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