EarthSky News - July 23 - Top Stories This Week

July 23 Top Stories This Week by:

No commands to Mars craft in late July NASA says to blame the sun ... Fire ants build with no master plan Simple behavioral rules let them build collaboratively. Best places to watch 2017 eclipse Here are 10 great viewing spots for the August 21 total eclipse. How much traffic on eclipse day? Don't be stuck in traffic and miss the eclipse. How close will asteroid 2012 TC4 come? It might or might not give Earth a close shave in October. Video: Moon hoax not Why the Apollo moon landings couldn't have been faked. Peering toward the Cosmic Dark Ages When our universe matured from a primordial soup of neutral gas to the star-filled cosmos we see today.  New moon is today Last new moon before the Great American Eclipse of August 21.

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The July 23 new moon is the last one before the much-anticipated Great American Eclipse. This eclipse image is from Fred Espenak. Read Fred's article at EarthSky about the August 21 eclipse!

Double rainbow with lightning Jüri Voit in Estonia caught this double rainbow and lightning flash on July 18. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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