Aug 17 - Top Stories This Week

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Tardigrades - also known as water bears – are some of the toughest and most resilient creatures on Earth, even though they are virtually microscopic in size, less than a millimeter long. Image via Eye of Science/Science Source/ScienceNews.

Did these tardigrades survive crash-landing on the moon? When Israel's Beresheet lunar spacecraft crashed in April, there were thousands of dehydrated tardigrades aboard. Read more. Photos from 2019's Perseid meteor shower It's a very special group of images this year, many taken in bright moonlight. Thanks to all who contributed photos! See them here. It’s raining plastic in the Rocky Mountains A USGS study identified plastic in more than 90% of rainwater samples taken from across Colorado. Read more. More top stories Hubble's new portrait of Jupiter IAU approves 2nd round of names for Pluto features Chandrayaan-2 is on its way to the moon Can snowball planets support life? What is the moon illusion? Andromeda galaxy, closest large spiral Microplastics in Lake Tahoe

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Tonight … Watch for the Summer Triangle The Summer Triangle is a fixture of our skies at this time of year. Its 3 stars are Vega, Deneb and Altair. Read more.

Perseids over Denmark Astrophotographer Ruslan Merzlyakov wrote: “Proud to present the biggest project I have ever made! Perseid meteor shower 2019 over Scandinavia's 1st dark sky park, Denmark’s island of Møn.” Thank you, Ruslan! Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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