Oct 28 - Asteroid To Come Close Tonight

October 28 Asteroid To Come Close Tonight by:

View larger. | The Virtual Telescope Project in Rome will show you asteroid 2019 UB8 as it sweeps closest to Earth - between us and the moon's orbit - tonight beginning at 8:30 p.m. EDT (00:30 UTC; translate UTC to your time). Here's how to watch.

Asteroid to sweep between moon and Earth tonight The near-Earth asteroid 2019 UB8 will have a safe, very close encounter with our planet, coming at about 120,000 miles (190,000 km) from us - half of the average distance of the moon - tonight, according to clocks in Europe, Africa and the Americas. Watch online with the Virtual Telescope Project in Rome. Here's how. An update on that 'gel' on the moon China's Yutu-2 rover has sent back a new image of the unusual "gel-like" material it found last July, which seems to confirm that it's not gel at all. Instead, it now appears it's probably impact glass from a meteorite impact. Read more. Tonight or tomorrow … Go young moon hunting The young moon will return to the evening sky this week. When you'll see it depends in part on where you live on the globe. By the time sunset comes to the West Coast of North America on Monday evening, the moon will be only 21 hours old, that is, 21 hours past new moon. Still, you'll have a better chance of spotting it from the North American West than from the North American East, or anywhere in South America, or from Europe, Africa or Asia. By Tuesday evening, we'll all see the young moon. Read more. If you catch it, submit a photo to our community gallery.

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Go young moon hunting in late October It'll be great fun to see the moon wax this week, appearing higher up in the west after sunset each evening. As the week progresses - in this dark time of year for us in the Northern Hemisphere - the moon will stay out longer after the sun goes down. On the evening of October 31, in particular - Halloween evening for the U.S. - there will be a sweet little crescent moon in the sky, casting its faint light on parents and kids who are making the rounds trick-or-treating, as well as on any stray goblins and ghouls! Read more about this week's young moon.

Zodiacal light over New Mexico View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Beverley Sinclair caught this photo over the weekend and wrote: "This photograph was taken from the hills north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, almost 7,000 feet [2,000 meters] above sea level. Approximately 100 minutes before sunrise, the sky was dark and clear and the stars crystal clear—a perfect time for my husband and me to experience the strange zodiacal light, known as the 'false dawn.'" Thanks, Beverley! Read more about the false dawn. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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