June 13 - Earliest Sunrises or Sunsets

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Earliest sunrises before summer solstice Earliest sunrises of the year happening now for the Northern Hemisphere. Southern Hemisphere? Your earliest sunsets are around now. All you need to know: June solstice 2018 The June solstice - your signal to celebrate summer - is nearly upon us. What we inherited from bug-eating mammal ancestors If you’re an advocate for insects in human diets, go ahead. Munch on a grasshopper. The genes needed to digest bugs are still in our genome. Watch spacewalk tomorrow NASA's live coverage of Thursday's spacewalk begins at 10:30 UTC (6:30 a.m. EDT). The spacewalk itself is scheduled to start at 12:10 UTC (8:10 a.m EDT). Translate UTC to your time.

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Northern lights and North Star. STEVE?​​ Steve Bellavia caught this unusual aurora last night, pointing directly to the North Star. Could it be the newly identified Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, aka STEVE?

Earliest sunrises before summer solstice​ This is a super month for an early morning walk. The dawn light is beautiful at this time of year. June 2018 sunrise in Sea Bright, New Jersey, via Steve Scanlon Photography. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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June 12 - Life in Other Universes

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The strange case for life in other universes​​ More about the mind-boggling new studies suggesting that there could be many parallel universes beyond our own, where life is able to flourish. The June new moon is a supermoon​​ Wednesday's new moon is the 1st in a series of 3 new moon supermoons. The other 2 will fall on July 13 and August 11. See the image and caption below. Coyotes in the park​​ Coyotes are the most famous of the wild animal species that have returned to North American cities and towns in recent years. Encountering them can be unnerving. From pulsar to magnetar? Or vice versa?​​ Since the 1970s, scientists have treated pulsars and magnetars as 2 distinct populations of objects. Now they think they might be stages in a single object's evolution. A new NASA ScienceCast has more.

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The June new moon is a supermoon​ You can't see a new supermoon. It travels across the sky with the sun during the day. But Earth's oceans will feel it. Around each new moon (left) and full moon (right) – when the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned – the range between high and low tides is greatest. A supermoon – new or full moon at its closest to Earth – accentuates these spring tides. Image via PhysicalGeography.net.​

Coyotes in the park​​ Coyote, enjoying a Sunday morning in the park. Apparently, there were 2 of them, and they had this videographer surrounded. Video still via Steven A. Sweet of Lunar 101-Moon Book. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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June 11 - End Game for an Iceberg

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End of the journey for iceberg B15?​ B15 was the largest iceberg ever recorded to break away from Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf. That was in the year 2000. Now the iceberg is nearly gone. See its remant from space, and the track of its journey. Top 10 space objects to see during the day​ Love astronomy, but don't like to stay up late? Here are 10 space objects you can see - under the right conditions - during the day. New moon is June 13​​ The upcoming new moon is June 13 at 19:43 UTC. It's also a supermoon. Will you see it? No, it crosses the sky with the sun during the day. The difference between new moons and young moons, here. When is Eid 2018?    A day - or two - after this month's new moon, Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the festival of breaking the fast. A young moon sighting determines its date.  Watch a total lunar eclipse​ Take 37 seconds to watch the January 31 super Blue Moon eclipse. This video - from Colin Legg in Australia - is composed of more than 4,000 images.

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Keep watching … Venus, Castor, Pollux Have you been watching them after sunset? After this - thanks to Earth's own motion around the sun - Castor and Pollux will drop into the sun's glare. Meanwhile, Venus is racing up behind Earth in its smaller, faster orbit. It'll remain in our sky for some months to come.​

End of the journey for iceberg B15?​ When ISS astronauts shot this photo on May 22, this chunk of iceberg B-15 was still within trackable size. It probably won't be for long. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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