EarthSky News - Feb 17 - Backyard Bird Count

February 17 Backyard Bird Count by:

Backyard Bird Count begins today It's not too late to join thousands of people from around the world in the 2017 Great Backyard Bird Count. Watch SpaceX Dragon launch tomorrow SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Dragon spacecraft resupply mission to the International Space Station no earlier than 10:01 a.m. EST (1501 UTC) on Saturday, February 18. How to watch. Toxic pollutants persist in deepest ocean  Banned chemicals from the 1970s have been discovered in the bodies of crustaceans in the deepest of Earth's ocean trenches. Tonight … Big Dipper stars point to North Star The two outermost stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper always point to the North Star, aka Polaris. That's why astronomers call these stars The Pointers.

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Tonight … Big Dipper stars point to North Star The two outermost stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper always point to the North Star, aka Polaris. That's why astronomers call these stars The Pointers.

Winter sunrise February sunrise in Pike County, Illinois. Photo by Russ Adams Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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