EarthSky News - June 25 - Top Stories This Week

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Kepler finds 10 Earth-like exoplanets Kepler space telescope has identified 219 new exoplanet candidates, 10 of which are near-Earth size and in the habitable zone of their star. Global coral bleaching event likely ending Good news for coral reefs. Top 10 things about brown recluse spiders It's their active season in the Northern Hemisphere. Why the hottest weather isn't on the longest day The year's longest day for us on northern Earth has passed. But the hottest weather is still to come. Flying with the world's fastest bird   Amazing video here. The eclipse is just 2 lunations away Guy Ottewell shares his profound understanding of lunar cycles and the coming total solar eclipse. Tonight … Young moon after sunset From most places worldwide, except at far-northern latitudes, the moon will set about an hour after sunset on June 25. Look for it near the sunset point.

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Tonight … Young moon after sunset Clouded out tonight? Try early in the coming week, when you'll find the crescent farther from the sunset glare.

Last night's extremely young moon Photo and animation by Helio C. Vital of an extremely young moon - only 18 hours past the new phase - setting over a hill Saturday evening, as seen from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 454: Things We’re Looking Forward To

New post on Universe Today Astronomy Cast Ep. 454: Things We're Looking Forward To by Fraser Cain As we wrap up season 10 of Astronomy Cast, we look forward to all the instruments, missions and science results on the distant horizon. Think astronomy is exciting already? Just you wait. We're taking our summer hiatus during July and August, but we'll be back in September with all-new episodes! Visit the Astronomy Cast Page to subscribe to the audio podcast! We usually record Astronomy Cast as a live Google+ Hangout on Air every Friday at 1:30 pm Pacific / 4:30 pm Eastern. You can watch here on Universe Today or from the Astronomy Cast Google+ page. Fraser Cain | June 23, 2017 at 12:24 pm | URL: http://wp.me/p1CHIY-zpC Comment    See all comments Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:  https://www.universetoday.com/136128/astronomy-cast-ep-454-things-looking-forward/

The Guardian today: Housing crisis threatens a million families with eviction by 2020

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