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Popular at EarthSky: A 2nd exoplanet confirmed for Proxima Centauri
Astronomers have confirmed a second planet – 7 times more massive than Earth – orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our sun. Read more: https://bit.ly/3fxyrsW
Image via Michele Diodati/ Medium.
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Popular at EarthSky: Rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues unabated
NOAA reports that atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory in May 2020 was the highest monthly reading ever. Read more: https://bit.ly/3dQoMgG
Image via NOAA.
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Don't miss … Moon and Venus at dawn
A glorious sight awaits in the early morning sky, for anyone with a clear sky, an unobstructed eastern horizon … and a good alarm clock. Read more: https://bit.ly/30OiVVF
Image via EarthSky.
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Libra? Here’s your constellation
The zodiacal constellation Libra the Scales is a fixture of the evening sky during Northern Hemisphere summer (Southern Hemisphere winter). Read more: https://bit.ly/30Q5ft6
Image via http://ianridpath.com .
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All you need to know: June solstice 2020
The June solstice - your signal to celebrate summer in the Northern Hemisphere - will happen on June 20 at 4:44 p.m. CDT in North America. Read more: https://bit.ly/2Zho6JA
Image via Abhijit Juvekar.
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Earth's largest waterfall - known as the Denmark Strait cataract - begins 2,000 feet under the ocean surface near the southern tip of Greenland and plunges down nearly 2 miles. But how can there be waterfalls in the ocean?
Read more: https://bit.ly/2N0DWEi
Image via NOAA.
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Tonight … Find the Crow, Cup, and Water Snake
At nightfall tonight, or any June evening, look in a general southward direction for Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo the Maiden. Read more: https://bit.ly/2ENwrgo
Image via EarthSky.
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Tonight … See the Dragon’s Eyes
Look in the northeast on these June evenings, near the star Vega. You'll see the stars Rastaban and Eltanin, the eyes of constellation Draco the Dragon. Read more: https://bit.ly/2RAyv0c
Image via EarthSky.
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It's part of science legend that Galileo dropped objects of different masses from Italy's Leaning Tower of Pisa in order to contradict the notion that heavier and lighter objects fall at different rates. Read more: https://bit.ly/2AAL1Je
Image via Michael Kramer/MPIfR.
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Wow! New Horizons sees parallax for Proxima
For the first time, a spacecraft has sent back pictures of the sky from so far away that some stars appear to be in different positions than we'd see from Earth. Read more: https://bit.ly/2UJoMYq
Image via NASA.
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Tonight … Come to know the Summer Triangle
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We in the Northern Hemisphere can see the Summer Triangle for part of the night at any time of the year. But seeing it in summer is the most fun! Read more: https://bit.ly/2ZIxpT1
Image via EarthSky.
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The fire and the fireball
Eliot Herman captured this image on June 9, 2020. The bright streak is a fireball, or particularly bright meteor: a bit of space debris entering Earth's atmosphere and vaporizing as it falls. Read more and see photos: https://bit.ly/2Y0rNpu
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New exoplanet system is 'mirror image' of Earth and sun
Astronomers have found a new exoworld, less than twice the size of Earth, which orbits the sunlike star Kepler-160, just over 3,000 light-years away. Read more: https://bit.ly/2BZ40xm
Image via MPS/ René Heller.
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What is the Big Bang?
You've probably heard of the Big Bang as the event that gave rise to our universe. You might know it occurred some 13.8 billion years ago. Read more: https://bit.ly/2YvhCbr
Image via NASA.
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Venus at noon
Venus was bright in our evening sky in recent months, but it reached inferior conjunction on June 3. Soon, you'll spot this bright planet in the east before sunrise. View at EarthSky Community Photos: https://bit.ly/2BWgaah
Image via Steven Bellavia.
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Watch for the moon and Mars before dawn
Mars will be the brightest object near the moon these next few mornings. Notice how red in color it is! Neptune is up there, too, but requires a telescope to be seen. Read more: https://bit.ly/2MSh2Py
Image via EarthSky.
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June 2020 is a wonderful time to start watching Mars. It's in our predawn sky now, but will soon be visible late at night ... and then at sunset. Over the coming months, Mars will brighten dramatically.
Read more: https://bit.ly/2FmoII6
Image via Dennis Chabot.
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Earliest sunrises come before the summer solstice
At mid-northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, your earliest sunrises of 2020 either already happened, or they're happening now. Read more: https://bit.ly/2F53AV2
Image via Steve Scanlon Photography.
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What is an opposition?
We've talked a lot in the last few days about exciting times for observing Jupiter and Saturn. The 2 planets are very near each other now on the sky's dome, heading for a great conjunction. Read more: https://bit.ly/2Jv5YFQ
Image via NASA.
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Rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues unabated
Scientists report that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) measured at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory for May was the highest monthly reading ever recorded. Read more: https://bit.ly/3dQoMgG
Image via NOAA.
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