EarthSky News - Dec 11 - Top Stories This Week

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Gravity waves over China Gravity waves traveling up from the lower atmosphere caused this. Cassini's penultimate orbit: 1st images Cassini spacecraft at Saturn now in its final year. Why were prehistoric insects so huge? Before the dinosaurs, giant insects ruled the world. Human ancestor Lucy a tree climber Analysis of her fossilized skeleton suggests she could climb trees. Landing on Mars is hard Mars' atmospheric pressure is less than 1% that of Earth, so spacecraft come down hard. Arctic sea ice at record low Record lows for Earth's floating cap of ice in November. Astronomers find giant galaxy being born The Spiderweb Galaxy is 3 times the diameter of our Milky Way. New Zealand quake reveals new land Before and after images. Next few nights … Geminid meteors in moonlight Peak night probably Tuesday through Wednesday morning. But watch Sunday and Monday nights, too. Moonlight will hinder the view.

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Geminid meteors in moonlight, but Jupiter bright before dawn You won't see as many Geminids this year, but, if you're out before dawn, watch for bright Jupiter, too. Tom Wildoner caught this photo December 6 and wrote: "Jupiter simply looks awesome early in the morning just coming up through the bare trees of the Broad Mountain here in Carbon County, Pennsylvania."

Bright early Geminid meteor The 2016 Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of a full moon. Eliot Herman caught this early Geminid, emerging from its radiant point into a moonless sky. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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