Feb 3 - Is Our Universe a Hologram?

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Is our universe a hologram? Image via Vienna University of Technology/Phys.org. Listen: Is our universe a hologram? A scientist explains one of the most mind-blowing ideas in physics in under 5 minutes in this new podcast from Brandeis University. Listen. Is this ancient moon rock from Earth? An intriguing ancient rock found on the moon and brought back by the Apollo 14 mission may actually have originated from Earth, a new study says. Read more. Chinese New Year is this week The 2019 Chinese New Year - which coincides with the February new moon - starts February 5 in Asia (February 4 in the west) and rings in the Year of the Pig. Read more. Our friend Matthew Chin in Hong Kong created this graphic and wrote: "The 2 Chinese characters are the same. It means 'blessing,' a hope that other people will get good luck. It is commonly used during Chinese New Year. The red background is also a kind of 'good' as Chinese people use red to represent 'good luck.'" Thank you, Matthew!

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Tonight … Hare and Dove at Orion's feet Lepus the Hare and Columba the Dove are 2 faint constellations near the easy-to-find constellation Orion. You need a dark sky to see them. Read more.

The sun in 2018 This animation consists of 365 images of our sun, captured by ESA’s PROBA-2 satellite in 2018. See a montage showing the sun from day to day, and read more. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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