EarthSky News - Apr 2 - Top Stories This Week

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April guide to the bright planets Especially watch for Jupiter around now, which will have its yearly opposition on April 7. See charts below. Favorite octopus videos   Remarkable cephalopods show their stuff in 5 cool videos. Super halos around very young galaxies Seen when the universe was only 8% of its current age. Help EarthSky stay an independent voice Our once-a-year fundraiser is happening now. We're 28% of the way to our goal. Donate here. If you've already donated, you rock! Another Planet 9 search, and you can help Is there an another, unseen major planet in our solar system? Watch a full rotation of the moon From a spacecraft in a polar orbit around the moon since 2009. Tonight ... Moon in Winter Circle Sure, it's spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn down south. But the great pattern of the Winter Circle is still visible, and the moon is moving through it.

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Tonight ... Look for Jupiter Earth will go between Jupiter and the sun on April 7. You can't miss Jupiter. It's the brightest thing ascending in the east each evening now. But - just to be sure - follow the arc in the Big Dipper's handle. Jupiter is near the star Spica.

Here's another way to be sure it's Jupiter ... Look for the small, square-ish constellation Corvus the Crow nearby. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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