Showing posts with label Jupiter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jupiter. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

May 8 - We Go Between the Sun and Jupiter

May 8
We Go Between the Sun and Jupiter
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Jupiter - opposite the sun - rises when the sun sets. Watch for it ascending in the east in evening twilight. Then turn around and look for Venus in the west. Venus and Jupiter will be super bright as night falls, balancing the 2 sides of your sky.
Deep learning is a form of artificial intelligence. In 2 unrelated studies, astronomers report "surprising" success using it to perform research that's hard or impossible otherwise.
Adult female sea turtles - on beaches from North Carolina to Texas and throughout the Caribbean - are crawling out of the ocean and laying their eggs. Here's an update from a biologist who's been studying these turtles for 36 years.
On May evenings, as viewed from Earth's Northern Hemisphere, the disk of the Milky Way galaxy lies as flat around our horizon as it can ...
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In 2018, Jupiter lies in front of the faint constellation Libra the Scales. The closest star to Jupiter is Zubenelgenubi, Libra's alpha star. Jupiter looks over 100 times brighter to us than this bright star!

Milky Way over Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, by Max Moorman Photography. Max caught this photo in the month of June, when the Milky Way returns to easy viewing in the evening sky.
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Monday, May 7, 2018

May 7 - Astonishing Jupiter

May 7
Astonishing Jupiter
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New science from Jupiter

When the Juno spacecraft recently flew over the poles of Jupiter, researchers were astonished. This 5-minute video from NASA explores the latest discoveries.

This week we go between the sun and Jupiter

This is Jupiter's yearly opposition, marking the middle of the best months in 2018 to see the planet.

Help NASA create world's largest landslide database   

Researchers have launched a citizen science project requesting your reports on landslides you've seen, heard about in the news, or found in an online database. Photos welcome!

What causes landslides?

The culprit is usually water.

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This week we go between the sun and Jupiter

We sweep between this world and the sun on May 9 at 1 UTC (May 8 at 8 p.m. Central Daylight Time; translate UTC to your time).

Eta Aquariid in moonlight

Who says you can't catch meteors in moonlight? Check out this beautiful shot of one of this weekend's Eta Aquariid meteors from Eliot Herman in Tucson.
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