EarthSky News - Sept 9 - Pluto Features Get Names

September 9 Pluto Features Get Names by:

Pluto features get names These 14 geological features are first to be named officially, following New Horizons spacecraft's 2015 close flyby of Pluto. Thursday night was fantastic for auroras Activity on the sun this week prompted a display of the aurora borealis - northern lights - that stretched farther south than usual. What drives Jupiter's brightest auroras? The sun drives Earth's auroras. But Jupiter's brightest auroras may be accelerated by processes within the giant planet's own magnetic field. Human antidepressants in brains of Great Lakes fish "Fish are receiving this cocktail of drugs 24 hours a day, and we are now finding these drugs in their brains."

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Look for Mercury and Regulus below Venus How can you distinguish the planet Mercury from the star Regulus? Mercury will be some 3 to 4 times brighter.

Thursday night was fantastic for auroras Space weather forecasters predicted the possibility of strong geomagnetic storms, resulting in a strong display of the aurora borealis, or northern lights … and they were right! Photo taken early Friday morning by Sacha Layos in Fairbanks, Alaska. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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