... 14.12.2008 . ... Once considered a false dawn , this triangle of light is actually Zodiacal Light , light reflected from interplanetary dust particles . ... Zodiacal light is so bright this time of year because the dust band is oriented nearly vertical at sunrise, so that the thick air near the horizon does not block out relatively bright reflecting dust . Zodiacal light is also bright for people in Earth's northern hemisphere in March and April just after sunset. ... April . ... December 2008 . ...

... 2015 December 11 . The Brightest Spot on Ceres . Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , UCLA , MPS/DLR/IDA . ... Exploring Ceres from orbit since March, the Dawn spacecraft's camera has revealed about 130 or so mysterious bright spots, mostly associated with impact craters scattered around the small world's otherwise dark surface. ... Since impacts would have exposed the material, Ceres' numerous and widely scattered bright spots may indicate the presence of a subsurface shell of ice-salt mix. ...

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... December 30, 1998 . Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe . Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA . Explanation: Far away, long ago, a star exploded. ... Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... The large number and great distances to supernovae measured in 1998 have been interpreted as indicating that we live in a previously unexpected universe . ... About APOD > . ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... Monthly Sky Notes . December . ... Would anyone turn down a good firework show in December? ... The Geminids meteor shower should then emerge in all its glory in the east in the constellation GeminiтАЩs patch of sky on the evening of the 13 th and early morning of the 14 th of December, with the last shooting stars visible up until the 18 th December and approximately one meteor per hour on display at that stage. ...

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The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... That produces an extra resistance to the flow of current. ...

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... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

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