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Nov 2 - Top Stories This Week

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NASA satellite image of California’s Kincaid fire on October 28. As of November 1, this fire in Sonoma County in northern California had burned for 8 days, consuming 77,758 acres of vegetation. It now appears to be contained. Read more about this image.

Is Earth on fire? Read more about 2019 fires, and about fire-tracking via satellite. Small asteroid paid a heavy price for almost striking Earth Thursday Earth's gravity bent the trajectory of asteroid C0PPEV1 - also known as 2019 UN13 - as it swept only 3,852 miles (6,200 km) above Africa. As a result, its farthest point from the sun has now shifted out to the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars. Read more. Did an asteroid collision cause abrupt Earth cooling? What kicked off a rapid cooling on Earth 12,800 years ago? Over just a couple of years, average temperatures dropped as much as 14 degrees Fahrenheit (8 degrees C). Some geologists believe a fragmented comet or asteroid collided with Earth and caused this change. Read more from a scientist whose fieldwork at a South Carolina lake adds to the growing pile of evidence. 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. Read more. More top stories Is daylight saving time worth the trouble? Putting the 'bang' in Big Bang Listen to the world's loudest bird Night vision specialists: cats, bats, and owls How to find a wormhole … if they exist Deep-sea nightmares and other ocean spookiness Why don’t evergreen trees change color and drop their leaves?

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Tonight … Moon, Saturn, Jupiter At nightfall and early evening, look for the waxing crescent moon. It's still near Saturn, and the dazzling planet Jupiter is still nearby. Glorious! Read more.

Wow! Halloween moon and Jupiter View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Did you happen to catch the moon on the evening of Halloween (October 31)? The bright object near it was Jupiter. In this photo by Peter Lowenstein of Mutare, Zimbabwe, you can also see 2 other planets: very bright Venus - right next to fainter Mercury - near the sunset horizon. Want more? Try the November planet guide. Btw, the bright star between the planets is Antares, Heart of the Scorpion. Thank you, Peter!  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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