Jan 21 - Super Blue Moon Eclipse

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Super Blue Moon eclipse coming up January 31 The super Blue Moon happens before sunrise on January 31 for North America and Hawaii. It happens after sunset on January 31 for the Middle East, Asia, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. Details here. No double moon in 2018, or ever 2018 will be an excellent year to view Mars. The planet will be closer to Earth - and brighter in our sky - than since 2003. But as big as the moon? Heck no. Tonight … Star-hop from Orion to Planet 9 Astronomers are searching for a hypothetical Planet 9 in the starry sky. You can use the constellation Orion to show you approximately where they're looking. 50 years ago today: Thule incident On January 21, 1968, in what came to be known as the Thule incident, a U.S. jet carrying 4 nuclear bombs crashed in Greenland, spreading radioactive wreckage across 3 square miles of a frozen fjord.

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Jupiter’s swirling south pole NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter’s swirling south polar region on December 16, 2017, as it neared completion of its 10th close flyby of the gas giant planet.

Star-hop from Orion to Planet 9 If it exists, this world is about 6 to 40 million times fainter than the eye alone can see. Still, it's fun to imagine the place in the sky where astronomers are searching for Planet 9. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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Jan 20 - Top Stories This Week

January 20 Top Stories This Week by:

Saturn moon Titan has a sea level A new topographic map and confirmation that nature works on Titan as it does on Earth. Why did passenger pigeons die out? The last passenger pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo just over 100 years ago. What went wrong? Scientists expect 1st direct black hole image soon They hope to capture a direct image of a black hole's event horizon. Drone recon finds ancient Silk Road irrigation system This irrigation system in arid northwest China is 1,600 years old. 2017 was record-setting for warmth NASA and NOAA both say the past 4 years are the hottest yet recorded. Cloud tower, view from space Astronaut’s photo of a massive vertical cloud formation. Whirlpool movement seen in earliest galaxies Only 800 million years after the Big Bang ...whirlpool shapes. A 3D journey through the Orion Nebula Unprecedented, 3-dimensional, fly-through view. EarthSky's 2018 meteor shower guide Plan ahead now for an awesome year of meteor-watching.

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Winter Blues Sunset on Copt Hill, Sunderland, UK. Gary Pescod took this photo on January 18.

Star-hop from Pegasus to Andromeda galaxy This sky chart covers a larger portion of sky than our charts usually do. Your hand - held at arm's length - should be able to slip in between any 2 Great Square stars. In a dark sky, the galaxy is obvious … a big patch of hazy light! Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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