Apr 27 - Top Stories This Week

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Scientists find new surprises about Titan's lakes Some of Titan's lakes are surprisingly deep. Closest rocky exoplanets could support life Scientists thought intense radiation would make the 4 exoplanets unable to support life. A new study suggests otherwise. Huge double asteroid will pass safely May 25 This oddly shaped asteroid with a companion moon has its closest approach next month. What we're watching   Livestream, Sunday, from ESA on Facebook  A livestream video interview with asteroid expert Rüdiger Jehn of the European Space Agency - straight from Washington - where, this week, the Planetary Defense Conference will simulate a fictional, but plausible, imminent asteroid impact. The livestream is scheduled for Sunday at 12 UTC (14 CEST, 8 a.m. EDT; translate UTC to your time). Can't watch Sunday? There will be a second livestream from the conference this Thursday. Go to ESA on Facebook.   More top stories Did an interstellar traveler hit Earth in 2014? Listen to 1st-ever recorded marsquake Universe’s 1st type of molecule found at last Rain over Asia foreshadows intense California heat What caused the Great Dying? Why observe Earth Day on April 22?

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Uluru sunset View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Photographer Grant Schwartzkopff captured Uluru - also known as Ayers Rock - in Northern Territory, Australia, on April 19. Grant wrote, "Sunset over the rock when the full moon came up right alongside the rock. Absolutely brilliant." Thank you, Grant! Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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