Exploding Star: New Supernova Discovery Is Closest in Years

An exploding star has suddenly appeared in the night sky, dazzling astronomers who haven’t seen a new supernova this close to our solar system in years.

Also amazing to know: It was first discovered by university students in London. 

It’s visible in the Northern Hemisphere between the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper. The last greatest view the earth had of this type of event was in 1987.. 

Very cool stuff in the night sky.

Exploding Star: New Supernova Discovery Is Closest in Years

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Darkness IS important. And it’s beautiful.. With that, darkness is quickly going dark..

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Darkness is a natural resource and it is almost gone 

Paul Bogard explains: ”For me, one of the reasons why identifying different depths of darkness is so important is that we don’t recognize that we’re losing it, unless we have a name to recognize it by. It’s also a way to talk about what we might regain.”

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Twitter and Facebook is alive and and well tonight with images of the ‘supermoon’ .. the night when our lunar neighbor is closer to the earth than usual and the fact it’s a full moon only adds to the glory of how big it looks in the sky above us..

It looks super.

And immense..

Amazing images are showing up in Twitter feeds and Facebook friends’ images from around the United States..

You need a good camera. And maybe a tripod And slow, slow exposure.. and a brief moment in time with the moon above..

Oddly enough, above my head tonight, the supermoon not only looks larger than normal in the  East sky by it also appeared to be slightly blood red due to atmospheric conditions. But now, at 10:40 when this post is being written, the moon is brighter and more beautiful than normal..

I picture lovers’ kisses and childrens’ wishes..

And when the 2am crowd leaves the bar tonight, bright lights in the sky will light their drunken way home..

May you all be safe and sound under that supermoon.

Sleep well tonight ..

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