Jan 7 - Top Stories This Week

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Ringing in 2018 with 85 new species From sea slugs to sharks to flowering plants, from 5 continents and 3 oceans. See it! New Year's supermoon Photos from the EarthSky community around the world of 2018's closest and brightest supermoon. How deep is your snow? It's really hard to measure snowfall accurately.  Did our solar system form in a bubble around a giant star? Scientists are discussing the possibility that our solar system formed in wind-blown bubbles around a giant, long-dead star. January guide to the bright planets Where to look in your night sky, and when. Next New Horizons flyby The New Horizons flyby of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 will be the most distant in space exploration history. 10 places to find snow beyond Earth From NASA, here are 10 snowy or icy worlds beyond our own. Scientists unearth 1st direct evidence of 1st Americans Evidence of a previously unknown population of ancient people in North America. Tonight … Look for Cassiopeia and the Big Dipper Watch the celestial clock and its 2 great big hour hands - Cassiopeia and the Big Dipper - as they swing around the North Star every night!

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Tonight … Look for Cassiopeia and the Big Dipper Here's the view toward the north in early evening. As night passes, Cassiopeia will sink toward the horizon, and the Dipper will ascend.

Magnificent Mars and Jupiter photos View larger. | Bright object is Jupiter, with its 4 largest moons all seen to one side. Second-bright – to the right – is Mars. Chirag Upreti wrote on Saturday morning: "Jupiter (and its moons) and Mars seen close together from Bronx, NYC." Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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