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Partly Cloudy 67°
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- Visibility
  9 mi
- Cloud
  Cover
  37%
- Ceiling
  27600 ft
Early AM

May 20

Lo 64°
Partly cloudy
Stargazing Weather
- Cloud
  Cover
  29%
- Precip
  21%
- Hours of Precip
  0
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Today

May 20

Hi 88°
Sun followed by some clouds
Good for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  26%
- Precip
  25%
- Hours of Precip
  0
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Tomorrow

May 21

Hi 88°
Times of clouds and sun
Good for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  76%
- Precip
  56%
- Hours of Precip
  1
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Thunderstorms in the area before dawn Wednesday through Wednesday afternoon

5/20 5/21 Now: 2:16am

AM 2-6

2am Partly Cloudy 67° 1%
3am Partly Cloudy 66° 1%
4am Mostly Clear 66° 1%
5am Mostly Clear 64° 1%
6am Mostly Sunny 66° 1%

AM 7-12

7am Mostly Sunny 67° 1%
8am Mostly Sunny 70° 0%
9am Mostly Sunny 74° 0%
10am Mostly Sunny 78° 0%
11am Mostly Sunny 81° 0%
12pm Mostly Sunny 83° 0%

PM 1-6

1pm Mostly Sunny 85° 0%
2pm Partly Sunny 87° 0%
3pm Partly Sunny 88° 0%
4pm Partly Sunny 88° 0%
5pm Partly Sunny 87° 0%
6pm Partly Sunny 85° 0%

PM 7-12

7pm Partly Sunny 82° 0%
8pm Mostly Clear 79° 0%
9pm Mostly Clear 76° 0%
10pm Mostly Clear 73° 0%
11pm Mostly Clear 71° 0%
12am Mostly Clear 71° 0%

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Solunar Information for Columbia, KY

Sunrise/Sunset

Rises at 5:29 AM with 14:18 of sunlight, then sets at 7:47 PM

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Rises at 3:00 PM with 11:50 of moolight, then sets at 2:50 AM

Sat, May 25

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Fri, May 31

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Fallout from Huge Solar Flare Sideswipes Earth Today

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 10:05 AM ET

The sun storm erupted late Tuesday (May 14) during a powerful solar flare — the fourth unleashed by a single sunspot in just 48 hours — and hurled a massive cloud of charged particles out into space at millions of miles an hour.
Mystery of Moon's Magnetic Field Deepens

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 9:57 AM ET

The moon generated a surprisingly intense magnetic field until at least 3.56 billion years ago, 160 million years longer than previously thought, a new study reports.
Yum! Curiosity Rover Swallows 1st Mars Sample, Finds Odd Bright Stuff

Space.com - May 16, 2013; 10:40 AM ET

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has swallowed its first tiny bite of Martian soil, after standing down for a spell while scientists checked out some strange bright bits in the dirt.
Oops! The 5 Greatest Scientific Blunders

LiveScience.com - May 16, 2013; 10:23 AM ET

These stories serve to show how even the smartest among us can err, and that in fact to achieve a big breakthrough, big risks are necessary, which sometimes also involve big failures.
Forget the Moon. Let's Go to Mars.

NationalGeographic.com - May 15, 2013; 8:04 AM ET

Buzz Aldrin says the Red Planet should be humankind's next destination.
Giant Gas Clouds Found In Void Between Nearby Galaxies

Space.com - May 12, 2013; 6:53 AM ET

A never-before-seen interstellar network of gas between two nearby galaxies may provide the raw material needed to fuel star formation for billions of years, scientists say.
Photos: 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Captured

Weather.AOL.com - May 11, 2013; 9:19 AM ET

A stunning solcar eclipse was visible for cities such as Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, on Friday, May 10, 2013.
Mars Rover Curiosity to Drill Into Bumpy 'Cumberland' Rock

Space.com - May 10, 2013; 11:55 AM ET

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will perform its second-ever drilling operation soon, boring into a knobby section of bedrock dubbed "Cumberland," space agency officials announced Thursday.