EarthSky News - Jan 15 - Top Stories This Week

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Mars spacecraft spies Earth and moon A telescope orbiting Mars gives us a new view of Earth and its moon. Hubble peers along Voyagers' future paths Hubble looks at future trajectories of the 2 Voyager spacecraft, now heading into uncharted interstellar space. Weak La Niña follows potent El Niño After one of the most intense El Niños on record, the current La Niña has been relatively quiet. Seeking Alpha Centauri's unseen planets A new agreement will let ESO's Very Large Telescope seek planets in the star system next door. Huge iceberg set to break off Antarctic shelf Only about 12 miles (19 km) still connect the ice chunk to the rest of the continent. Moon in 2017 Everything you want to know about the moon in 2017 - phases, cycles, eclipses and supermoons. Tonight … Sirius, future South Pole Star The sky's brightest star, Sirius aka the Dog Star, will come to within 1.6 degrees of the south celestial pole in the year 66270.

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Sirius, future South Pole Star You can be sure you've found Sirius if you also look for the constellation Orion. The three stars of Orion's Belt always point to Sirius.

Moon now in a waning gibbous phase It's rising later and later each evening. Here's the waning gibbous moonrise behind the Empire State Building in New York City Friday evening. This is a composite of 10 images, spaced 4 minutes apart by Gowrishankar Lakshminarayanan. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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The Guardian today: Theresa May: UK is prepared to accept hard Brexit

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the guardian today Sunday 15 Jan 2017 Headlines More » Theresa May: UK is prepared to accept hard Brexit Forthcoming speech by prime minister believed to suggest that UK must be willing to leave single market to regain control of its borders China warns Trump that Taiwan policy is 'non-negotiable' NHS in crisis as cancer operations cancelled due to lack of beds In Stoke Labour faces a Brexit byelection battle royal Senior British politicians 'targeted by Kremlin' for smear campaigns India v England: first one-day international – live! Most viewed in last 24 hours More » What does the trend for smaller nipples say about us? Cosmetic surgeons report a rise in nipple surgery. Perhaps we should have seen this coming The 50 best breakfast places in the UK Sex and the middle-aged woman … a groundbreaking BBC drama tells it like it is James DeGale and Badou Jack retain titles on majority draw – as it happened Called to the bar? No thanks | Victoria Coren Mitchell Two lonely teenagers who just can't seem to make friends Sport More » James DeGale and Badou Jack fight to majority draw in title unification fight Dion Lewis stars as Patriots roll over Texans to reach another AFC title game Antonio Conte insists he did not lie over Diego Costa's absence from team Comment is free More » It is clear to anyone in the NHS that we cannot carry on as we are | Bob Kerslake Theresa May must commit to single market in her Brexit speech | Keir Starmer A pay cap is not only unworkable, it also detracts from the goal of a fairer society | Will Hutton Culture More » Sweden's bright spark: celebrating 30s designer Josef Frank Ewan McGregor: 'What if I'm not Scottish enough any more?' Emeli Sandé: 'My guiltiest pleasure? Butterscotch Angel Delight' Business More » Robotics, Trump and Brexit turn up the heat amid the snow of Davos Moody's $864m penalty for ratings in run-up to 2008 financial crisis Technology More » Twelve things you need to know about driverless cars As WhatsApp becomes latest victim, are any messaging apps truly secure? Travel More » Nights on ice in Sweden's Arctic wonderland 2017 travel planner: where to go on holiday … and when Life and style More » Call of the wild: can America's national parks survive? | Lucy Rock Friend zone: why we all long to belong | Emily Esfahani Smith Eyewitness picture of the day More » A Sadhu carries his pet monkey at the festival of Makar Sankranti Reuters Football Comment is free Environment

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