May 30 - Meet Saturn

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Tonight … Moon and Saturn close The moon is now past full, ascending in the east several hours after sunset. Saturn - now nearly at its best for 2018 - is the nearest bright object. Help EarthSky keep going...we NEED your help! Hello, friends of the Earth and sky! Our yearly crowd-funding campaign starts today. Click here to donate and to learn our goals for the coming year. Manhattanhenge comes to New York City Each year on May 29 and 30 - and again in early July - New Yorkers watch for Manhattanhenge. Here's what causes it. The real story behind that melted camera NASA's melted camera became a social media phenomenon last week. Here’s the story behind the picture. Planet-hunter Kepler keeps going as fuel dwindles Kepler has discovered thousands of exoplanets, and soon will run out of fuel. Now it's begun its 18th observing campaign, with a focus on objects including the famous nearby Beehive star cluster and infamous asteroid Apophis.

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Tonight … Moon and Saturn close Saturn isn't the brightest object in the night sky, but it's the brightest object near the moon Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Manhattanhenge comes to New York City Manhattanhenge photo by EarthSky community member Gowrishankar Lakshminarayanan. Thanks, Gowri! Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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