Monday, October 30, 2017

EarthSky News - Oct 30 - Interstellar Asteroid (or Comet)?

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Small object visits from beyond solar system

This small asteroid (or comet) passed under Earth's orbit on October 14 at about 60 times the moon's distance. Now it appears to be heading toward interstellar space again.

Mojave Forsaken: Ghost towns and dark skies

Just in time for Halloween, a new video from ProjectSkyGlow depicting spooky California ghost towns under the darkest of dark night skies.

What is dark matter?

Cosmologists are heading back to their chalkboards, as experiments designed to figure out what this unknown 84% of our universe actually is, come up empty.

Tonight … Moon in Aquarius, near Neptune

Find the zodiacal constellation Aquarius. The moon will be there, too. Neptune can't be seen in the moon's glare, but it's fun to imagine.
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Mojave Forsaken: Ghost towns and dark skies

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Moon in Aquarius, near Neptune

Once the moon leaves the evening sky, starting at the end of the first week of November, try locating Neptune in front of the constellation Aquarius, and near the star Lambda Aquarii.

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