EarthSky News - Jan 14 - What's the Star Near the Moon?

January 14 What's the Star Near the Moon? by:

Tonight … Moon and star Regulus You'll have to wait until fairly late at night to see the moon. It'll be rising before midnight. See the star Regulus very near the moon Saturday night. From some places, the moon will pass in front of Regulus! Moon in a waning gibbous phase Full moon has come and gone. Now the moon is rising later at night. Watch for a daytime moon in the west in early morning in the next few days. Forensic science looks at human evolution The reach of forensic science's is being extended from crime scenes into prehistory to help unlock the mysteries of human evolution. Huge iceberg set to break off Antarctic shelf An iceberg the size of Delaware is set to calve from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf. Only about 12 miles (19 km) still connect the ice chunk to the rest of the continent. Star of the week: Capella We see Capella as the brightest star in the constellation Auriga the Charioteer. It's actually 2 stars, each with a golden color similar to our sun.

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Tonight … Moon and star Regulus Regulus is Leo the Lion's brightest star, sometimes called the Lion's Heart. See it extremely near the moon late Saturday night. Can't see it? Try holding up a finger in front of the bright moon. Or try binoculars!

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NASA Digest, Vol 44, Issue 8

	January 13, 2017  CONTRACT RELEASE C17-001 NASA Awards Engineering Contract for Earth, Space Science Missions NASA has awarded a contract to KBRwyle Technology Solutions, LLC of Columbia, Maryland, for engineering services to support more than 20 NASA exploration missions. The Ground Systems and Missions Operations-2 contract is cost-plus-award fee, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, with a total maximum ordering value of $442 million. The effective ordering period begins March 1 and runs through Feb. 28, 2022. KBRwyle will support a wide range of mission operations, including concept studies, formulation development, implementation, operations, sustaining engineering and decommissioning. They also will support operations studies, systems engineering, design, implementation, integration and testing of ground systems and operations products, mission operations and sustaining engineering. The contract supports various NASA missions managed by Space Science Mission Operations and Earth Science Mission Operations at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. These include, but are not limited to, the Polar Operational Environmental Satellite, Magnetospheric Multi-Scale, Global Precipitation Measurement, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, James Webb Space Telescope, and Solar Dynamics Observatory. For information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov
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