Jan 14 - Meteor Showers in 2018

January 14 Meteor Showers in 2018 by:

EarthSky's 2018 meteor shower guide Plan ahead now for an awesome year of meteor-watching. Good news! In 2018, the year's 2 most reliable showers - August Perseids and December Geminids - happen with little to no interference from the moon. A 3D journey through the Orion Nebula Astronomers and visualization specialists at NASA have just released this unprecedented, 3-dimensional, fly-through view of the Orion Nebula, a nearby star-forming region. 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. Tonight … See a winding river of stars called Eridanus Why search for such a faint constellation? Only because it's very beautiful. Plus seeing Eridanus can give you a kinship with stargazers from centuries ago.

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Tonight … See a winding river of stars called Eridanus Eridanus the River begins near the star Rigel in the constellation Orion the Hunter, then wells up in a great loop.

Sirius rising over Lake Huron Bright star Sirius above Lake Huron on January 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Harrisville State Park in Harrisville, Michigan. Rootdoctor Photography said, “The light below Sirius is from a freighter in the fog.” Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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Jan 13 - Top Stories This Week

January 13 Top Stories This Week by:

Research reveals secrets of extinct Tasmanian tigers Genome suggests that, if Tasmanian tigers hadn't been hunted to extinction, they might still have struggled to survive. What was that bright flash over Russia? A flash seen on January 7 at first caused fears of a U.S. air strike on North Korea. Fast radio bursts: A mystery unfolds Astronomers now think the repeating bursts were twisted by the extreme environment around a supernova or supermassive black hole. Largest known prime number discovered It’s nearly one million digits larger than the previous record prime number. Best photos: Snowflakes A lot of us might be getting tired of snow but we're never tired of snowflake pics! Best photos: Morning planets The moon swept past Jupiter and Mars this week. Now it's aiming for Mercury and Saturn, which are in conjunction this weekend. Before daybreak … Saturn, Mercury, moon The Mercury/Saturn conjunction is today, so they are close before dawn. On Sunday morning, the moon will be pointing toward these planets near the sunrise. Tonight … New Year's Eve, in the Julian calendar Happy Julian New Year! January 13, 2018 marks the last day of the year in the old-style Julian calendar. Why, and what happened when the calendars switched. What is a sun pillar, or light pillar? Shafts of light extending from the sun, caused by ice crystals drifting in Earth's air. Great photos!

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Photos: Moon, Jupiter, Mars Martin Gstoehl in Valduz, Liechtenstein caught the moon, Jupiter, Mars – and a little streak of the International Space Station – on January 11.

Before daybreak … Saturn, Mercury, moon To see Saturn and Mercury, you'll need an unobstructed horizon - sunrise direction - shortly before sunup. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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