Feb 10 - Top Stories This Week

[logo-news_2x.png]( February 10 Top Stories This Week by: [color-facebook-96.png]( [color-twitter-96.png]( [color-instagram-96.png]( [color-link-96.png]( [Edit Block](#) [Duplicate Block](#) [Delete Block](#) [Elon Musk, on his triumphant Falcon Heavy]( Musk's description of Tuesday's successful launch of the Falcon Heavy lift vehicle. [Volcán de Fuego from Earth and space]( Photos of recent eruption of Volcán de Fuego, Central America's "fire volcano". [Scientists solve a methane puzzle]( New study settles a disagreement about the source of heat-trapping methane in Earth's atmosphere. [Humans witnessed fire-covered Earth at end of Ice Age]( Research says 12,800 years ago, 10 percent of Earth’s land surface was consumed by fires, thanks to a cosmic impact. [Is a major California earthquake overdue?]( California has a 93% chance of an earthquake with magnitude 7 or greater by 2045, say forecasts. [James Webb Telescope arrives in California]( The telescope's component halves had been undergoing testing in Houston. Now they're about to be assembled. [TRAPPIST-1 worlds likely terrestrial and water-rich]( New insights about the 7 planets orbiting nearby star TRAPPIST-1. [Moon closest to Saturn before sunup Sunday]( Saturn is the most distant and slowest-moving world that you can easily see with the unaided eye. Let the moon show it to you Sunday morning. [The EarthSky Store]( Help us keep presenting your world, and cosmos, to you. Plus get some cool astronomy swag while doing so! [Moon closest to Saturn before sunup Sunday]( From the Northern Hemisphere, look southeast. From the Southern Hemisphere, look more due east. [Martian dust cascades]( This image, from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft, shows streaks forming on slopes on the Martian surface when dust cascades downhill. [Submit your photo to EarthSky here!]( Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? [Click here to get your own subscription!]( by: [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [Edit Block](#) [Duplicate Block](#) [Delete Block](#) [update your profile]( | [unsubscribe](