Thursday, June 28, 2018

June 28 - Interstellar Asteroid is a Comet

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Interstellar asteroid update: It's a comet!

`Oumuamua is moving faster than expected on its way out of our solar system. Astronomers now think it's really a comet, venting material from its surface that's giving the object a small but steady push.

See it! Last night's full moon and Saturn

It was tough to catch Saturn in the moon's glare last night, but we received some stunning shots of the full moon. Keep watching this post. More pics expected today! Thanks to all who submitted.
Keep watching … Moon and Saturn
The full moon is tonight for most of the world (most of North America had its full moon last night). Saturn is the brightest object near the moon.
Fragments found for small asteroid that exploded over Russia last week
The meteor was seen over Russia on June 21. Now scientists from Ural Federal University are reporting finding meteorite fragments from the event. 

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Keep watching … Moon and Saturn
And don't forget to keep watching over the next several evenings, as the moon edges closer to Mars, now nearly at its closest and brightest since 2003.

Last night's full moon

Kwong Liew wrote: “I wanted to capture the full moon rising behind the Lick Observatory in San Jose, California. After a lot of planning, I found a location 12 miles away on a country road ...” See more photos of last night's moon and Saturn.
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