Saturday, September 29, 2018

Sept 29 - Top Stories This Week

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Good morning! Here's our weekly round-up of top stories.

Why is Earth's spin axis drifting?
As Earth rotates, its spin axis drifts and wobbles. Scientists have now identified 3 reasons why. Read more.
Latest images via Japanese rovers on asteroid Ryugu
This week, Japan's space agency JAXA released images from the rovers that set down on the surface of asteroid Ryugu via the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. See the images.
Opportunity emerges from Mars dust
The rover is visible again for the 1st time since a dust storm swept over it a little more than 100 days ago. Read more.



Image via Cassini during a Titan flyby in 2009. Bright spots near Titan’s equator around the time of its equinox have been interpreted as dust storms. Read the story here.
More top stories

A new way to launch rockets without fuel?

Ross 128 b and the search for Earth-like exoplanets

Which of these 4 is ‘Oumuamua's home star?

Powerful jet from the wrong kind of star

What are haboobs? Amazing pics and videos

Which bird migrates the farthest?

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The sun in 2 wavelengths
This view of our sun from September 28, by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, uses 2 images taken at the same time but in different wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light.
Moon in Taurus September 28-30
The bright star in the moon's glare tonight is Aldebaran. Can you see the V-shaped pattern around it? The V represents the Face of the Bull in Taurus. Aldebaran - a red star - represents the Bull's fiery eye.
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