March 6 - Moon Passes Morning Planets

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Moon sweeps past morning planets This week, using the moon as a guide, you can easily find Jupiter, Mars and Saturn between the hours of midnight and dawn. What is a runaway star? For the most part, stars in our Milky Way galaxy move in a more or less orderly way. But some stars are runaways. Today in science: Breakup of an asteroid Scientists watched as, over a period of months, the asteroid known as P/2013 R3 broke into smaller pieces. Quietly, Regulus ushers in springtime Regulus, brightest star in Leo the Lion, is now rising in the east after sunset. You might not notice it, but stargazers know that, when Regulus appears in this way, spring is near.

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Moon sweeps past morning planets Don't miss the moon and Jupiter Wednesday morning! Next to the moon, Jupiter is the brightest object in the predawn sky.

Distorted corona You'll find rainbow-like colors in both cloud iridescence and coronas around the sun. But iridescence tends to look random, while coronas are circles ... usually. That's not the case with this distorted corona, captured by Star Cammy over Hong Kong on February 27. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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