Tuesday, November 21, 2017

EarthSky News - Nov 21 - Ta Da! 1st Interstellar Asteroid

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It's the 1st known interstellar asteroid
It swept nearest the sun in September, then sped away again, back to interstellar space. Astronomers named it `Oumuamua. It's dark red, very elongated and unlike anything in our solar system.

What monarch butterflies prefer

Will our survival strategy for monarchs work? Initiatives emphasize milkweed plantings along roadsides. New research shows egg-laying monarchs much prefer off-road farmlands.

Tonight … Come to know the Pleiades, or 7 Sisters

At this time of year, for all of us around the globe, the Pleiades star cluster culminates - reaches its highest point in the sky - around midnight.

Fern, contrail shadow, singing dunes

It was a beautiful day for natural phenomena in the sky, and on the ground!
There will be no EarthSky News on U.S. Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 23). 
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We sold out of these calendars quickly last year. Get yours now! P.S. They make great holiday gifts.

Come to know the Pleiades, or 7 Sisters

This image is from Krishnan Subramanian near Mumbai, India. It's from a star party earlier this month and shows a laser pointing toward the Pleiades. Krishnan wrote: "The Pleiades star cluster is called Krithika in India. The red streak on the left is that of an aircraft."

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Fern, contrail shadow, singing dunes

Fern Zalin Jones wrote: "That is me, triumphant!" She's atop a dune at Kelso Dunes in California's Mojave Desert. See the contrail shadow in the background? Photo taken November 11, 2017 by Greg Lewis.
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