March 31 - Tiangong-1, Blue Moon, Top Stories

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The world waits for Tiangong-1 to fall The Chinese space station will reenter Earth's atmosphere this weekend. Updated reentry predictions here.  Tonight ... 2018's 2nd Blue Moon You need a moonless February to have a calendar year with 2 Blue Moons. That was the case in 2018. Green moon on April 20, 2018? Nah This was the most-searched-for story at EarthSky this week. It's a joke, y'all. Why orange snow in Europe? It surprised skiers in eastern Europe … but not meteorologists. Mysterious skeleton is human, not alien It's strange. It's tiny. It's without a doubt human. Pacific Garbage Patch now 3 times size of France What happened when 30 vessels simultaneously crossed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 2015. 10 surprises about our solar system Here are 10 unexpected and intriguing facts about our solar system – our sun and its family of planets – you probably did not know!

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Tonight ... 2018's 2nd Blue Moon A Blue Moon isn't blue in color. It's Blue in name only. This photo - by Flickr user Tim Geers - likely employed a blue filter, or post-processing.

Bonneville Salt Flats "In the springtime, when a few inches of water rest on its surface, Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats becomes a massive, thousand-acre mirror," said Marc Tosco of ancientskys.com. Click in to see the stacked version of this photo! Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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