Apr 6 - Top Stories This Week

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April guide to the bright planets Mars is the sole bright planet out at nightfall. Jupiter rises at late night, followed by Saturn a few hours later. Venus and Mercury appear briefly before daybreak. Astronomers find 2nd galaxy lacking dark matter Ironically, galaxies without dark matter might help confirm dark matter theory. Speedy asteroid buzzed Earth last week, 1 day before being detected It's the largest of 14 asteroids to pass closer to us than the moon since 2019 began. More top stories Hubble captures a rare active asteroid Did deep groundwater cause these mysterious dark streaks on Mars? Fungal disease killing off frogs, toads, salamanders worldwide Astronomers find a planet fragment orbiting a dead star NASA and Google partner for human Mars exploration See Mars via images from ExoMars orbiter EarthSky's 2019 meteor shower guide What makes famous Blood Falls red? 2018 global CO2 growth 4th highest on record

Thanks, everybody, for a great 2019 crowd-funder.

Tonight … Go young moon hunting! From most of Earth, the moon will be more than 24 hours old Saturday evening. It'll be an excellent evening to look west shortly after sunset for a very thin crescent moon. This little moon will soon follow the sun down in the west. So look as the sky begins to darken! Read more.

Fireball over New Mexico View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Mike Lewinski in Tres Piedras, New Mexico - of Wilderness Vagabonds on Facebook - caught this glorious fireball on April 3 at 11:12 p.m. He said it left a persistent ion train that lasted more than 6 minutes. This is a cropped image of the fireball. Mike commented he captured it with an automatic camera set-up, but that his lens had frosted over a bit. Check out Mike's animated gif!  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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