EarthSky News - May 11 - Lava Waves on Io

May 11 Lava Waves on Io by:

Astronomers find waves in Io's lava lake New data on the massive molten lake on Jupiter's moon Io - most volcanically active world in our solar system - suggest 2 lava waves per day, slowly sweeping west to east. Watch 200th spacewalk tomorrow Watch 2 astronauts perform landmark 200th ISS spacewalk on Friday, May 12. Live coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. EDT (10:30 UTC (10:30 UTC; translate to your timezone.). Links to viewing here. Next few evenings … Moon near Antares and Saturn If they're not up before your bedtime, see this celestial threesome – the moon, Antares and Saturn – in the west before morning dawn. Why birds smash into windows Up to a billion birds die each year in the U.S. due to collisions with windows. Why do they do it, and what can you do to prevent it?

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Next few evenings … Moon near Antares and Saturn Saturn will be a bit brighter than Antares. Watch for them!

Crossed contrails, with shadows Striking contrail shadow image from the magical sunset skies of northern New Mexico. Photo by Richard Hasbrouck. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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