Saturday, October 6, 2018

Oct 6 - Top Stories This Week

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A Dyson sphere megastructure is one type of hypothesized alien technosignature. Image via SentientDevelopments.com.
Hello! Here’s a round-up of some of the week’s top stories

NASA back in the search for alien technosignatures
NASA held its 1st Technosignatures Workshop, exploring new ways scientists could seek intelligent aliens. Read more.
Gaia reveals stars flying between galaxies
ESA's Gaia mission has revealed 20 more hypervelocity stars. Read more.
Did the Hubble telescope find the 1st exomoon?
Astronomers have tantalizing new evidence for a possible Neptune-sized moon orbiting a gas giant exoplanet some 8,000 light-years away. Read more.
More top stories

October guide to the bright planets

New image shows a haunting comet landscape

What we’ve learned from 50 years of ocean drilling

MASCOT returns 1st image from asteroid Ryugu

Baby giraffes inherit spot patterns from mom

Matter falling into a black hole at 30% light speed

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Sunday morning … Moon and Leo before dawn
By Sunday morning, the very thin waning crescent moon will have moved past Leo's hindquarters, represented by a triangle pattern.
Tonight … Watch for Sirius, sky's brightest star
Out before dawn? Look for Sirius, a brilliant beauty of a star. You'll always know it's Sirius if you see Orion's Belt pointing to it.
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