Apr 14 - Dragon Questions

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A reptile expert takes your burning dragon questions As Game of Thrones returns for a final season, a herpetologist addresses some highly fictional dragon scenarios using real science. Read more. When and how it rains on the sun Rain takes different forms on the planets and moons of our solar system. But it also rains on the sun, as electrified gas drips from giant magnetic loops in the sun's outer atmosphere. See a spectacular image of the sun's coronal rain. Does the black hole image confirm Einstein's relativity theory? Einstein's theory was confirmed in 1919, when British astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington measured the bending of starlight around the sun during a total solar eclipse. And it's been re-confirmed since. How about now? Read more.

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Before Monday's sunup … Mercury below Venus Around now, look for Mercury below Venus before sunrise. Both will be in the east, near the sunrise point. Venus is very bright; Mercury is fainter and closer to the sunrise. Read more.

Check out this peregrine falcon webcam View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jody Kuchar alerted us to the webcam, which sits atop the 244-foot (74-meter) Briess Elevator in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Jody captured this image from the webcam in mid-2018 and wrote: "Class of 2018 peregrine falcons on banding day." Thank you, Jody!  Read more. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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