EarthSky News - August 1 - August Planets

August 1 August Planets by:

August guide to the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn are easy to see in the evening. Dazzling Venus lights up the morning sky. Mercury sinks into the glare of sunset. Mars stays deeply buried in the glare of sunrise. Tonight … Moon near star Antares Antares is a bright, red star visible at this time of year. It was considered the Fire Star of the ancient Chinese. Awesome beauty of the Eagle Nebula     The Eagle Nebula - aka Messier 16 or M16 - is home to several famous structures, including the Pillars of Creation and the Stellar Spire. M17 is the Omega Nebula Near M16 on the sky's dome is M17, or Messier 17 - aka the Omega Nebula - visible through binoculars and glorious in a low power telescope.

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Tonight … Moon near star Antares The planet Saturn is also nearby.

Sun halo with 2 contrail shadows The sun is casting shadows of an aircraft contrail downwards onto thin cirrus haze layers below. Higher above, ice crystals in cirrus clouds have created a 22-degree halo around the sun. Photo taken July 29, 2017 by Jüri Voit in Estonia. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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EarthSky News - July 31 - More Life Keys in Titan's Atmosphere

July 31 More Life Keys in Titan's Atmosphere by:

More life keys in Titan's atmosphere Scientists expand their knowledge of the stew of ingredients in the atmosphere of Saturn's large moon Titan, and contemplate whether Titan has cooked up life. Iridescent cloud? Or circumhorizon arc? It's easy to confuse these 2 elusive, colorful, beautiful daytime sky phenomena. How can you tell the difference? This week … Waxing gibbous moon It's waxing toward full moon on August 7-8, obliterating the annual meteors showers and edging toward a lunar eclipse, then a solar eclipse.  How do jellyfish swim? Jellyfish float on ocean currents, but they also swim in a couple of different ways.  This post has 2 videos showing 2 different jellyfish propulsion mechanisms.

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This week … Waxing gibbous moon Waxing gibbous moon - more than half lighted but less than full - via OMladyO in Switzerland.

Storm moving in Niccole Kowalski said she witnessed this rainbow on Saturday, forming over the Superstition Mountains in Arizona, while a storm was moving in. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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