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June new moon is a supermoon
The June 13 new moon is the 1st in a series of 3 new moon supermoons. The other 2 will fall on July 13 and August 11, 2018.
June 12, 2018
When is Eid in 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.
June 11, 2018
End of the journey for iceberg B-15?
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.
June 11, 2018
No Planet Nine? Collective gravity might explain weird orbits at solar system’s edge
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?
June 10, 2018
How far away was that lightning?
When you see a flash of lightning, do you count seconds until it thunders? An atmospheric scientist comments ...
June 10, 2018
Watch a total lunar eclipse
Take 37 seconds to watch the January 31, 2018, super Blue Moon eclipse! This video - from Colin Legg in Australia - is composed of more than 4,000 images.
June 10, 2018
Kilauea volcano still going strong
The ongoing event is now said to be one of Kilauea's most destructive eruptions in modern times.
June 9, 2018
Venus, Castor, Pollux on June 9 to 11
At nightfall on June 9, 10 and 11, use Venus to find the Gemini stars, Castor and Pollux, before their heliacal setting later this month.
June 9, 2018
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."
June 7, 2018
More mystery objects near Milky Way’s giant black hole
Astronomers call them G-objects. The 2 previously known ones came incredibly close to the Milky Way's central black hole, yet survived. Now astronomers report 3 more of these mystery G-objects near the heart of our galaxy.
June 7, 2018
