If you have a dark sky, you can see Lepus the Hare and Columba the Dove. They’re 2 faint constellations near the easy-to-find constellation Orion. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/the-hare-and-the-dove-below-the-hunter…
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Gemini? Here’s your constellation
The constellation Gemini, with its two brightest stars, Castor and Pollux, shines prominently in winter and spring night skies of the Northern Hemisphere. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/gemini-heres-your-constellation…
Procyon is the Little Dog Star
The Dog Star, Sirius, is easy to spot because it’s the sky’s brightest star. Procyon – the other Dog Star – is near its brighter brother on the sky’s dome. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/procyon-harbringer-of-the-dog-star…
VLT sees surface of dim Betelgeuse
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope is in northern Chile. Astronomers used it to capture the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. The new images show how the apparent shape of this star is changing. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/betelgeuse-dimming-supernova-new-vlt-images…
Today, 30th anniversary of the Pale Blue Dot
On February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft acquired one of the most iconic images ever taken from space, an image of our planet Earth seen from Saturn. The image is now known as the Pale Blue Dot. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/february-14-1990-pale-blue-dot-image-voyager…
Ötzi the Iceman’s final days
Scientists have identified ancient mosses in, on and around the 5,300-year-old glacier mummy that add to the story of the final 48 hours before his murder. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/otzi-the-iceman-mummy-ancient-mosses…
Taurus? Here’s your constellation
How to find to find the constellation Taurus in your night sky. Plus the names of some of its bright stars and star clusters and its mythology. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/taurus-heres-your-constellation…
Moon in Winter Circle February 4 and 5
The February 4 and 5 waxing moon shines inside a large pattern of stars called the Winter Circle, or Winter Hexagon. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-highlights-winter-circle…
Ghost hunter calls 911 after hearing voice
A paranormal investigator called the emergency services after hearing cries for help at a Pennsylvania cemetery. The peculiar incident, which occurred… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334237/ghost-hunter-calls-911-after-hearing-voice…
Star-hop from Orion to Planet 9
For several years now, astronomers have been searching for a hypothetical Planet 9 in the starry sky. You can use the constellation Orion to show you approximately where they’re looking. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/star-hop-from-orion-to-planet-9…