EarthSky News - Dec 14 - Feathered Dino Tail

December 14 Feathered Dino Tail by:

Rare glimpse of feathered dinosaur tail Noticed at an amber market in Myanmar, an amber specimen is now said to hold one of the best, most beautiful and most useful examples of dinosaur feathers. Twice as many bird species as before? Bird watchers, prepare to update your checklists. Ornithologists are pondering a new way of defining bird species. If the new thinking is accepted globally, the number of known bird species would double. Today in science: Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe is known for his partying, his prosthetic nose, and for being one of the greatest astronomers of all time. Tonight … Moon and Gemini Adding insult to injury, tonight's moon is in front of Gemini, radiant point of the Geminid meteor shower. Console yourself by star-hopping to Castor and Pollux - Gemini's brightest stars - on this moonlit night.

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Today's image: Deep winter It's deep winter in the northern latitudes... late dawns, early sunsets, short days and long nights. But the solstice is coming up on December 21 and things will start to turn around. Gibfoto shot this image of snow-covered pine trees in Norway's Skibotn Valley.

Tonight: Moon and Gemini Adding insult to injury, tonight's moon is in front of Gemini, radiant point of the Geminid meteor shower. Console yourself by star-hopping to Castor and Pollux - Gemini's brightest stars - on this moonlit night. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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