Nov 1 - November Planets

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Want to see some planets? Photo by V. Srinivasagopalan in Bangalore, India. Good morning! November guide to the bright planets This month, Mercury and Jupiter might be possible to spot in the glow of evening twilight. Mars and Saturn shine each evening, all month. Venus beams mightily in the east before daybreak, reaching another greatest brilliancy before this month ends. When and where to look. Kepler planet-hunter retires We currently have nearly 4,000 confirmed exoplanets, or planets orbiting distant suns. Kepler discovered more than 2,600 of them. But now Kepler is passing the torch. Read more. What made these weird straight lines on Dione? Planetary scientists have discovered some very unusual long straight lines on the surface of Saturn's moon Dione. What created them? Read more. Rare blue asteroid sometimes acts like a comet Astronomers caught a glimpse of Phaeton - the bizarre, blue asteroid responsible for the Geminid meteor shower - and found it even more enigmatic than they’d thought. Read more.

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Sky Bear comes to Earth in November The Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major, aka the Great Bear. Every year, the Great Bear descends to its lowest point in the sky on November evenings. Read more.

Patagonia moon Thank you to Grafixartphoto for this October 23 image of the moon reflected in a glassy lake in Torres del Paine, a national park encompassing mountains, glaciers, lakes and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia.  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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