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One of the Oldest Stars | | | |
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| | |  The newly discovered star system (shown in blue) orbits within our Milky Way galaxy, in an orbit not unlike that of our sun (shown in green). Image via Kevin Schlaufman/Johns Hopkins University. | | | Good morning!
One of the oldest stars in the universe | | | The star could be only a single generation removed from the Big Bang. It's the new recorder-holder for having the fewest "metals," that is, the fewest of the heavier elements made inside stars and released to space via supernovae. Read more. | | | | | | Curiosity on the move again | | NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover sent the image below on Tuesday. Curiosity is moving across Mars' surface again, and conducting science, after experiencing a memory anomaly in September. Read more.
 Here’s what Curiosity is looking at. The rover drove about 197 feet (60 meters) over the weekend to a site called Lake Orcadie, where scientists will attempt to drill. See the rover's shadow along the bottom of the image? Image via NASA. | | | | | |
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|  | | | This week … Go young moon hunting | | At northerly latitudes, like those in the U.S. and Europe, it’ll be a challenge to spot the young moon, plus the planet Mercury, in the glow of evening dusk on November 8. Easier on November 9 and 10! Read more. | | | | | |
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 | | | This week … Go young moon hunting | | Live in the Southern Hemisphere? Given an unobstructed horizon in the direction of sunset, you have a good chance of catching the young moon near the planets Mercury and Jupiter on or near November 9. Will you see it on November 8 (not shown on chart)? Maybe! Read more. | | |
