April 3 - Most Distant Star Yet

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Astronomers spy most distant star yet Astronomers call it Lensed Star 1 because gravitational microlensing magnified its light some 2,000 times. That's how they saw it shining from the distant past, only 4.4 billion years after the Big Bang. Keep watching the moon and Jupiter They'll be the brightest lights up there from late night Tuesday to dawn Wednesday. See it! A beautiful conjunction of Mars and Saturn Red Mars and golden Saturn were only 1.3 degrees apart Monday morning, about the width of your finger at arm's length. Photos from the EarthSky community. Thanks to all who submitted. Blackbirds in the city: Bad health, longer life Blackbirds live longer in cities than in forests. But a new genetic analysis suggest that city birds have much poorer health than their rural cousins.

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Keep watching the moon and Jupiter By Wednesday morning, the moon will have left Jupiter behind and be about to sweep past the star Antares. Later this week, the moon will rendezvous with Mars and Saturn.

A beautiful conjunction of Mars and Saturn Saturn and Mars on Monday morning, the morning of their conjunction, via Steven A. Sweet of Lunar101-Moon Book, in Toronto. Saturn and Mars will remain in the same binocular field all week. The moon will sweep near them Saturday morning. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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