EarthSky News - February 26 - Double Bright Spot on Ceres!

February 26 Double Bright Spot on Ceres!

Mysterious Ceres bright spot is double With the Dawn spacecraft just one week from its Ceres encounter, the dwarf planet's strange bright spot is revealed to have a dimmer companion.  Check out this image! Monster black hole at cosmic dawn A black hole 12 billion times more massive than our sun - at the heart of the brightest quasar in the early universe - as the dark ages of the universe were just ending. Watch unusual comet sail past sun Then stay tuned.  This comet - named C/2015 D1 (SOHO) - might become visible in your evening sky.  Maybe. Saharan dust feeds Amazon rainforest, perfectly Phosphorus carried in Saharan dust to Amazon rainforest turns out to be just enough to replace that lost from the rainforest due to rain and flooding.   EarthSky astronomy kits are perfect for beginners Order yours today from the EarthSky store. Moon skims north of Orion on February 26 Watch for the waxing moon.  Tonight - and for the few nights - it arcs north of the constellation Orion and south of the ecliptic.

TODAY'S IMAGE When the daytime moon covers Venus Beautiful event! Photo by Alfons Gabel in Germany.