Oct 14 - Pow!

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This hourglass-shaped object is known as CK Vulpeculae. It's thought to be the result of a collision between 2 stars. Image via ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. P. S. Eyres Good morning! When white dwarf meets brown dwarf, pow! In 1670, skywatchers saw a nova, a star that appeared where none had been before. Today's astronomers have learned it was a collision between an aging white dwarf star, and less massive brown dwarf. Read more. Next few evenings ... Moon, Saturn and Mars These next several nights, watch the waxing moon move from Saturn to Mars. In your mind's eye, envision the dwarf planet Pluto in between these two bright worlds. Read more. Bees stopped buzzing during total solar eclipse In the path of totality of the August 2017 total solar eclipse, bees stopped flying. "It was like ‘lights out’ at summer camp," researchers said. Read more. New technology may help solve mystery of life's origins How did life on Earth begin? A new technology - called Planet Simulator - might finally help solve the mystery. Read more. Most scientists think that life on Earth originated in "warm little ponds" like hydrothermal hot springs. New technology and research will now investigate just how that process might have occurred - or refute it. Image via National Park Service/Diane Renkin. Note: There will be no EarthSky News on Monday, October 15. See you Tuesday!

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Jupiter in the rearview mirror In the final minutes of a close flyby of Jupiter on September 6, the Juno spacecraft captured this departing view of the planet's swirling southern hemisphere.

Tonight ... Moon, Saturn and Mars You can tell which planet is Saturn, and which is Mars, because the moon will be closer to Saturn Tuesday evening. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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