Oct 6 - Top Stories This Week

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A Dyson sphere megastructure is one type of hypothesized alien technosignature. Image via SentientDevelopments.com. Hello! Here’s a round-up of some of the week’s top stories NASA back in the search for alien technosignatures NASA held its 1st Technosignatures Workshop, exploring new ways scientists could seek intelligent aliens. Read more. Gaia reveals stars flying between galaxies ESA's Gaia mission has revealed 20 more hypervelocity stars. Read more. Did the Hubble telescope find the 1st exomoon? Astronomers have tantalizing new evidence for a possible Neptune-sized moon orbiting a gas giant exoplanet some 8,000 light-years away. Read more. More top stories October guide to the bright planets New image shows a haunting comet landscape What we’ve learned from 50 years of ocean drilling MASCOT returns 1st image from asteroid Ryugu Baby giraffes inherit spot patterns from mom Matter falling into a black hole at 30% light speed

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Sunday morning … Moon and Leo before dawn By Sunday morning, the very thin waning crescent moon will have moved past Leo's hindquarters, represented by a triangle pattern.

Tonight … Watch for Sirius, sky's brightest star Out before dawn? Look for Sirius, a brilliant beauty of a star. You'll always know it's Sirius if you see Orion's Belt pointing to it. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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