EarthSky News - Jan 30 - Death of A Matriarch Whale

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Death of Granny, matriarch killer whale What happens when an endangered whale pod loses its wise old grandma? Tonight … Moon, Venus, First Point of Aries It's where the sun resides on the March equinox, used to define the sky's prime meridian. Tonight's moon and planets can help you visualize this point on our sky's dome. Where's the moon? Waxing crescent First quarter moon will be January 4 at 04:19 UTC. Next full moon is February 10 or 11, depending on your time zone. Wow! Jupiter and Little Red Spot The Little Red Spot is Jupiter's 3rd-largest anticyclonic storm. Earth-based observers have tracked it for the last 23 years. Opportunity celebrates 13 years on Mars Last week, NASA's rover Opportunity celebrated 13 Earth-years exploring Mars. She's officially a teenager. This new video explains 6 ways she's behaving like one.

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Tonight … Moon, Venus, First Point of Aries You'll find the moon higher in the west after sunset tonight - and a fatter crescent - than last night.

See it! Young moon, Venus, Mars Chintan Gadani in Ahmedabad, India caught the very young moon with Venus last night. More photos from the EarthSky community, here. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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