Jan 19 - Record Warmth in 2017

January 19 Record Warmth in 2017 by:

2017 was record-setting for warmth NASA says 2nd-warmest year on record. NOAA says 3rd-warmest. Their methodologies differ slightly, but - by both standards - the past 4 years are the hottest yet recorded. Saturn moon Titan has a sea level A new topographic map of Titan, plus a new study showing that Saturn's seas lie at an average elevation - a sea level - just as Earth's do. Tonight … Sirius, future South pole star The Northern Hemisphere has a bright pole star, but the Southern Hemisphere doesn’t … for now.  Is Arctic warming behind year’s crazy winter weather? An atmospheric scientist who studies the Arctic explains why – because of global warming – the U.S. may be in for longer cold spells in the winter.

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Sirius, future South Pole Star Sirius - aka the Dog Star - is easily viewed from across Earth. It'll come to within 1.6 degrees of the south celestial pole in the year 66270.

Where's the moon? Waxing crescent The young moon is back, waxing toward a lunar eclipse on January 31. For now, look west after sunset to see the young moon. Judy Lundquist in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky caught last night's young moon with earthshine. She wrote: "After days of overcast and snow, we finally got a clear sun and moonset!" See more photos. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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Jan 18 - Michigan Meteor, Young Moon

January 18 Michigan Meteor, Young Moon by:

Fireball lit up Michigan night skies A brilliant fireball lit up skies in the U.S. state of Michigan Tuesday night and caused the equivalent of a magnitude 2.0 earthquake. Tonight … Go young moon hunting Few saw last night's moon, but you might see tonight's. Look low in the sunset direction, as the sky darkens. Why did passenger pigeons die out? In the 19th century, passenger pigeons were so numerous that hunters competed to shoot as many as possible. But the last passenger pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo over 100 years ago. How did it all go so wrong? How massive can neutron stars be? Settling a long debate, astrophysicists at Goethe University Frankfurt now say neutron stars can't exceed the mass of 2.16 suns.

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Tonight … Go young moon hunting Robert Pettengill of Austin, Texas caught the moon on the last evening of fall - December 20, 2017 - from Austin, Texas. The pale glow on the darkened portion of the crescent is called earthshine.

A new day from space The crew aboard the International Space Station sees a sunrise every 90 minutes. Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov captured this one on January 8. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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