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Constellations
Meet Crux, the constellation of the Southern Cross
Crux, the constellation of the Southern Cross, is a hallmark of southern skies and contains the open cluster known as the Jewel Box.
May 12, 2024
Earth
Can earthquakes be triggered by intense weather?
A new study from MIT shows that climate and intense weather events like heavy snowfall and rain helped produce a swarm of earthquakes in Japan starting in 2020.
May 12, 2024
Brightest Stars
Sun
Sun news for May 12: X flare potential is high! More auroras tonight?
Sun news for May 12, 2024. We might have a repeat of Friday's solar superstorm tonight. More CMEs are on the way to Earth. The chances for another X flare today are 75%!
May 12, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
Tonight
Visible planets and night sky guide for May
Visible planets and night sky guide for May 2024. See the waxing crescent moon near Castor and Pollux, the twin stars of Gemini, tonight.
May 12, 2024
Brightest Stars
Mimosa, 2nd-brightest star in Crux, the Southern Cross
To see Mimosa, you need to be in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is a prominent star, or at the latitude of New Orleans, Hawaii, Cairo or New Delhi.
May 12, 2024
Earth
Human World
Sun
Auroras last night wowed millions! Pics here
Auroras last night from "extreme" geomagnetic storming - which came after a week of very high activity on the sun - wowed millions around the globe.
May 11, 2024
Sun
Giant sunspot region now visible in eclipse glasses
Did you save your eclipse glasses from the April 8 total solar eclipse? If so, grab them to check out giant sunspot region AR3664, now facing Earth!
May 10, 2024
Earth
Orangutan treats his wound with a medicinal plant
In a first, a Sumatran orangutan treated his wound with a plant with known medicinal properties. Read more about this new doctor in the forest.
May 10, 2024
Space
Plunge into a black hole in this new video
Plunge into a black hole in this new video from NASA. See what it would look like to cross the event horizon of a supermassive black hole.
May 10, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
Retrograde motion can be real or illusory
Retrograde motion of planets like Jupiter or Mars in our sky is an illusion, a trick of perspective. But there's a real retrograde motion, too.
May 10, 2024
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