EarthSky News - May 14 - Top Stories This Week

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Astronomers find waves in Io's lava lake New data on the massive molten lake on Jupiter's moon Io suggest 2 lava waves per day. Drought is gone from much of US That's a substantial turnaround from a few years ago. What's a safe distance between us and a supernova? And how many potentially exploding stars are within the unsafe distance? Video teaser: Noctilucent cloud season Noctilucent cloud season 2017 should begin around late May. Why birds smash into windows Why do they do it, and what can you do to prevent it? What makes a red rainbow? It's much the same process that causes a sunset or sunrise to look red. Got 5 minutes? Learn to see Saturn Here's what to expect in the months ahead. Tonight … Where is the Milky Way? On May evenings, the disk of our Milky Way galaxy lies flat, nearly parallel to the plane of your horizon.

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Where is the Milky Way? On May evenings, we can't see the Milky Way until later at night. Then ... whoa! Beautiful. Photo by Larry Landolfi via NASA.

The Big Dipper's deep sky Many people recognize the Big Dipper in the northern sky. Here are 10 deep-sky Messier objects - 8 galaxies, a planetary nebula, and a double star - in and around the Big Dipper. All photos by Kurt Zeppetello in Monroe, Connecticut. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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