Sunday, February 10, 2019

Feb 10 - Colliding Exoplanets

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A tale of 2 colliding exoplanets
Astronomers have new evidence for a collision between 2 nearly Earth-sized planets in the distant solar system Kepler-107. Read more.
Bubbles of brand new stars
ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured a dazzling region of newly-forming stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. See images and watch a video.
Stargazing destinations: Yellowknife
This 3rd episode of an ongoing stargazing video series is from Yellowknife, Canada. Jack Fusco wrote: “One of my favorite parts of the video is around 1:05 … It was my first time capturing aurora in real time and I still can't believe it's real when I look back at it.” Watch.

Photo via Jack Fusco.

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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.
Pine tree silhouettes and stars
View larger at EarthSky Community Photos. | The pine-forested mountains of Tonto National Forest in Arizona are a wonderful place to view the stars, wrote William Eager.
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