EarthSky Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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A new supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy, aka M101, is the closest to Earth in a decade! Discovered on May 19, 2023, it lies near constellation Ursa Major, at the end of the handle of the Big Dipper. Read more: https://t.co/7Oo30t5No5 📸 Wikimedia Commons/ IAU /Sky & Telescope. https://t.co/9RRyoRVvKA

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Could we feed a city on Mars? In the book Dinner on Mars, authors Lenore Newman and Evan Fraser explore technologies to build a sustainable food system on Mars. 🔴🌽🥔 Read more in their article from The Conversation: https://t.co/hpHgjUlKrD 📸 NASA/ The Conversation. https://t.co/vT4z08gutt

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Heads up! On Saturday and Sunday mornings this weekend, the waning crescent moon is near the bright, reddish star Aldebaran in Taurus the Bull. The Pleiades star cluster and Mars are also close by. 🌘🌌🔴 Find more observing events in our night sky guide: https://t.co/n6c6gePlBg https://t.co/QAu8B3Q8LE

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A mesmerizing immensity of stars in the Milky Way behind Saturn and Jupiter was captured in this photo by Michael Zuber last week. Terlingua, a ghost town in Texas, is in the foreground, and Michael caught a meteor as well. Thank you, Michael! ✨ https://t.co/Hc3XCF859x

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Look up! On Monday morning, the last quarter moon will pass by the bright stars Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini the Twins. 🌗🌌 Read more about Monday morning's sky: https://t.co/NHorLgSeKV 📸 John Jardine Goss/ EarthSky. https://t.co/vFeLYfbdnz

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Media we love: EarthSky's Kelly Kizer Whitt recommends A Cloud a Day, about all the clouds you can see. Learn more about this engrossing, richly illustrated book in this edition of “Media we love." ☁️📚 Read more of Kelly's review: https://t.co/QPyqYnYycr 📸 Chronicle Books. https://t.co/HJFZiuxxHp

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Check out the Red Planet this September! In early September, Mars is rising before midnight. So you’ll find the planet high in the sky at sunrise. It’ll be near the easy-to-spot constellation Orion the Hunter. Read more about the night sky here: https://t.co/JOP4rkrUdn https://t.co/awNvk9jWoF

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Do you like apocalyptic fiction? Deborah Byrd recommends The Age of Miracles. It's a fantasy set against the background of an unexplained natural slowing in Earth's spin. 🌎📚 Read more of Deborah's review: https://t.co/CsobLnvcdR 📸 Amazon/ Random House Trade Paperbacks. https://t.co/qb9amzvo6D