EarthSky News - Dec 7 - Giant Black Hole at Cosmic Dawn

December 7 Giant Black Hole at Cosmic Dawn by:

Giant black hole at cosmic dawn Meet J1342+0928, now the most distant quasar yet known, containing the most-distant-yet supermassive black hole. Both exist at a time just 690 million years after the Big Bang. N. Hemisphere? Watch for earliest sunsets The 2017 solstice will arrive on December 21, but the earliest sunsets at mid-northern latitudes are happening now. S. Hemisphere? Then watch for your earliest sunrises. Turning hurricanes into music A meteorologist and a music technologist are turning data from tropical storms into musical graphs. Can listening to storms help us understand them? Where's the moon? Waning gibbous Watch for the moon late at night now, or in the early morning. When you see it, you might think it looks oddly egg-shaped, like a misshapen clone of a full moon.

EarthSky tees are back The gift that gives back! Make sure to check out the new colors and designs. They are the perfect holiday gift for your friends and loved ones. A percentage of proceeds collected will be donated to select organizations.

N. Hemisphere? Watch for earliest sunsets Earliest sunsets happening now for the latitude of New York City (shown in Jerry Ferguson's photo, above). Also ... Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kansas City, Missouri; Denver, Colorado; Reno, Nevada; Beijing, China; Madrid, Spain; Naples, Italy.

Christmas lights and the king tide Mimi Ditchie captured this photo at low tide on Monday - the day of the king tide at Pismo Beach, California - following Sunday's supermoon. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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