Apr 28 - Jupiter, Moon, Top Stories

April 28 Jupiter, Moon, Top Stories by:

This weekend … Watch for the moon near Jupiter     You can't miss these 2 bright worlds near each other. Look below for a chart. Full moon is this weekend Full moon is Sunday night for the Americas, Monday for Asia. Read why, this time, there's no eclipse. How TESS will hunt for alien worlds Great news in the hunt for exoplanets. The TESS planet-hunter launched last week. It'll scan 200,000 stars, seeking possibly livable worlds. How do flocking birds move in unison? Don't miss these beautiful photos and videos. Pacific island is most plastic-polluted place on Earth It's Henderson Island, idyllic when seen from space, but trashed with millions of tons of plastic. Our home world from afar Here are 10 awesome images. Gaia's 2nd data release: 1.7 billion stars! Plus links to virtual reality resources made possible by Gaia, available for you to explore. Giant ichthyosaur one of largest animals ever It was about the size of a blue whale. Unseen black hole siblings? There's a supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Could unseen supermassive black holes lurk at our galaxy's outskirts?

The EarthSky Store Help us keep presenting your world, and cosmos, to you. Plus get some cool astronomy swag while doing so!

Tonight … Watch for the moon near Jupiter Jupiter is always bright, but it's especially so now because Earth will pass between Jupiter and the sun on May 9.

Fireball over Dry Tortugas Jeff Berkes captured this fireball - a very bright meteor - at Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida last Sunday, during the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower. He said, "The meteor was so bright that it left reflections in the water surrounding the moat." Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

by: