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Flying squirrels go pink in ultraviolet
A researcher using a UV flashlight to see whether some backyard frogs glow in the dark (they didn't) happened to turn his light on a flying squirrel landing on a nearby bird feeder. He was met with a bright neon pink reflection.
February 12, 2019
ExoMars rover named for Rosalind Franklin
The European Space Agency has named its life-seeking ExoMars rover - due to launch in 2020 - for Rosalind Franklin, a British chemist who helped reveal the mysteries of DNA.
February 12, 2019
First quarter moon on February 12
The side of the moon we see from Earth appears 50% illuminated tonight. For all of Earth, the moon rises around midday and sets around midnight. Plus the moon's lighted side points right at Mars tonight!
February 12, 2019
Fast comet closest to Earth this week
Fast-moving comet C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) will pass closest to us - 28 million miles away - on February 12. Charts and more here.
February 11, 2019
Just for fun: Tour alien worlds
Some fun multimedia from NASA, including (free) Exoplanet Travel Bureau posters, cool 360-degree visualizations, and a journey into the life and death of planetary system.
February 11, 2019
Bird friends
The best spots for watching egrets in California are said to be the central and northern wetlands. Here's a Great Egret and Snowy Egret that like to fish together.
February 11, 2019
A tale of 2 colliding exoplanets
Astronomers have new evidence for a collision between 2 nearly Earth-sized planets in the distant solar system Kepler-107.
February 10, 2019
Stargazing destinations: Yellowknife
This 3rd episode of an ongoing stargazing video series - called Chasing Darkness - is from Yellowknife, Canada. It features the magnificent northern lights.
February 10, 2019
Bubbles of brand new stars
This dazzling region of newly-forming stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud was captured by ESO’s Very Large Telescope.
February 10, 2019
Pine tree silhouettes and stars
The pine-forested mountains of Tonto National Forest in Arizona are a wonderful place to view the stars, wrote William Eager.
February 10, 2019
