon and the stars around M44, an open cluster a few degrees away. This is a stack of 97 20-second exposures to maximize signal/noise …" See more photos.

Patty and the ice circle View larger at EarthSky Community Photos. | EarthSky friend Patricia Evans said she read about the giant ice circle in Maine... and had to go see it. "The fence was lined with excited onlookers," she wrote. "It was thrilling to view the now-famous ice circle up close and personal. Everyone was very friendly and we all took photos of each other …” Thanks, Patty! Read what made the ice circle. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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