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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June 10 - Stars and Planet Line Up

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Tonight … Stars and planet line up Look west after sunset, as the brightest of planets - Venus - lines up with Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini. No Planet Nine? Instead ... collective gravity? Astronomers have been searching for a Planet Nine - a world about 10 times Earth's mass - for about 2 years and have yet to spot it. Maybe there's another explanation. The secrets of night-shining clouds They're back! People at high latitudes are seeing noctilucent or night-shining clouds, which always return to northern skies around this time of year. Don’t miss the gorgeous photos in this post! Help EarthSky keep going​ This year's crowd-funding campaign has been a huge success! In just 10 days, we've met our goal for 2018. Heartfelt thanks to all who donated. Still want to donate? Click here. How far away was that lightning? When you see a flash of lightning, do you count seconds until it thunders? An atmospheric scientist comments ...

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Tonight … Venus, Castor, Pollux Will you see them in a line? Maybe ... it depends on which night you look, and where you are on the globe. For all of us, though, they'll be nearly on a line. Note ... Venus is about 100 times brighter than either star!

The secrets of night-shining clouds Noctilucent cloud season has returned to Earth’s high latitudes. Ruslan Merzlyakov in Denmark captured this gorgeous image of these clouds on June 3. They shine at night! 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 9 - Top Stories This Week

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Small asteroid zipped through Earth's atmosphere​ The IAU confirmed that the asteroid originally designated ZLAF9B2 – now called 2018 LA – disintegrated at a height of 30 miles (50 km) over South Africa on June 2. Kilauea Volcano still going strong​ The ongoing event is now said to be one of Kilauea's most destructive eruptions in modern times. Help EarthSky keep going ... our thanks​ This year's crowd-funding campaign has been a huge success! In just 10 days, we've met our goal for 2018. Heartfelt thanks to all who donated. Still want to donate? Click here. Rover finds 2 new life clues on Mars "Are there signs of life on Mars? We don't know, but these results tell us we are on the right track." Can you see better than your dog, cat or goldfish? How does your kitchen look through the eyes of a cat, fish, fly or mosquito? More mystery objects near Milky Way's black hole Astronomers report 3 more of these mystery G-objects near the heart of our galaxy. Sharks' 6th sense tuned to attack Recent studies suggest the shark’s system is tuned for one thing: catching prey. Next few evenings … Venus, Castor, Pollux The brightest planet and these 2 bright stars are lining up in the west after sunset. What makes a halo around the sun or moon? A large ring or circle of light around the sun or moon is called a 22-degree halo by scientists. June guide to the bright planets How to find the bright planets - Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Mercury - in your sky this month.

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Next few evenings … Venus, Castor, Pollux Venus will remain in our western twilight sky for some months. Castor and Pollux will soon drop into the sun's glare.

Kilauea volcano still going strong​ This view from space is from ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite. It shows Kilauea Volcano, still in one of its most destructive eruptions in modern times. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Friday that vigorous eruption of lava continues from the lower East Rift Zone fissure system in the area of Leilani Estates. Thursday night and Friday morning, lava fountaining at Fissure 8 was still reaching heights of about 220 feet [67 meters]. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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