Given clear skies, all of the U.S. (except Alaska and Hawaii) can watch the red planet Mars disappear behind the moon – or reappear, or both – on the morning of February 18, 2020. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/lunar-occultation-of-mars-february-18…
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Himalayan glacier shows evidence of start of Industrial Revolution
Human beings altered one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas hundreds of years before a person ever set foot there, new research has found. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/himalayan-glacier-evidence-start-industrial-revolution…
Single lightning strike kills 4 endangered mountain gorillas
Lightning strikes kill wild animals relatively often, but the deaths of four rare gorillas represent a huge loss for the species. Source: https://www.livescience.com/lightning-kills-four-rare-gorillas.html
Mountain gorillas killed by lightning strike
A freak accident has resulted in the deaths of four rare mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Mgahinga National Park. Having long been the subject of conserv… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334445/mountain-gorillas-killed-by-lightning-strike…
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…
What is Earth’s shadow, and when can you see it?
Like all worlds orbiting suns, our planet Earth casts a shadow. Here are some times to look for it. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/when-can-you-see-earths-shadow…
A Sunset Night Sky over the Grand Canyon
Seeing mountain peaks glow red from Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Splash of color on Georgia’s Arabia Mountain
Diamorpha on a Georgia mountaintop Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/arabia-mountain-georgia-diamorpha-jan2020-photo…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Recovers From Glitch on Mars
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity “lost its orientation…partway through its last set of activities,” reported a planetary geologist on the rover’s team Monday. Curiosity had lost track of its position in space and the position of its various parts like its robotic arm. “Thus, Curiosity stopped moving, freezing in place until its knowledge of its orientation can be recovered. Curiosity kept sending…
NESSI emerges as new tool for exoplanet atmospheres
The darkness surrounding the Hale Telescope breaks with a sliver of blue sky as the dome begins to open, screeching with metallic, sci-fi-like sounds atop San Diego County’s Palomar Mountain. The historic observatory smells of the oil pumped in to support the bearings that make this giant telescope float ever so slightly as it moves to track the stars. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-01-nessi-emerges-tool-exoplanet-atmospheres.html…