June’s deep sky: Nebulae, a nova and more

Members of the EarthSky community shared these amazing photos of June’s deep sky. Enjoy these images of a nova, some nebulae, a cluster and more!

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Charon’s red cap created by “atmospheric surges”

An odd reddish polar cap on Pluto’s moon Charon has puzzled scientists since 1st seen in 2015. Now researchers may have solved the mystery of Charon’s red cap.

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Boötes the Herdsman and its bright star Arcturus

Boötes the Herdsman is a large constellation that holds one of the brightest stars in the sky, Arcturus. Only 3 others stars and the sun are brighter.

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OHA: Climate change anxiety plays large role in youth mental health crisis – BikePortland

Youth protesters at the Portland Youth Climate Strike protest earlier this year. (Photo: Taylor Griggs/BikePortland) Youth are playing a major role in Oregon’s climate movement, but the flip side of their admirable passion and activism prowess is a looming mental…

More than 950 killed in magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Afghanistan

An earthquake near the city of Khōst in south-east Afghanistan has killed nearly a thousand people and injured hundreds

Mercury’s data recorder to help monitor global warming – GlobeNewswire

ANDOVER, Mass., June 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com), a leader in trusted, secure mission-critical technologies for aerospace and defense, announced it was selected by Ball Aerospace to enhance the data recording and storage performance…

Beautiful Image of International Space Station Passing in Front of Sun Captured in Less Than a Second

The International Space Station (ISS) is seen transiting the Sun in these fascinating images taken from England. Jamie Cooper captured the spectacle in just one second from his home in Whilton, Northamptonshire. “On the late morning of 17th June 2022, a pass of the International Space Station in front of the Sun was predicted to […]

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Paper co-authored by Dr. Christy on climate model warming bias is a top 10 download – UAH News

A paper co-authored by Dr. John Christy is a top 10 download for the past 12 months in the AGU journal Earth and Space Science. Michael Mercier | UAH A research paper finding a significant global warming bias in climate…

Monsoon 2022: The North East may be deluged, but the west coast is dry; here is why

A combination of different climatic factors is bringing more moisture to the northeastern region, while taking moisture away from the western coast of India

Is Moss Is A Climate Change Superhero In Disguise? – Forbes

Moss floor. Kyoto. About 2000. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) . Getty Images Ask most gardeners what they think of moss and the chances are you will get a string of expletives in return. That’s because mosses are the scourge of…