Feb 9 - Top Stories This Week

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The daylight meteor seen in Cuba on February 1 left a long smoke trail. Image via Hatzel Vela. Small asteroid disintegrates over Cuba in broad daylight It left a smoke trail seen by many. Listen: Is our universe a hologram? One of the most mind-blowing ideas in physics, in under 5 minutes. When will Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide? Astronomers have suspected it will happen eventually. Now they know more about when. More top stories Is this ancient moon rock from Earth? A plan to knock an asteroid off course Do animals dream? Our Milky Way is warped Cool! Watch swirling storm on Jupiter Astronomers find a new, nearby galaxy Weird winter water: Steaming lakes, thundersnow, slurpee waves Speedy comet approaching Earth's vicinity

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Moon, Mars, Uranus from February 9 to 11 As darkness falls on February 9, 10 and 11, let the crescent moon guide you to Mars. Then let Mars guide you to the very faint planet Uranus.

Yellowstone's Roosevelt Arch with planets View larger at EarthSky Community Photos. | John Ashley caught this image in early February 2019. He wrote: "After our sun, the brightest things in our celestial view are (in order) the moon, Venus and Jupiter. During February's 1st dawn, it was Jupiter leading the way over the Roosevelt Arch in Yellowstone National Park, with Venus in second place and a 9% crescent moon pulling up the morning." Thank you, John!  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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