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8/9/2024  SUBSCRIBE TODAY ☰✕ News | Ask Astro | Sky This Week | Magazine SOURCE: NASA SCIENCE Meteorite strikes create the Moon's atmosphere Numerous tiny impacts vaporizing lunar soil and throwing up atoms largely create the Moon's thin, transient atmosphere, a new study finds.  KEEP READING SOURCE: Morgan Demeter SPACE EXPLORATION Emily Calandrelli: Science TV host is reaching for the stars KEEP READING SOURCE: Robert Reeves OBSERVING In Kosovo, a new public observatory opens eyes — and hearts KEEP READING SPONSORED BY: ARCHAEOLOGICAL PATHS Discover Egypt in Total Luxury with World's Most Eminent Archaeologists Discover the Land of the Pharaohs with the world's most famous archaeologist, Dr. Zahi Hawass, and Egypt's Head of Antiquities, Dr. Mostafa Waziri. You will have unparalleled access to Egypt's greatest monuments. Imagine having the Great Pyramid to yourself or standing between the paws of the Great Sphinx. Enjoy a VIP tour of the Grand Egyptian Museum and a private visit to the Valley of the Kings. These and other experiences typically reserved for VIPs are now within your reach.    www.ArchaeologicalPaths.com SOURCE: Dave Doctor THIS WEEK IN ASTRONOMY WITH DAVE EICHER Explore the Hercules Cluster M13, better known as the Hercules Cluster, is one of the night sky's great globular clusters. WATCH NOW SOURCE: Ashley Gerard Davies et al 2024 Planet. Sci. J. 5 121, CC BY 4.0 SCIENCE First-of-its-kind map of Io's volcanoes hints at subsurface magma ocean The new map also highlights the extraordinary effects of tidal heating that the moon undergoes, thanks to its orbital configuration. KEEP READING SOURCE: NASA, ESA and H.E. Bond (STScI) ASK ASTRO What is a light echo? This phenomenon causes objects to expand faster than the speed of light — but it's a trick of cosmic geometry. KEEP READING SOURCE: Tunç Tezel from Bursa, Turkey PICTURE OF THE DAY A morning-star travelog VIEW PHOTO SOURCE: Rob Pettengill (Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) OBSERVING A conjunction of Mars and Jupiter KEEP READING NEED ASSISTANCE? CONTACT US SUBSCRIPTION CUSTOMER SERVICE VISIT OUR WEBSITE LIKE US ON FACEBOOK RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION GIVE A GIFT Unsubscribe | Preferences | Customer Service | Privacy Policy | View In Browser This message was sent to ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com. ©2024 Firecrown 605 Chestnut St, Ste 800, Chattanooga TN 37450