EarthSky News - March 1 - Top Stories This Week

March 1 Top Stories This Week

Buddhist statue has a mummy inside  The mummy inside this statue - which was found in China - appears to be a man 30 to 50 years old. He was apparently buried alive inside a chamber while meditating. Lenticular clouds look like UFOs  These lens-shaped clouds are often mistaken for UFOs. Here’s how they form, plus gorgeous photos and a video. Does dark matter cause mass extinctions?  As we journey around the galaxy, our solar system might regularly interact with dark matter, which might dislodge Oort cloud comets and boost heat in Earth's core. Mysterious Ceres bright spot is double  With the Dawn spacecraft less than a week from its Ceres encounter, the dwarf planet's strange bright spot is revealed to have a dimmer companion. Check out this image! EarthSky astronomy kits are perfect for beginners Order yours today from the EarthSky store. Plus …. Moon nears Jupiter on March 1  The bright "star" near the moon on March 1, 2015 is really the planet Jupiter. Keep watching! The moon will be even closer to Jupiter tomorrow night.

SKY ALERT Moon nears Jupiter tonight