Sept 15 - Top Stories This Week

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This is a dust grain from asteroid Itokawa, showing incredible detail under a scanning electron microscope. Itokawa is the 1st asteroid from which samples were obtained and returned to Earth. From the samples, scientists have figured out Itokawa's true age and geologic history. Read the story here. Image via ESA. Good morning! Here’s the roundup for this week. Stand on Mars, look around A global dust storm has been raging on Mars for months. Now the storm’s abated, and NASA has released a great new 360-degree interactive panorama of the planet’s surface. See it here. Here's how black holes bring white dwarfs back to life A new study shows what happens when a star or other object passes too close to a black hole. Read more. Alien-hunting AI discovers dozens of mysterious fast radio bursts Astronomers used AI (artificial intelligence) to find 72 repeating radio bursts from a mysterious source 3 billion light years away. Read more. Best pics of the comet as it swept safely past Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner came closer to Earth this week than it had in 72 years. Info and favorite photos here. More top stories 3 myths about jellyfish What is a parsec? Venus: she or it? Landslides and avalanches keep comets active Welcome to the Meghalayan age

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Moon, Jupiter, and star Antares Look for the moon near the red star Antares, heart of the constellation Scorpius the Scorpion.

Giant iceberg A68 finally pushes off We saw this iceberg break away from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica last year. Now, finally, it's beginning to drift. Read more. Animated image via ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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