Sept 26 - Dust Storms on Earth, Mars, Titan

September 26 Dust Storms on Earth, Mars, Titan by:

Monster haboob that tracked across southern Arizona last July 10, via veteran storm-chaser Reed Timmer. Good morning! What are haboobs? Amazing pics and videos Dust storms, also known as haboobs, occur when winds from dying thunderstorms push downward and pick up sand and dirt across desert areas. Amazing pics and video from last summer's haboobs in Arizona, here. Astronomers spy roving dust storms on Titan Scientists said this week they used data from the Cassini spacecraft, whose long-lived mission to Saturn ended a year ago, to see dust storms moving across the surface of Titan, Saturn's large moon. Read more. Opportunity emerges from Mars dust We still haven't heard from the Opportunity rover on Mars, which went silent in June when a dust storm engulfed it. Now, at least, the dust has cleared, and we can see the rover! Read more. Which one is ‘Oumuamua's home star? The 1st object known to be from another solar system passed through our solar system a year ago. Where did it come from? Astronomers have identified 4 plausible candidates. Read more. Artist’s concept of the object ‘Oumuamua. It traveled in the space between the stars to reach our solar system. Image via ESO/M. Kornmesser.

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See it! 2018's Harvest Moon Beautiful shot of last night's Harvest Moon from Heidi Gabbert of San Jose, California. More photos here.

Opportunity emerges from Mars dust The HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image on September 20. The object centered in the square is Opportunity, now visible again for the 1st time since a dust storm swept over it a little more than 100 days ago. Read more. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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