EarthSky News - May 18 - Think in 3D with the Last Quarter Moon

May 18 Think in 3D with the Last Quarter Moon by:

Think in 3D with the last quarter moon   Watch for the last quarter moon tonight after midnight - or around dawn Friday - and use it to imagine Earth's motion through space. Tonight … Find the Keystone in Hercules The Keystone is an easy-to-find pattern of 4 stars in constellation Hercules. Bright star Vega acts as your guide to finding it. Alligator's bellow communicates size For an alligator, in both love and war, it's good to be big. An alligator's bellow communicates just how big it is. Pufferfish, humans share same genes for teeth Our human teeth evolved from the same genes that make the bizarre beaked teeth of the pufferfish, according to new research.

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Find the Keystone in Hercules You need a dark sky to see this squarish asterism.

There's always one out there Sometimes, in night photography, a little light turns out to be a good thing. Selfie and aurora over New Zealand caught in late April by Bruce MacKay of The Darker Arts. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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