EarthSky News - Apr 11 - Moon and Jupiter, Southern Lights

April 11 Moon and Jupiter, Southern Lights by:

Tonight's moon follows Jupiter Jupiter rises before the moon. Then, as Earth spins under the sky, the moon chases Jupiter for the rest of the night. Southern lights over South Pole Hunter Davis sent these photos from Antarctica this morning of the aurora australis - or southern lights - now appearing over Earth's South Pole. First glimpse this year! Plus a full moon. Help EarthSky stay an independent voice Can you help? Donate now to help EarthSky reach its yearly goal. Want PayPal or to send a check? Go here. Molecular clocks track human evolution How do scientists figure out when evolutionary events happened? It turns out our DNA is a kind of molecular clock, keeping time via genetic changes. New ideas on dinosaur evolution Basic facts that paleontologists thought they'd known for 130 years about dinosaurs' family trees might turn out to be wrong.

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Moon follows Jupiter tonight Plus ... the intricacy and elegance of the orbits of Jupiter's moons.

Southern lights over South Pole Hunter Davis at the South Pole - where the long, dark southern winter has begun - wrote this morning: "Full moon rising today. And first glimpse of the aurora australis after sunset." Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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