June 11 - Watch These 2 Planets

June 11 Watch These 2 Planets: Mercury and Mars by:

View larger at EarthSky Community Photos. | Helio C. Vital captured Mercury and Mars over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 9, when they were about 7 degrees apart. Beginning around now, they should fit in a single binocular field. They'll be much closer - 0.2 degrees apart - on June 18. Thank you, Helio! Read more.

Watch these 2 planets: Mercury and Mars They're not the brightest planets in the sky now, and they're visible only briefly after sunset. But - around June 18 - Mercury and Mars will have the closest conjunction of 2 planets for 2019. Read more. IAU invites countries to name an exoplanet Nearly 100 countries have already signed up to organize national campaigns, to provide the public with an opportunity to vote. The deadline is July 30 to express interest in organizing a national campaign. The IAU will announce results in December. Read more. Will evidence for life on Mars look like fettuccine pasta? The search for life on Mars usually involves looking for past or present microbes, invisible to the eye. Scientists at University of Illinois suggest searching instead for a type of rock formation known on Earth to be created by microbes. Read more.

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Tonight and tomorrow … Moon and Spica Spica is the brightest star in Virgo the Maiden. Learn this star's place in starlore, here.

Lenticular clouds over Connemara, Ireland View at EarthSky Community Photos. |  Wendy Jeffries captured rare lenticular clouds over a field in Clifden, Connemara, Ireland, earlier this month. See more photos of lenticular clouds - sometimes called UFO clouds - plus a word about how they form, 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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