Sept 27 - Powerful Jet from the Wrong Kind of Star

September 27 Powerful Jet from the Wrong Kind of Star by:

Artist's concept of the jet launched by the strong magnetic field in the neutron star SWIFT J0243.6+6124. Image via the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research. Good morning! Powerful jet from the wrong kind of star  Astronomers had theorized that strong magnetic fields prevent jets from forming. Then they found a strongly magnetic neutron star with a jet. Read more. Tonight … Meet Fomalhaut, the loneliest star Fomalhaut is a bright star - visible from all but far-northern latitudes - located in a region of the sky that contains only very faint stars. So it appears solitary in the night sky. Read more. How scientists know our seas are rising faster Sea levels have been rising since the end of the last Ice Age. But, as climate warms, the rate of the rise is accelerating. A new ESA video explains how we know. Watch. Today in science: Albert Einstein and E=mc2 Mass and energy are interchangeable. Read more. Albert Einstein, via RapGenius.com.

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After sunrise … Look west for the daytime moon Paul Schulz caught a daytime moon Wednesday morning, above and then behind Mt. Graham, Safford, Arizona. Watch for the moon in the west each morning this week, floating against a blue sky. Thanks, Paul! Read more.

Hello autumn! Photographer John Entwistle captured the sun bursting through the autumn leaves in Allaire State Park in New Jersey. Thanks, John! Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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