Here Comes the Sun(s)
Listen 00:05:41A quintuple star system is discovered in the constellation Ursa Major.
Multiple systems are not unusual, in fact most stars are multiples and its been said that life was able to evolve here on this planet because it’s a single star.
Times they are a changin’ – sunset now is 15 earlier than last month and sunrise almost 30 minutes later.
Saturn is among the treats to be seen in the early August night sky.
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