Nov 2 - Taurid Fireballs this Weekend?

November 2  Taurid Fireballs this Weekend? by:

Taurid fireball through light clouds - November 1, 2018 - by Eliot Herman in Tucson, Arizona. Notice the moon, just rising, on the left. Good morning!   Taurid fireballs this weekend? Although a modest shower, perhaps offering 5 meteors per hour, the Taurid shower is known for producing some dramatic fireballs. Read more. NASA to continue signaling Opportunity rover on Mars The initial 45-day signaling period to the 14-year-old rover has ended. But NASA said this week it will continue trying to hail Opportunity. The rover has been silent since June, when a Mars dust storm swept over it. Read more. Bold new plan announced to explore alien ocean worlds Earth is not the only ocean world in the solar system. In fact, there are several. A new paper just published in Astrobiology seeks to plan out the best ways to explore these alien oceans. Read more. 5 weird ocean phenomena Strange things happen in the ocean as a result of weather and currents. These 5 events are just a few of them. Read more. Weather system that caused a meteotsunami in New Jersey, June 2013. Image via Buddy Denham.

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Tonight … Cassiopeia to Andromeda galaxy What’s the easiest way to find the Andromeda galaxy at this time of year? Star-hop via the W-shaped constellation, Cassiopeia. Read more.

Scientists now processing images of asteroid Bennu The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft - launched from Earth in September, 2016 - has begun acquiring images of the mission target, primitive asteroid Bennu. 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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